Senior Financial Analyst

At Areté, we stand at the forefront of employing innovative solutions, engaging bright minds from diverse backgrounds to address the nation's most complex security challenges. We cultivate an inclusive, collaborative team environment that embraces differences as opportunities for innovation and excellence. As an employee-owned company, we promote an atmosphere that drives diverse career opportunities and professional growth.

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As a Senior Financial Analyst at Areté, you will be responsible for compiling and reviewing budgets for divisional business units, utilizing actual performance, previous budget figures, estimated revenue, expense reports, and other data sources to manage funds and ensure proper financial administration. Your duties will encompass preparing financial plans, generating regular and special-purpose reports, maintaining historical records, analyzing trends, establishing cost rates and personnel forecasts, and conducting comparative evaluations of actual costs against budgeted funds to determine the rationale for variances between costs and budgets. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, analyzing customer contracts to ascertain cost and profit data, developing complex financial metrics to provide data for senior management, and reviewing weekly timesheet charges to ensure timely and accurate completion. This position is based out of our Falls Church, VA office. The role is 100 percent on-site and is classified as a full-time, exempt, non-supervisory position.

We have an impressive range of benefits, programs, and perks that we offer:

Generous PTO and Leave Times
Flextime Scheduling
Bereavement
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Parental Leave
Financial Benefits
401K Retirement Plan Contribution
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Continuing Education Funds
Health, Medical, and Wellness Benefits
Medical Insurance
Dental & Vision Insurance
Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
Vision Reimbursement
Qualities We Look For
Creativity
Integrity
Passion
Responsiveness
Collaboration
Experiences and Background We Look For-
BA/BS degree and 6 + years' experience or MA/MBA and 4 + years' experience.
Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
Familiarity with SBIR/STTR contracts.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Security Clearance.
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
Expert proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint).
Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop, evaluate and implement solutions
Nice to have-
Prior experience in a Defense contracting organization with TM1, DELTEK CostPoint software knowledge.
MBA, CMA
The salary range for this role is $90,000 to $125,000; however, Arete considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to: the position and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills.

Other Considerations

Areté is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination, and we believe every person has the right to be treated with fairness, dignity, and equal consideration.

Areté is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

U.S. citizenship is required to meet position eligibility.

Successful passage of a criminal background screen is required to meet position eligibility.

Selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Areté will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Successful passage of a Department of Transportation (DOT) drug test is required to meet position eligibility.

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