Senior Financial Analyst

Luna Labs is a product development company working with leading organizations and key government agencies to create unique solutions for complex challenges in defense, industrial, and healthcare markets. We operate like a self-contained incubator for defense and biotech startups, taking solutions from concept through development to new products in the market. We leverage small business agility and large business capabilities to accelerate breakthrough solutions from concept to early-stage growth.

Working with a robust global network of manufacturers, suppliers, licensees, and distributors, Luna Labs develops everything from small-scale prototypes to market-ready products.

Luna Labs is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to join our team during a pivotal period of growth. This role combines forward-looking financial analysis with financial reporting and accounting support. You'll build the forecasting models, dashboards, and analytical tools that help leadership make decisions about where to invest, across both government contracts and emerging product lines. This is not a role for someone who wants to run the same reports month after month.

We need someone who can look at our business, ask good questions, and build the financial frameworks to answer them.

• Build and maintain financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis across government contracts and commercial product lines
• Develop dashboards and performance reports that give leadership clear visibility into business performance
• Analyze budget vs. actual variances and translate the numbers into actionable insights
• Support strategic initiatives with financial analysis: new product investments, pricing decisions, resource allocation
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and process improvements; bring recommendations, not just observations
• Contribute to building dynamic budgeting and forecasting tools that make our planning cycles more efficient
• Perform general ledger revenue analysis and ensure alignment with revenue formulas in our financial system
• Reconcile general ledger revenue to unbilled amounts on the balance sheet
• Monitor indirect cost performance by department and ensure alignment with indirect rate structures and monthly expense statements
• Manage and contribute to implementation of the new budgeting and planning tool in our financial system
• Analyze indirect cost performance by department, analyzing changes across monthly, year-to-date, and forecast periods

This role requires cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Accounting, Contracts, Project Management, and Senior Leadership teams to analyze financial data, prepare comprehensive reports, and communicate complex financial information clearly to various departments and external stakeholders.

You're organized and detail-oriented without losing sight of the big picture. You can toggle between "get the reconciliation done accurately" and "what's this trend actually telling us." You're comfortable with ambiguity—we're building some of these processes as we go, and you're energized by that rather than frustrated. You take ownership of your work and don't need to be managed closely.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
• 5-8 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, preferably with some government contracting exposure
• Advanced Excel skills: pivot tables, XLOOKUP, complex formulas, array functions. You should be the person others come to with Excel questions.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to build financial models that are both analytically sound and usable by others
• Strong communication skills – skilled at explaining sophisticated financial topics to non-finance stakeholders in clear, substantive terms
• Intellectual curiosity: you ask "why" and "what if," not just "what"
• U.S. Citizenship required due to government contracting regulations

• Experience with Deltek Costpoint, including reporting and cost pool structures
• Familiarity with government contract accounting: indirect rates, incurred cost submissions, CAS/FAR compliance
• Experience supporting multiple business units or product lines, not just a single P&L
• This role is based in Charlottesville, VA with hybrid flexibility at supervisor's discretion
• Occasional travel to client sites, conferences, or related events may be required
• Professional office environment; primarily sedentary work.