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As a leader in satellite communications, our groundbreaking technology empowers customers to grow, innovate, and transform their networks. Here, your skills and passion meet our vision and expertise to create something extraordinary. If you're ready to tackle technology’s biggest challenges and redefine how the world connects, the most exciting chapter of your career awaits. With ST Engineering iDirect, the sky isn’t the limit-it’s just the beginning.\nThe Project Finance Analyst participates in the proposal preparation, planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of performance on projects of varying contract type, size, complexity, and level of risk. The Project Finance Analyst is a key member of the program team and works directly with the Program Manager to help define the project’s goals and objectives, ensures project accounting integrity and compliance, and recommends actions to improve progress and performance. The Project Finance Analyst will have significant interface with Program/Project Managers, senior technical staff, as well as other functional organizations including contracts, finance, accounting, accounts receivable, subcontract management and procurement. The Project Finance Analyst is required to be a citizen of European Union and will work primarily in-office in Sint-Niklaas Belgium. This role will report to the Project Control Manager.\nResponsibilities\nProvide cost, schedule and funding planning, reporting, monitoring and analysis support to Program Managers, and management, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and development of time-phased budgets and schedules.\nResponsible for developing and maintaining project level revenue forecast to Financial Planning and Analysis leadership.\nLead project set up in compliance with contractual terms, conditions, and requirements.\nPrepare program financial Estimates at Complete (EAC) and ensure revenue and profit is recorded in compliance with the EAC. \nIdentify project risks and opportunities and provide analytical contribution in working resolution with PM, Contracts, Procurement and Finance/Accounting.\nReview and assess all contract modifications. Advise the program management team of financial impacts as necessary.\nMonitor costs and manpower ensuring that actuals are within budget and charged to the correct job number and account. Process cost transfers as required.\nPrepare accurate and complete variance analysis and reporting.\nPrepare/support internal Program Management Review (PMR) presentations for management.\nPerform ad-hoc financial analysis on the contract as requested by PMO and others.\nSupport/perform program proposal pricing activities.\nMonitor funding/contract status, providing reliable and timely notification of funding status by line-item detail as required.\nSupport accounts receivable as required during the billing processing. Monitor billing status and unbilled issues, working with Finance, Contracts, Accounting and PMO to resolve issues in a timely manner.\nEnsure adherence to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), internal controls and all company policies and procedures as they relate to contract performance and financials.\nAdditional duties and responsibilities as assigned.\nQualifications\nEducation and Experience\nBachelor’s degree in Business or Program Management, preferred but not required.\n3 to 8 years of Program Control, Pricing, or related, and progressive experience with an emphasis in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline is required.\nKnowledge, Skills, Abilities\nCandidates must possess a strong background working with multiple contract types, specifically CPFF and FP.\nCandidates must possess an understanding of revenue recognition methods. Experience with percentage-of-completion revenue recognition desired.\nCandidate must have a basic understanding of accounting concepts such as accrual accounting.\nExpertise in Excel and overall MS Office suite and a working knowledge of relevant software applications.\nExperience with SAP ERP system a plus.\nExperience with EU government contracts a plus.\nExcellent organizational skills, able to handle multiple tasks at one time and meet deadlines.\nMust be analytical, possess excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.\nDemonstrates the highest level of ethics and integrity.\nStrong interpersonal skills for interfacing with all levels within the organization including senior management, including effective influencing skills, a proactive and 'no surprises' approach in communicating issues/requests.\nPromotes a culture of collaboration and teamwork across organizational boundaries; willing to break down functional silos to optimize business results and to facilitate the overall growth of the organization.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4921,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Belgium","iso":"BE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Military","Satellite Communications","Military Communication"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T21:01:22Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.897,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:22","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/idirect-project-finance-analyst-eu","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/idirect-project-finance-analyst-eu.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T21:46:24Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4373,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":627,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}