Description
Position Summary:
The Financial Analyst/Project Planning & Controls – Aerosciences Group supports the financial planning, analysis, and execution of government and commercial programs. This role is responsible for developing and monitoring program budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, and cost analyses while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and company policies. Working closely with Program Managers and cross-functional teams, the Financial Analyst provides financial guidance, supports proposal pricing and budgeting, and helps drive informed decision-making and successful program performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, analyze, and manage program budgets, cost baselines, forecasts, and financial deliverables to support successful program execution and organizational objectives.
- Monitor program financial performance, including burn rates, funding utilization, cost variances, and contract funding limitations, ensuring proactive identification and resolution of financial risks.
- Prepare and deliver accurate and timely financial reports, analyses, and forecasts for senior leadership, program managers, and external customers.
- Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, government regulations, company policies, and financial controls across all assigned programs.
- Support proposal development efforts by preparing pricing analyses, cost estimates, budget projections, and financial models for new business opportunities and contract bids.
- Review, validate, and process procurement requests and purchasing activities in accordance with approved government and organizational policies, procedures, and compliance standards.
- Partners with Program Managers, Contracts, Procurement and Operations teams to provide financial guidance, support strategic decision-making, and drive program performance throughout the program lifecycle.
- Assist the Business and Finance Manager in the development of annual budgets, long-range forecasts, financial planning initiatives, and monthly financial reviews.
- Conduct variance analysis and identify trends, risks, and opportunities to improve financial performance, resource allocation, and overall program profitability.
- Maintain the accuracy and integrity of financial data within enterprise financial systems and contribute to continuous process improvements that enhance reporting efficiency and operational effectiveness.
Why CUBRC:
- 401(k) – No Waiting Period
- 3% company contribution in the first year of employment, Employee is not required to contribute to the plan to receive CUBRC’s contribution.
- Health Insurance – No Waiting Period - fixed cost depending on enrollment elections
- Dental, Vision Insurance after 6 months - CUBRC pays 100% of cost for the employee and dependents
- Life Insurance after 6 months - CUBRC pays 100% of cost for the employee
- Generous paid time off and company holidays
- Free beverages and stocked beverage refrigerators for employees
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or Business Administration is required.
- 3+ years in program finance, pricing or financial planning and analysis
- Government Contract knowledge preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required and experience with enterprise systems such as Deltek Costpoint preferred.
- This position is primarily onsite in Buffalo, NY, with limited hybrid flexibility depending on program requirements.
Special Requirements:
- Must be able to obtain and remain eligible for a US Department of Defense security clearance.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration
- 3+ years in program finance, pricing or financial planning and analysis
- Government contract knowledge
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience with enterprise systems such as Deltek Costpoint
- Primarily onsite in Buffalo, NY (limited hybrid flexibility)
- Must be able to obtain and remain eligible for a US Department of Defense security clearance
What We Do
Since CUBRC’s emergence in 1983, the company has grown from a small facilitator of research into a fully staffed, highly respected, scientifically crucial entity. While it is our mission to make a positive technological and economic impact on Western New York, the influences of our work stretch far beyond the WNY region by making significant technology contributions to our nation as a whole. The technologies and facilities of CUBRC date back to the late 1950s, playing a major role in the development and testing of NASA’s Gemini and Apollo space capsules, the U.S. Space Shuttle as well as many other vehicles that travel through Earth’s atmosphere at speeds much greater than that of sound. More recently, CUBRC has continued its pioneering work in the area of aeronautics by expanding and enhancing our Hypervelocity research facilities into a unique research and test capability, available nowhere else in the world. In 1988, CUBRC expanded our technology to reach beyond aeronautics. CUBRC has made tremendous contributions in defending our country against the effects of biological and chemical agents, improving clinical diagnostic instruments that test for diseases, helping to save lives on streets and highways, and helping people make critical decisions through the development of advanced information systems designed to provide crucial information extracted from massive, disparate sources of data. CUBRC offers exciting challenges where ideas and skills are valued and individual contributions are respected, recognized, and rewarded. Continually adapting and expanding, CUBRC remains invested in the power of technology, of first-rate facilities, and of innovative, highly motivated minds to impact and benefit all humankind.
