McLaughlin Research Corporation (MRC) is seeking a Financial Analyst who will support the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport RI. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) is the United States Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with undersea warfare. The successful candidate must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, schedule driven environment.

Responsibilities:

• Project financial data analysis, preparation of weekly/monthly/quarterly expenditure reports, facilitating funding document acceptance, processing outgoing funding document requests, assisting in project financial planning and project resource planning, correction of suspense financial transactions, and financial review of procurement requests.
• Coordinate the acceptance of project-specific incoming funds in accordance with approved budget and governing policies, and ensure that accepted funding aligns with appropriate tasking and procurements. • Utilize information financial management systems including the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (N-ERP) information system and Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) to retrieve financial data in order to track project spending via weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reports. 
• Use financial data to develop cost forecasting and estimates for the project throughout the fiscal year in order to aid in program management decisions.
• Use financial reports to identify project and/or organizational discrepancies and anomalies in task execution, such as labor and non-labor cost reporting, identification of erroneous charges, and overruns. 
• Work directly with Technical Project Managers (TPMs) to develop and modify startup and mid-year cost estimates, budget defenses, and inter-departmental planning for negotiation with the resource sponsor.
• Ensure that suspense financial transactions are corrected in a timely fashion.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a DoD Environment
• Must be eligible to successfully obtain an Active Security Clearance - Secret Level.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• N-ERP and EDW experience.

McLaughlin Research Corporation offers a competitive benefit plan to employees and their eligible family members that includes health, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, paid holidays, accrued leave, accrued vacation, 401K, profit sharing, as well as, any other state or federally required benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

McLaughlin Research Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. It is our policy to recruit, hire, promote, and train for all positions without regard to age, race, creed, religion, national origin, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, pregnancy, minorities, genetic information, status as a person with a disability, amnesty or status as a protected veteran, and to base all such decisions upon the individual's qualifications and ability to perform the work assigned, consistent with contractual requirements and all federal, state and, local laws.

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