Associate Director, Finance

About the role

The Global Patriot Europe Finance team within the Land and Air Defense Systems (LADS) Strategic Business Unit (SBU), has an immediate opening for an Associate Director of Finance to support its Central Europe program area. This role will be responsible for managing multiple strategic, high growth Patriot programs with European Customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage P&L for a portfolio of strategic, high-growth European Patriot programs
• Lead, grow, and develop a multi-layered finance team of 10-20 employees
• Maintain and drive robust controls over program and financial performance
• Ensure program adherence to RLPM and CORE operating processes
• Establish effective program processes to drive consistency and efficiency across business cadence
• Act as a key business partner to Program Area Director, PMs, IPTs, and Functional leads
• Ensure transparency and predictability across our Financial outlooks and reporting
• Drive financial performance in support of business commitments and communicate key messaging to Leadership
• Establish financial terms and structures within our proposals and contracts that successfully manage company risk and realize targeted returns

Qualifications

• You Must Have:
• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field & a minimum of 12 years’ experience in finance or related business role; OR an Advanced degree and 10 years' experience in finance or related business role
• Experience interfacing and conducting business with various functional disciplines (Contracts, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain)
• Experience leading a team of finance professionals and experience briefing senior leadership
• We Prefer:
• Experience managing a unique team to achieve complex, long-term objectives
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with ability and comfort to succinctly present to senior levels of leadership
• Understanding of EAC structure/preparation and Risk and Opportunity Management
• Experience with APEX, PRISM, IOTs, Rplan and EDIT+
• Understanding of AOP and Long-Range Planning, program forecasting and metrics
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive and solve multifaced problems, including using critical and strategic thinking to make difficult business decisions
• Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities; with a collaborative mindset and the demonstrated ability to influence others and achieve results

Pay

The salary range for this role is 157,200 USD - 298,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.