Finance & Business Operations Manager IRES - SSFB_HSV

Description of Duties

Amentum is seeking a Finance and Business Operations Manager to lead financial planning, analysis, and business operations in support of complex government programs. This role serves as a strategic partner to program and functional leadership, providing data‑driven insight, financial governance, and disciplined execution. The manager is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements, and enabling informed decision‑making across the organization.

Leadership & Management

• Provide strategic leadership to a multidisciplinary finance and business operations team, ensuring alignment with program, contract, and organizational objectives.
• Establish clear performance expectations, set priorities, and hold team members accountable for quality, timeliness, and results.
• Lead workforce management activities—including recruiting, development, performance evaluation, and succession planning—to build and sustain high performing teams.

Financial Analysis & Decision Support

• Perform detailed variance analysis (budget vs. actuals, forecast vs. actuals) to identify root causes, financial drivers, and forward looking impacts.
• Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to assess risks, opportunities, and alternative courses of action.
• Partner with Program Managers and senior leaders to support forecast accuracy, resource allocation, and informed trade off decisions.
• Synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear analytical conclusions and recommendations for leadership decision making.

Financial Operations & Compliance

• Lead financial planning activities including budgets, forecasts, and long range outlooks, ensuring alignment with contractual and corporate requirements.
• Develop and manage estimates at completion (EACs), ensuring disciplined cost control and early identification of financial and compliance risks.
• Oversee forecasting of revenue, cost, margin, cash flow, and indirect rates with a focus on accuracy, auditability, and traceability.
• Ensure full compliance with contract terms, corporate policies, US GAAP, and applicable Cost Accounting Standards.
• Maintain accountability for accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual internal and external financial reporting.
• Oversee financial controls, billing, accounts receivable, and cash management to safeguard company assets and data integrity.
• Serve as the primary interface for internal and external audits, ensuring thorough documentation, responsiveness, and regulatory adherence.

Financial Excellence & Stakeholder Enablement

• Serve as a trusted finance and business operations advisor to Program Managers, senior leaders, customers, and corporate stakeholders.
• Support program reviews and leadership engagements with disciplined financial analysis and risk informed insights.
• Identify, assess, and manage financial, operational, and programmatic risks, proactively communicating impacts and mitigation strategies.
• Balance responsiveness to stakeholder needs with strong financial governance, compliance, and disciplined execution.

Basic Requirements

• Must have 12 or more years of general (full-time) work experience (may be reduced with completion of advanced education).
• Must have 6 or more years of directly related experience in finance, accounting, or business operations in a government contracting environment.
• Must have 3 or more years of experience working in a management or leadership role.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Must have, or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Desired Requirements

• Experience supporting DoD or other federal government customers.
• Costpoint experience; JAMIS, Cognos, Hyperion, or SmartView a plus.
• Strong experience in business analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of government contract financial management, indirect rates, EACs, and projections.
• Demonstrated success influencing leaders through data and financial insight.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
• Experience driving process improvements and operational efficiencies across finance or business operations teams.

Pay

$160,000 – $180,000