Finance Analyst III

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Job Summary:

The Financial Analyst III will support the Business Operations organization and work directly with our Engineering leaders. This role will drive financial controls, processes, and financial reporting while working to support project execution with a practical  addition, this role will drive budgeting, forecasting, and the analysis of financial performance for the Engineering organization within a high-tech, complex environment with a high-growth business of the Aerospace and Defense industry.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Finance for Engineering.

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing financial analysis, monitoring trends, and being able to accurately interpret the results in support of the Engineering Managers on a variety of financial engagements
• Work to improve and drive processes for accurate charging/reporting of Engineering time to projects
• Preparing financial data charts for leadership reviews
• Providing weekly/monthly variance analysis; highlighting trends, and possible financial risks, and recommending corrective actions
• Work as part of an integrated Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team
• Interfacing with Mercury FP&A group to ensure proper accounting treatment and methods are aligned with company processes and policies
• Developing financial forecasts, deeply analyzing utilization, and overhead spending
• Partner with engineering, operations, and compliance teams to actively manage, report on, and analyze budget and actual rates(engineering and production rates).

Required Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 3-5 years of related experience
• Experience with DCAA Compliance
• Prior experience in rate development, modeling, and cost analysis
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related discipline
• Understanding of accounting and business development, and manufacturing processes and flow of information
• Ability to communicate and present financial data to other functions in an accurate, concise, and understandable manner
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Applications (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of absorption accounting principles
• Experience with Oracle, Hyperion, Deltek Cobra, Pro Pricer, or other accounting systems
• Pro-active, creative, and innovative in solving problems and identifying issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Detail-oriented andSelf-motivated
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to prioritize and self-manage a multi-tasked workload in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working in a DoD company

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Mercury Systems is a technology company that makes the world a safer, more secure place. We push processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today's most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, Mercury employs more than 2,300 people in 24 locations worldwide.

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