Director, Program Finance

About the role

The Director, Program Finance leads the program finance function for Ondas Sentinel’s Stratospheric ISR business unit. This is a traditional program finance leadership role in a government-contracting environment, with ownership of program-level financial performance, including budgets, baselines, estimates at completion, revenue recognition inputs, and contract funding status.

Responsibilities

• Own program financial management across the flight services and program portfolio, including budgets, baselines, monthly estimates at completion, and variance analysis against plan.
• Partner with program managers on cost and schedule performance, risks and opportunities, and corrective actions; serve as the finance voice in program reviews.
• Prepare and present monthly program financial reporting, including performance, margin, and outlook, to business unit leadership and Ondas Sentinel management.
• Provide revenue recognition inputs for over-time contracts under ASC 606, including EAC-driven percentage-of-completion support, in coordination with Accounting.
• Monitor contract funding status, including limitation-of-funds and limitation-of-cost tracking and customer notifications, in coordination with Contracts.
• Support new business activities, including cost volumes, basis-of-estimate development, rough-order-of-magnitude pricing, and what-if scenario analysis for Business Development.
• Oversee program setup in the financial system, including contract structures, funding, and billing elements, and support accurate, timely invoicing and unbilled/WIP management across contract types, including FFP, cost-type, T&M, and IDIQ task orders.
• Apply and monitor indirect rates at the program level and support annual rate planning in coordination with the government accounting and compliance function.
• Develop program-level cash and funding forecasts as inputs to company forecast and reforecast cycles, in partnership with FP&A.
• Support government and external audit activity related to program cost and billing, including DCAA/DCMA engagement as applicable.
• Build and improve program finance processes, tools, and analytics for a scaling flight services business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; CPA or MBA preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive program finance or government contracting finance experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Deep experience with estimates at completion, program baselines, and percentage-of-completion revenue support in a FAR/DFARS environment; working knowledge of CAS concepts.
• Experience across government contract types, including FFP, CPFF/CPIF, T&M, and IDIQ task orders.
• Strong business-partnering skills with program management and operations, with the ability to translate financial results into program decisions.
• Aerospace and defense industry experience strongly preferred; public-company environment experience a plus.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills; ERP proficiency required, with Microsoft Dynamics experience a plus.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance, as required by program needs.