Leidos

Project Controls, Financial Analyst

Leidos

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Albuquerque • District of Columbia • New Mexico • United States

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Salary

💰 $116,350 - $210,325 per year

About the role

  • Provide Federal Program Managers with clear, accurate, and timely budget, cost, schedule, and performance analyses.
  • Support development and maintenance of integrated master schedules and monitor schedule performance across laboratories and production facilities.
  • Analyze program cost performance, spend plans, and budget execution to assess alignment with approved baselines.
  • Apply Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles to evaluate contractor progress and identify cost and schedule variances.
  • Prepare or support preparation of cost estimates, baseline budgets, work authorizations, work packages, and change requests.
  • Track allocation and reallocation of funds, expenditures, and planned versus actual costs; identify trends and recommend corrective actions.
  • Support development of future-year budget projections and multi-year program plans.
  • Prepare financial inputs for implementation plans, program plans, Reports to Congress, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan inputs, and other Defense Programs documentation.
  • Respond to short-notice data calls and budget or schedule scenario analyses from NNSA leadership and other senior officials.
  • Support and maintain data within NNSA enterprise systems (e.g., EPAT, PROBE, DPD, or similar federal systems).
  • Coordinate with laboratories, production facilities, and DoD stakeholders to ensure alignment of cost, schedule, and technical execution data.
  • Produce recurring and special reports representing program execution status to leadership.
  • Support program reviews, site meetings, and executive briefings.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable project controls, configuration management, risk management, and information management policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • Active DOE Q clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Program Management, or related discipline.
  • Experience in project controls, financial analysis, cost estimating, budget formulation, or EVMS within DOE, NNSA, DoD, or similar federal environments.
  • Experience supporting DOE or DoD PPBE processes and associated systems (e.g., EPAT, PROBE, DPD, or comparable federal tools).
  • Understanding of Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) principles and performance analysis.
  • Experience supporting development or analysis of integrated master schedules (Primavera/P6 or similar tools preferred).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a high-visibility federal environment.
Benefits
  • competitive compensation
  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave
  • Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
budget analysiscost performance analysisschedule performance analysiscost estimatingbudget formulationEarned Value Management System (EVMS)financial analysisintegrated master schedulesproject controlsrisk management
Soft Skills
strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationindependent workcollaborative workanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillstime managementadaptability
Certifications
DOE Q clearance