Job Description: As a Financial Analyst III, you will conduct timely and relevant analysis of historical and forecast data, to provide reports that will assist executive management in strategic fiscal decision-making. Job Responsibilities: Participate and/or lead in a variety of initiatives, including but not limited to, streamlining budgetary process and business system/tools enhancements. Develop and run financial models for forecasting future business profile scenarios and associated workforce requirements. Employ advanced methods for complex financial modeling and "what-if" analysis that provide decision-making information within given scenarios. Analyze, assess and report on performance against business forecasts. Prepare financial recommendations and presentation deliverables at the C-suite level, i.e. CFO and Management Council Chairs. Develop, monitor and report on the burden budget and cost rates and factors. Provide in-depth institutional insight and strategic input on complex financial issues to senior management. Conduct burden rate analysis and impacts to project costs. Participate in the restructuring of burden cost rates, including rate application scenarios and project impact assessments. Design and develop complex financial reports that require selection, preparation and interpretation of data, using sophisticated query tools across multiple data sources. Job Requirements: Excellent communication, organization, and customer service skills. Ability to apply appropriate judgment and make sound recommendations and decisions. Extensive understanding and wide application of advanced principles, theories, and concepts of financial planning, business/organizational analysis, accounting, information technology, and business processes. Demonstrated expert knowledge of developing indirect rates and factors. Demonstrated ability to generate and conduct effective high-level executive briefings on complex financial topics. Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet commitments, including deadlines and budgets. Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with all levels of management. Demonstrated ability to facilitate and/or work in a team environment. Qualification & Experience: Wide-ranging experience and advanced expertise in one or more related fields of knowledge: Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Data Science, or Business Management, or related discipline, with a minimum of 6 years related experience; or a Master's degree in similar disciplines with a minimum of 4 years of related experience; or PhD in similar disciplines with a minimum of 2 years related experience. Job Details: Company: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Vacancy Type: Full Time Job Location: Pasadena, CA, US Application Deadline: N/A Apply Here careersvite.com