Director of Finance

About the role

Hanwha Defense USA Shipbuilding delivers vessels and sustainment services to the U.S. Navy and other government customers across a portfolio of shipyard and maritime subsidiaries. The organization operates under Korean parent ownership and an active foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) mitigation framework. The Director, Finance is the principal finance leader for the Shipbuilding portfolio.

Responsibilities

The position directs financial planning and analysis, corporate planning, pricing, government contract finance compliance, and treasury operations, and serves as the interface to Hanwha Defense USA corporate and the Korean parent for consolidation, group reporting, and tax matters.

• Financial Planning, Analysis, and Corporate Planning: Direct the annual operating plan, multi-year strategic plan, and rolling forecast for Shipbuilding and its subsidiaries.
• Pricing and Government Contract Finance Compliance: Direct pricing strategy and execution for U.S. Navy and other government proposals, including basis of estimate development, cost volume construction, fee positioning under DoD Weighted Guidelines, and pricing narrative.
• Commercial and Contract Structuring: Structure customer contracts and teaming, subcontract, and partnership arrangements, including contract type selection, fee and incentive design, payment and financing terms, escalation and economic price adjustment, and termination and risk allocation.
• Treasury and Capital Management: Direct cash forecasting, liquidity management, and working capital across the portfolio, with particular attention to the cash profile of long-cycle shipbuilding programs.
• Group Reporting, Consolidation, and Tax: Manage the close and reporting calendar for Shipbuilding and its subsidiaries, delivering audit-ready results to corporate and the Korean parent on schedule.
• Organization, Systems, and Controls: Recruit, develop, and lead the Shipbuilding finance organization, including the addition of technical accounting and consolidation capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field.
• Ten or more years of progressive finance experience, including three or more years leading teams.
• Demonstrated ownership of financial planning and analysis and corporate planning in a project-based or long-cycle manufacturing environment.
• Substantive government contracting finance experience covering pricing, indirect rates, FAR and DFARS cost principles, and interaction with DCAA or DCMA.
• Experience structuring and negotiating the financial terms of customer contracts or major commercial agreements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Shipbuilding, heavy industrial, aerospace, or capital-intensive defense manufacturing background.
• Experience within a foreign-owned U.S. defense entity, including FOCI mitigation, CFIUS, or export control exposure.
• Treasury or capital markets experience.
• Enterprise resource planning implementation or business systems transformation experience, such as Deltek Costpoint or SAP.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent credential.

Benefits

Hanwha Defense USA is committed to pay transparency and equitable compensation practices. The salary range listed for this position represents a good faith estimate of the base pay we reasonably expect to offer for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on relevant skills/experience, education and certifications, market conditions, geographic location and internal pay equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for discretionary annual bonuses, benefits, and other forms of compensation as part of Hanwha Defense USA's total rewards package.