Director 2 Financial Initiatives
About The Position
The Director, Financial Initiatives leads enterprise financial initiatives that enhance growth, margin performance, and overall business outcomes. The role provides analytic support, strategic insight, and leadership across sectors and functions to improve enterprise performance and enable finance transformation. The position leads analysis of enterprise financial and strategic plans; partners with sectors and business units to identify revenue growth and margin opportunities; and directs financial initiatives related to technology implementation and broader finance transformation. It also provides cross-functional scenario analysis and decision support, supports pricing excellence and governance, and advises senior leaders on risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 10 or more years of progressive experience across corporate finance, strategic planning, business management, multiple aerospace and defense business segments, or related disciplines.
- Expertise in financial statements and forecasting, valuation methodologies, and capital markets.
- Familiarity with aerospace and defense key performance drivers and relevant regulations.
- Demonstrated experience interacting with senior executives.
- Ability to travel approximately 10–20% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading enterprise-level finance transformation or technology-enabled finance initiatives.
- Strong track record driving margin improvement, cost structure optimization, and pricing excellence.
- Advanced degree, such as an MBA, or professional certification, such as CFA or CPA.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate across complex, matrixed organizations.
Responsibilities
- Lead analysis of enterprise financial and strategic plans to identify performance improvement opportunities.
- Develop recommendations that support growth, margin expansion, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with sectors and business units to accelerate revenue growth and enhance margin performance.
- Provide sector leaders with data-driven insights, performance diagnostics, and action plans.
- Lead financial initiatives associated with technology implementation and broader finance transformation.
- Drive cost structure optimization, pricing excellence, business scenario planning, and strategic option evaluations.
- Collaborate with Finance, Business Development, Operations, Program Management, and other functions to deliver scenario analysis and data-driven insights.
- Provide decision support for business outcomes, investment, resource allocation, and strategic choices.
- Support Pricing Excellence, including designing and implementing governance models and standard estimating practices.
- Improve pricing decisions and proposal development through consistent methodologies, analytics, and controls.
- Provide financial and strategic guidance during project implementations, transformation initiatives, and major business decisions.
- Communicate risks and opportunities to senior leaders and recommend actions to address risk and capture value.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business
- Potential overtime and shift differential, depending on the position
- Discretionary bonus
- Potential long-term incentives for employees in Vice President or Director positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
