Program Finance Lead

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning and overseeing diverse activities within a program finance organization, leading a team of experienced professionals
• Provides vision and strategic insights for the organization and makes policy and process recommendations to drive the commercial space business
• Develops deep understanding of customer missions and requirements to provide complex and tailored feedback
• Leads the line of business in developing new products and processes to handle the complex needs of our customers
• Communicate with internal and external parties and influence others outside of finance team on policies, practices and procedures
• Pre-emptively identify programmatic risk and work directly with Program Manager and financial analysts to develop mitigation plans; recommend and implement cost reduction measures
• Provide hands-on support and strategy development for on-contract growth and new business proposals and help develop winning bids
• Provide insights and roadmap for successful financial execution
• Develop and then drive execution the commercial space portion of the program’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP), quarterly financial forecasts and EACs
• Support month-end closing process and perform variance/trend analyses
• Drive cash management processes across the division to include tracking milestone completion dates, collections, and inventory optimization
• Driving successful Indirect budget management’s in support of multiple emerging program’s within the Kinetic Effects Business Area

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or a related discipline plus 3-5 years related experience
• Knowledge of multiple contract types (FFP, FPLOE, T&M, Cost Plus and hybrid contracts), terms and conditions and billing/reporting requirements
• Analytical, communication and presentations skills needed as well as being able to operate independently