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Shield AI

Senior Program Finance Analyst

Shield AI

. Support financial execution, forecasting, and analysis across key programs .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • United StatesSenior💰 $89,600 - $134,400 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling, with a strong ability to communicate complex financial data effectively to diverse stakeholders. Proficient in collaborating cross-functionally to support program execution and improve financial processes in a fast-paced environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Financial AnalysisFinancial ModelingExcel ProficiencyCost Accounting ConceptsGovernment Contracting Structures

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Hard Skills
Financial AnalysisFinancial ModelingData AnalysisCost EstimatingBudgetingForecastingVariance AnalysisScenario AnalysisSensitivity AnalysisBusiness Metrics
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationCollaborationProblem-SolvingIndependenceAttention to Detail
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft FabricPower QueryDAXERP SystemsCostpointAnaplan
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in FinanceAbility to Obtain Secret ClearanceMBA or Master’s Degree (Preferred)
Industry Keywords
ManufacturingAerospaceTech EnvironmentProduct LifecycleGovernment ContractingRDT&EProductionSustainmentUS GAAP

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Support financial execution, forecasting, and analysis across key programs
  • Partner with Program Management, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business Development, and Finance leadership
  • Maintain recurring forecasts and EAC schedules using validated cross-functional inputs
  • Coordinate input deadlines, follow up on missing information, and investigate incomplete or inconsistent assumptions
  • Analyze actuals against forecasts and budgets
  • Explain cost, timing, and schedule-related changes and prepare clear program reporting
  • Investigate variances, resolve routine discrepancies, and escalate material risks or unresolved questions
  • Own assigned deliverables through completion, including leadership-facing conclusions
  • Translate program actuals, forecasts, milestones, and operational assumptions into product lifecycle financial model inputs
  • Reconcile program-level information across RDT&E, Production, and Sustainment
  • Explain differences between individual program performance and broader product economics
  • Develop and maintain Excel templates, supporting schedules, and moderately complex analyses
  • Conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses and communicate findings, uncertainties, and implications
  • Improve recurring spreadsheets and workflows to reduce manual effort and strengthen reliability
  • Build, maintain, and scale financial models for forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field
  • 3+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis, independent cost estimating, corporate finance, or FP&A
  • Experience supporting operations or customer-facing teams in a manufacturing, aerospace, or tech environment
  • Familiarity with cost accounting concepts and government contracting structures (e.g., T&M, CPFF, FFP)
  • Familiarity with product lifecycles from design through execution, production, and sustainment
  • Solid understanding of financial statements and business metrics
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex financial data to non-financial stakeholders
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and data analysis
  • Ability to obtain Secret clearance
  • Preferred: MBA or Master’s degree in a related discipline
  • Preferred: Strong understanding of US GAAP, with practical experience applying accounting principles in a government contracting or manufacturing environment
  • Preferred: Exposure to Microsoft Fabric, Power Query, DAX, or other data transformation and modeling tools
  • Preferred: Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., Costpoint) and planning tools (e.g., Anaplan)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Bonus
  • Benefits
  • Equity
  • Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment (for temporary employees)