Program Financial Controller

Voyager Space Holdings - Webster, TX

Full-time - Senior

Webster, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The successful candidate will join the team in Houston and work in a transnational environment with activities done in several sites across US and Europe. This job requires a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth (and aware if any potential compliance risks). The Program Financial Controller - Starlab Space Station Program is responsible for leading all financial aspects of the program, ensuring robust financial management, and supporting strategic decision-making. This role collaborates across departments to optimize financial performance and maintain compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements. Job holder will functionally be reporting to CFO organization and operationally part of the Program organization as a business partner.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with work package managers / IPT Managers to optimize financial and operational performance, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Lead the development of Estimate at Completion (EAC) calculations, encompassing forecast adjustments, budget creation, and variance analysis.
• Drive financial reporting for management reviews, focusing on KPIs, cost control, and compliance with program targets.
• Partner with procurement to ensure accurate cost estimates for contracts and proposals.
• Establish a comprehensive framework for risks and opportunities management, linking financial impacts to mitigation strategies.
• Support monthly financial reporting processes, including variance analysis for budget vs. actuals and ETC tracking.
• Manage all relevant data for the project controlling (EAC database and actuals reporting) and provide profound analysis and data to enable decision making on management level and give visibility about performance vs targets - special analyses, presentations.
• Ensure timely and accurate reconciliation of program expenses to the CBS and WBS structures.
• Be a financial partner in key program decisions, providing insights on cost implications and resource allocation.
• Financial business partner to the Program Manager / Chief Operating Officer.
• Monitor purchasing process and propose corrective actions when necessary (e.g. Costing of contract, costing sheets, performance of contracts etc.).
• Fulfill all program control requirements (e.g. cost control, reporting, geographical distribution, monthly review of project data ...).
• Analyze the correlation/deviation between technical progress, actuals, and the forecast consolidation of project data.
• Support key change decisions in the project (business cases, proposal preparation, major modifications etc.).

Requirements

• Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Industrial engineer with a major in Business Administration or equivalent.
• At least 10+ years of experience in activities which have allowed you to acquire sound skills and strong knowledge of Finance, SAP.
• Financial data analytics, Strong financial knowledge, Reconciliation of Financial data.
• Knowledge of Multi-Program Management (WBS).
• A feeling for numbers and excellent financial skills and the ability to persuade, influence and convince.
• Desirable experience of working in a start-up and fast paced environment with proven record of successful stakeholder management in a government set up or to an institutional customer.
• Able to anticipate, assess and mitigate program risks.
• Experience in ERP migration would be a plus profound knowledge in MS Excel, MS Office etc. Helpful: VBA programming.

Benefits

• Relocation Eligible