Program Finance Lead

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

Leidos’ Defense Systems is seeking a talented Program Finance Lead to support the Hypersonic Weapons Division. Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Our Kinetic Effects Business Area positions Leidos as a leader in the manufacturing and delivery of innovative mission-critical solutions across commercial space, advanced hypersonic weapons systems, precision munitions, and weapon system testing. This high-paced, fast-growing organization provides significant opportunities to solve highly complex problems and significantly influences the division’s results. As a core member of the team, you will play a valuable part in supporting and executing new, emerging programs within the division. You will be required to support multiple tasks in parallel, productively contribute to and lead team environments, and communicate effectively to management, coworkers, and customers. You must also be self-motivated and highly organized with a focus on managing customer expectations with a constant goal of generating high quality products that exceed stakeholder expectations. You will work directly with the Program Portfolio Director, Division Finance and Business Operation Senior Manager and other functional IPTs to define the program’s financial goals and drive closure of those objectives. This position will be responsible for managing the overall execution of a collection of fixed price program’s baselines and provide recommendations to achieve flawless program execution. Additionally, this position will support various proposal efforts across the portfolio, providing financial insights into proposal teams, developing cash flow analysis and supporting business case and profitability analysis to drive the long-term growth of the organization.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Planning and overseeing diverse activities within a program finance organization, leading a team of experienced professionals
Providing vision and strategic insights for the organization and making policy and process recommendations to drive the commercial space business
Developing a deep understanding of customer missions and requirements to provide complex and tailored feedback
Leading the line of business in developing new products and processes to handle the complex needs of our customers
Communicating with internal and external parties and influencing others outside of finance team on policies, practices and procedures
Pre-emptively identifying programmatic risk and working directly with Program Manager and financial analysts to develop mitigation plans; recommending and implementing cost reduction measures
Providing hands-on support and strategy development for on-contract growth and new business proposals and helping develop winning bids
Providing insights and roadmap for successful financial execution
Developing and then driving execution of the commercial space portion of the program’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP), quarterly financial forecasts and EACs
Supporting month-end closing process and performing variance/trend analyses
Aligning initiatives to Division and Business Area goals with other functional and line leaders to further the financial and business objectives of the organization
Driving 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