Senior Manager, Program Finance – Must be eligible for Secret Clearance (US Citizenship essential)
Camden, NJ or Herndon, VA
Full-Time, Permanent
$160,000 - $185,000
Job Description:
We have an exciting opportunity due to the growth of our team! We are looking for a Senior Program Finance Manager to join the Surface and C5 System Finance team. This includes responsibility for Program Finance, as well as EVM support. This is a growth position and will include direct leadership of a program finance team, and a focus on growing and developing talent for the future.
Essential Functions:
· Drive program performance
· Drive employee engagement initiatives
· Partner with and provide guidance to Program Managers, Technical Leads, and Division/Sector leadership related to financial performance of contracts.
· Oversight of program financials for Orders, Sales, EBIT, and Cash including preparation of financial reports and briefings to leadership.
· Lead the improvement and streamlining of policies and procedures, including driving utilization of Cobra for Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) program variance analyses, and optimizing the Costpoint ERP system.
· Responsible for influencing day-to-day execution of all financial activity related to Programs, Proposals, Reviews, including the development of strategies necessary to achieve program financial goals.
· Program finance duties will include: development/review of time-phased budgets following contract award; establishment of key performance metrics and milestones; ongoing reporting of Program(s) cost and schedule variances in accordance with company policy; ETC/EAC preparation and review, analysis and monitoring; maintenance and reporting of timely performance data to division management team as well as customer; investigation of financial irregularities; financial program compliance; prepare milestone invoices and analyze program cash forecast.
· EVM responsibilities will include: Ability to analyze earned value metrics and understand concepts; ability to identify issues based on results; work with Control Account Managers and Program Managers to help interpret the data into meaningful information; ability to train on EV concepts and coordinate inputs across multiple functional organizations, help analyze variance analysis inputs.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
· Strong ERP systems experience, SAP preferred.
· Strong Software skills, including COBRA, Excel, PowerPoint
· Strong experience managing EACs.
· Strong leadership skills with the ability develop talent.
· Experience with programs requiring Earned Value Management
· Bachelor’s Degree in relatable field
· Ability to obtain a security clearance.
Preferred Additional Skills:
· Demonstrated ability to partner with PMs and functional leaders.
· Experience interfacing with and presenting to executive leadership.
· Ability to create executive level briefings.
· Ability to work in a fast pace and challenging environment.
· Prior proven leadership experience
· Experience being a change agent.