• Financial Analyst II

    PDS Defense (Pittsburgh, PA)


    Financial/Accounting

    **Financial Analyst II** Pittsburgh, PA Posted: 10/1/2025

    Job Description

    Job ID#:

    213289

    Job Category:

    Financial/Accounting

    Position Type:

    Associate - W2

    Shift:

    1

     

    PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Financial Analyst II in Pittsburgh, PA. Job ID#213289

    Job Description:

    * Drive financial planning and forecasting processes including management reviews

    * Consolidate and report performance for business segments including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flows

    * Develop external financial presentations working closely with C-Suite and Investor Relations

    * Create insights into businesses, markets, competitors, and customers through fact-based financial analysis

    * Oversee capital investment budgeting and approval processes

    * Control corporate resource unit's budgets and allocations

     

    The Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) supports company-wide consolidated financial reporting and supports critical financial forecasting systems to deliver accurate and timely financial planning, forecasting, and reporting. This position also derives business insights for assigned business segments by conducting financial and strategic analysis to help inform the decisions of executive management.

    Major activities/Key challenges

    * Own the Hyperion Planning environment administration by handling system maintenance tasks, ensuring data integrity, and conducting user training.

    * Participate in strategic direction, ongoing management and administration of Hyperion Planning system.

    * Manage critical source files and processes for efficient and accurate data collection and reporting including business driver models.

    * Support FP&A process and system improvement projects to achieve world-class performance.

    * Derive business insights from financial and strategic analysis and synthesize into high impact, targeted recommendations and presentations for senior management review and decision making.

    * Gain in-depth understanding of segment operations and business drivers to recommend improvements.

    * Review monthly actual, forecast and plan performance; understand deviations from both forecast, plan and prior year to provide insights to senior management.

    * Prepare quarterly financial reports in support of the earnings release process as well as 10-Q and 10-K filings.

    * Analyze markets, products and customer revenue and profitability to recommend actions that improve business results.

    * Conduct business and competitor analysis as well as external benchmarking.

    * Collaborate on ad hoc and ongoing financial analysis.

    * Develop a network of contacts across Segment and Resource Units to facilitate efficient data gathering.

    Essential Knowledge & Skills/Education

    * Excellent financial analytics and quantitative skills

    * Understanding of financial statements (income, balance sheet and cash flow statements)

    * Developing financial models to connect underlying business drivers to financial outcomes

    * Critical thinker that shows resourcefulness in gathering data, and is a self-directed problem solver

    * Conducts high-quality, detailed, accurate and well-documented quantitative and qualitative analysis including an ability to flesh out detail and clarify understanding of assigned work

    * Experienced in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Hyperion reporting applications

    * Collaborates well with colleagues; Desire to build a strong understanding of the business

    * Strong communication and presentation development skills

    * Takes initiative to make process improvements and standardize processes

    Basic Qualifications:

    * Bachelor's degree business, economics, finance, accounting or a related major or equivalent professional experience is required

    * Minimum of 7 years of experience in finance, strategy, consulting, or other quantitative function

    * Minimum of 7 years of experience working with, or analyzing financial statements

    Preferred Qualifications:

    * Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

    * Experience with financial modeling using Excel

    * Experience with Hyperion Planning application

    * Experience with SharePoint and Power BI systems

    * Highly detail oriented

    * Strong oral and written communication skills

    * Strong interpersonal skills and team orientation

     

    Hyperion Experience is the must have and Power BI / Sharepoint experience is nice to have.

     

    Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

    Job Requirements

    Minimum Security Clearance:

    No Clearance

     

    Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

     

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    The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

    + The California Fair Chance Act

    + Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

    + Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

    + San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled