Senior Associate, Program Finance

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Provides financial analysis on programs (External/IR&D), including actuals, estimate to complete (ETC), estimate at complete (EAC) and Earned Value (EV) based on inputs from the program team for regularly occurring program reviews.
• Maintains current, accurate and complete files, which support the financial baselines being reported, including the quad chart content.
• Monitors, analyzes, estimates and reports cost and schedule performance against baseline.
• Prices proposals ranging in size and complexity, adding strategic value beyond the numbers themselves.
• Converts cost proposals to contract budgets and performs financial budget tracking for contracts.
• Participates in the bid process, by assisting program management & project engineering in establishing the cost accounts and earned value criteria for the program.
• Ensures that actual cost reported agree to the general ledger and that all estimates provided by other functional organizations are properly supported.
• Adheres to L3Harris Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFRs) for applicable cycles (EAC, Revenue, etc.) as well as L3Harris Corporate Accounting Policies.
• Recommends and implements process improvements with regard to financial analysis and financial reporting.
• Ad hoc analysis may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business or related field with 2 years minimum prior of relevant work experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 2 years minimum prior of relevant work experience in MS Office.
• Ability to gain secret clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Aerospace and/or DoD industry experience.
• Outstanding financial acumen blended with business partnership and leadership.
• Detail oriented mind with ability to assess macro level impacts of changes within a program.
• Proven track record of process improvement and experience with financial systems and process change initiatives.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability foster strong working relationships with cross functional partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills and the ability to frame and interpret issues.