Job Description

Job Description

What’s it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our ES Sector Finance Business Systems team means you play a critical role in enhancing our applications and business processes as we work to modernize our Finance organization.


With the diversity of our offerings and work, you’ll take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights. BAE Systems is seeking a Finance Systems Analyst to join the Finance Business Systems team. It’s the perfect time to join a talented team looking to modernize business capabilities.

As a Finance Systems Analyst, you will play a key role in ensuring the optimal performance of business-critical Project Performance Management (PPM) applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including vendors, end users and internal BAE IT, to identify, analyze, and resolve technical issues, while providing guidance on application usage, training, and support.

In this job, you will:

• Work independently, but in a cross-functional team environment

• Utilize strong communication skills to interface with the Finance organization as well as IT and beyond

• Identify, analyze, and resolve technical issues related to PPM applications, collaborating with BAE IT and vendors to ensure minimal disruption to business operations

• Work closely with application vendors, end users, and internal BAE IT teams to support, update, and maintain applications in a compliance-focused environment

• Provide guidance on application usage, including recommendations for best practices and optimization

• Deliver training and support to end users, ensuring users are equipped to effectively utilize applications and achieve business objectives

• Play a critical role in application updates and in leading requirements gathering efforts to translate business needs into functional requirements and functional requirements into IT/vendor solutions.

• Identify and understand up- and down-stream application impacts and accommodate for or mitigate risks accordingly

• Develop change management and communication plans

• Assist in driving user adoption and measuring success

• Provide end user as well as developer support

• Maintain a prioritized list of requests/projects and prepare updates regarding on-hold and in-flight efforts

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology or other related business discipline with 4+ years’ applicable experience or Master’s Degree with 2+ years’ experience

• Experience with Deltek Cobra and wInsight front end applications and databases

• SQL experience and experience with data structures, Business Intelligence, etc.

• Training experience and strong communication and inter-personal skills

• Experience with requirements development

• Possess strong written communication skills and the ability to work with functional and technical teams

• Must have strong testing methodology, problem-solving, analytical and in-depth research skills

• Be able to prioritize and self-manage a multi-tasked workload in a fast-paced, compliant environment

• Experience trumps education provided the above are met

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Earned Value awareness

• Audit experience

• C*CERT, ProPricer and/or Proteus experience

• Enterprise Performance Management (ERP) experience or awareness

• Experience with other project performance management tools as well as Microsoft Project and M365

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $97008 - $164914

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.


Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Electronic Systems BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Remote work

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