Senior Associate, Program Finance

L3Harris•Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

The Senior Associate, Program Finance supports departments and programs by using the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) to help keep projects and programs on track and provide accurate, complete information to customers. The role works under moderate supervision and partners with functional stakeholders, including Program Management and Engineering. The successful candidate is proactive, detail oriented, organized, able to multitask, and effective in a team environment, with strong communication and interpersonal skills. The position calls for efficiency, problem-solving, resourcefulness, commitment to quality, and continued development of leadership skills as a business partner. The role develops time-phased integrated budgets and schedules, supports earned-value data compliance and reporting, and performs cost accounting and cost-and-schedule integration. It provides financial performance insights to management, including early warnings of potential issues, risk identification, and proposed solutions. Responsibilities also include budgeting, cost control, variance analysis, reporting, risk management, financial support, forecasts and estimates, workforce planning, accounting-data reconciliation, and preparation of financial artifacts and customer briefings. The position applies working knowledge of FAR, CAS, and GAAP.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related finance experience; or a graduate degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related finance experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of prior related finance experience.
Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with functional stakeholders, including Program Management and Engineering.
Detail orientation, good organizational skills, ability to multitask, and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Ability to work with moderate day-to-day supervision.

Nice To Haves

Intermediate experience and understanding of business financial management techniques, including government and commercial contracts, earned value analysis, cost analysis, financial planning, cash flow, progress payments, and billing milestones.
Basic knowledge of Earned Value and EVMS.
Experience with Excel and other Microsoft Office tools.
Basic experience creating financial forecasts.
Department of Defense contractor experience.

Responsibilities

Develop time-phased integrated budgets and schedules.
Support Earned Value (EV) data compliance and reporting, cost accounting, and cost and schedule integration.
Assess program financial performance, alert management to potential performance issues, identify risks, and offer solutions.
Perform budgeting, cost control, variance analysis, internal and external reporting, risk management, and financial support.
Develop quarterly EACs and analyze or assist with accurate ETC, EAC, and LRE projections.
Create and maintain charge numbers.
Analyze costs and personnel to confirm actuals are within budget and charged to the correct end objective.
Analyze workforce planning, forecasting, and reporting.
Extract and reconcile accounting data.
Generate program financial artifacts, including EV reports, graphs, analysis, and customer reporting as required.
Develop briefings on program financial status for customers under general supervision.
Explain internal cost and schedule performance reports to PMO and CAMs.
Communicate within and outside the organization to explain and influence changes to practices and processes.
Perform ad hoc analysis, data-integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.