Job Description
The World at Abt
Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt Associates. Creating a more equitable world is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges.
We are a team of 3,000+ people in over 50 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment, energy, and innovation do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game.
To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and collaboration. Our open culture allows you to balance your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around the world, and we’ll do the same for you.
Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.
The Opportunity
Abt Associates seeks an experienced and highly qualified Finance Analyst to be part of the Corporate Finance Team supporting the Financial Operations for the Solutions Organization. Successful candidate will possess strong financial and analytical skills as well as background in supporting Management decision making. The individual selected for this position must demonstrate strong work experience with supporting a complex organizational structure, financial modeling and ability to drive for superior results. This position requires significant interaction with senior management, excellent communication and leadership skills, and ability to guide day to day financial management decisions, with emphasis on labor utilization and billability analysis, indirect costs and investments. Role requires an understanding of the big picture, a strong desire to analyze, investigate, and resolve issues, ability to collaborate and lead through others, a strong questioning attitude, and a focus on continuous process improvement.
Core Responsibilities
- Responsible for area’s monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close activities and perform financial analyses to drive business and profit growth.
- Support analysis of monthly close, cyclical forecasts and annual budget development and reviews and management of indirect rates/expenses and capital budgeting process
- Support business case analysis process, inclusive of project specific capital and operating expense ROI analysis.
- Ability to build and manage financial models for forecasting, variance analysis, and problem solving then quickly analyze it, know its merits, and prepare it for management discussion.
- Strong focus on analytics, both top down and bottoms up, with project lifecycle analyses of impacts to P&L.
- Partner and collaborate with Division level clients and Shared Services Departments to deliver credible data to assist with proactive decision making.
- Analyze indirect rate variances and government contracting related allocation methodologies.
- Optimize efficiencies through enhanced intelligent processes and streamlined business processes.
- Deliver consistent, accurate and proactive financial reporting.
- Perform financial analyses to interpret trends requiring management attention, and for the presentation of financial findings and specific recommendations to senior management.
What We Value
- Professional Services experience in the Federal Government Contracting market.
- Advanced knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of financial analysis.
- Demonstrated financial management and P&L responsibility.
- Advanced forecasting skills with the ability to forecast P&L across Capability Centers.
- High energy, dynamic professional with the ability to prioritize and follow through tasks.
- Self-directed with proven ability to research complex issues, work independently, and multi-task several projects efficiently.
- Critical thinker with strong attention to detail and works well under pressure.
- Demonstrates exemplary work ethic, attention to detail, and high degree of accuracy.
- Must be result-oriented with a high degree of initiative and personal accountability for excellent work.
- Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills with the ability to work across multiple layers of the company.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of tools
- Knowledge of Oracle and Cognos TM1 desired.
- Bachelor’s Degree + Two years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree
What We Offer
We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.
This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $65,111.30 to $110,589.04 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.
Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
About Us
Abt Associates is a mission-driven, global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health, social and environmental policy, and international development. Known for its rigorous approach to solving complex challenges, Abt Associates is regularly ranked as one of the top global research firms and one of the international development innovators. The company has multiple offices in the U.S. and program offices in more than 40 countries.
At Abt Associates, we are committed to creating a lasting culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that in order to achieve full participation, our practices must be free of prejudice, discrimination, and bias that result in inequitable outcomes. We are actively working to advance equity for everyone, and while we still have much work to do, we know that racial and cultural diversity are an asset to our business and the communities where we live and serve. Our ongoing commitment is focused on creating business practices that advance racial and social equity, investments in community impact programs for the benefit of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), and expand upon project work related to racial equity and social justice.