Job Title: Director, Program Finance

Job Code: 17187

Job Location:Plano, TX or Melbourne/Palm Bay, FL

Job Description:

L3Harris Corporation’s Advanced Combat Systems sector is seeking a Program Finance Director in Plano, TX or Melbourne / Palm Bay, FL for the Agile Development Group division. This position will be responsible for managing, preparing, administering, and directing cost control of the budget for large and/or complex programs. This position will report to the VP of Finance for the Airborne Combat Systems Sector.

Essential Functions:

• Lead, direct and review the work of direct report(s) with focus on policy and strategy implementation to ensure that contracts, proposals, pricing, billings and forecasting, are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines.
• Develop financials for annual operating plans and strategic plans.
• Provide comprehensive weekly/monthly revenue and project profitability variance analysis against monthly spends, budget and forecasts.
• Implement and maintain Order, Sales, Profit, and Cash Flow weekly tracking sheet to present to VP, providing program management and program finance inputs, variance analysis against current year plans.
• Work with program management and functional disciplines to ensure program plans and execution are compliant with company standard practice of integrating cost and schedule using earned value management guidelines
• Assess and quantify cost/schedule/technical status and risk, evaluate program trends, and provide project cost completion estimates.
• Perform analyses, prepare reports and communicate with parties within and outside of the organization which includes customers or vendors.
• Problem solve and conduct investigations to identify root cause and develop improvements to practices or approaches to mitigate scheduling risks.
• Conduct briefings with senior leadership regarding matters of importance to budget control for programs and to explain and influence changes.
• Incorporate contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baselines.
• Ensure adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government.
• Forecast major aspects of working capital such as cash flow, inventory, accounts receivables, unbilled and deferred revenue to monitor and analyze companies underlying operational efficiency.
• Establish revenue recognition methodology for programs.
• Support internal and external audits.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting or Finance required, with a minimum of 11 years of prior related experience, or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 15 years of prior related experience.
• 5+ years' of Program Financial management experience.
• 3+ years’ setting up and monitoring cost control system on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge in Finance program interface for proposals, billings, cost control and other financial controls.
• Experience in the managing of finance in the defense and aerospace industry highly preferred.
• Working knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulations.
• Experience in EVMS and/or Microsoft Project a plus.
• Ability to work with management and other functional areas in a fast-paced multiple project environment with changing priorities.