Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Program Financial Analyst
Job Description:
- Develops and maintains program budgets and financial forecasts
- Tracks and reports on program spending, comparing actuals to budget and identifying variances
- Analyzes financial data to identify risks, opportunities, and trends for program leadership
- Manages procurements, SOWs, accruals, invoicing, and financial reconciliation processes for the program
Skill Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- 2-3+ years of relevant experience in a financial analyst, or similar finance roles
- Experience working within a project-based or program management environment is strongly preferred
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modelling, pivot tables, complex formulas (e.g., VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH), and data analysis
- Strong experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), with demonstrated expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and performing detailed variance analysis (actuals vs. budget/forecast)
- Solid understanding of accounting principles, particularly around accruals, invoicing, and the month-end close and reconciliation process
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- 2-3+ years of relevant experience in financial analyst or similar finance roles
- Experience working within a project-based or program management environment
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modelling, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH
- Strong experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis)
- Solid understanding of accounting principles around accruals, invoicing, month-end close and reconciliation
Orion Innovation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Orion Innovation and has not been reviewed or approved by Orion Innovation.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Orion highlights health and well-being initiatives such as fitness, mindfulness, and flexibility/remote options, reinforced by recognition like Cigna’s Healthy Workforce Designation. Flexibility via hybrid/remote work is positioned as a consistent part of the overall rewards experience.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is characterized as moderately satisfactory overall, with pockets where compensation is viewed as fair, particularly for some software engineering and certain U.S. roles. Public snapshots also indicate that competitiveness can be stronger in specific markets and functions.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Performance-linked outcomes are implied through mentions that hikes can be good when performance is demonstrated. Learning and development programs are also emphasized as part of the broader value proposition tied to career growth.
Orion Innovation Insights
What We Do
Orion is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Headquartered in Edison, NJ, we have a global team of 6,200+ associates, with engineers in 14 major delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. For over 25 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for our clients. Our transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, empowering our clients to operate with agility at scale. Our mission is to serve as an agile and trusted partner for business transformation initiatives, providing deep emerging technology, experience design, and domain expertise. Our business has more than tripled over the last three years. We have grown aggressively both organically and inorganically, adding new clients, complementary skills, domain expertise, and strengthening our global footprint.
