You will be the Financial Analyst / Accounting, joining a high-performing Finance and Business Operations team that supports cutting-edge Radio Frequency design and manufacturing operations in the defense and security industry. Our team is responsible for delivering exceptional financial management and analysis to drive business growth and success.

What You Will Be Doing
As the Financial Analyst / Accounting, you will be responsible for developing and analyzing performance reports, writing Variance Analysis Reports (VARs), and organizing, analyzing, and reporting cost data to support program finance and accounting activities.

Your responsibilities will include:
• Developing and analyzing performance reports to inform business decisions
• Writing Variance Analysis Reports (VARs) to identify and explain cost variances
• Organizing, analyzing, and reporting cost data to support program finance and accounting activities
• Developing, analyzing, and reporting earned value measurement (EVM) to track program performance
• Entering data into the Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) Electronic Financial System (EFS) to support financial management and reporting
• Helping develop program and functional estimates-at-completion (EACs) and baseline budgets to support program planning and execution
• Creating and processing Schedule/Budget Change Requests (S/BCRs) to support program changes and updates
• Helping develop estimating inputs and basis of estimate (BOE) write-ups to support proposal development and contract negotiation
• Delivering accurate and timely reports, gathering and organizing data, and assisting with data analysis
• Developing cost performance metric presentations and effectively collaborating with other team members across functional and program organizations
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Lockheed Martin policies and procedures, as well as Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and contract requirements.

Why Join Us
We're looking for a highly motivated and experienced Financial Analyst / Accounting who can join our high-performing Finance and Business Operations team. As an ideal candidate, you have a track record demonstrating dedication, self-motivation, innovation, and a proven ability to learn quickly and overcome obstacles. You have experience gathering and organizing data, especially using Microsoft Excel, and ideally have program finance experience on government development contracts with DFARS requirements. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will allow you to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.

Note: This position requires on-site presence at least 75% of the time, with telework opportunity when not required on site, and is located in Westford, Massachusetts, with access to a wide range of affordable regions in the area to live. The locale offers a charming suburban environment with easy access to Boston, historic Lowell, and the scenic coastal towns of MA and NH.

This position will be located in the leased office space at 10 Technology Road, Westford, Mass., which is about 2 miles from the Chelmsford facility at 16 Maple Road.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Chelmsford. Discover more about our Chelmsford, Massachusetts location.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.
Basic Qualifications:
Basic accounting skills, or cost accounting skills, or budgeting skills, or cost forecasting skills, or cost estimating skills.

Ability to obtain a secret security clearance and therefore must be a US citizen.
Desired Skills:
Bachelor's degree in business, finance, data analysis, accounting or industrial engineering is desired with 3 years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas:

* Advanced-level proficiency with Microsoft Excel, creating complex spreadsheets with links and multiple pages, creating Pivot Tables, slicers, and graphs, and using vlookup and hlookup formulas, financial or statistical formulas, &
conditional formulas
* Basic-level proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
* Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral
* Data organization skills
* Data analysis skills, especially cost and schedule variance analysis, and the ability to deliver insightful analysis along with the data
* Production or Engineering Finance experience for a defense contractor
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Finance
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First