Senior Associate, Program Finance

L3Harris Technologies•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

The Senior Associate, Program Finance supports departments and programs by using the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) to keep projects on track and provide accurate, complete information to customers. The role works under moderate supervision and requires collaboration with Program Management, Engineering, and other functional stakeholders. The successful candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, organized, able to multitask, and committed to quality, efficiency, and problem-solving while developing leadership skills as a business partner. The position provides financial performance insights to management, including early warning of potential performance issues, identification of risks, and proposed solutions. It supports budgeting, cost control, variance analysis, forecasting, reporting, and cost and schedule integration, including quarterly estimates and customer-facing financial briefings.

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.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with functional stakeholders, including Program Management and Engineering.
Detail orientation, organizational skills, and ability to multitask.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment and with moderate day-to-day supervision.
Working knowledge of FAR, CAS, and GAAP.

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, and support Earned Value data compliance and reporting, cost accounting, and cost and schedule integration.
Monitor program financial performance, provide management with early warning of potential performance issues, identify risks, and offer solutions.
Support budgeting, cost control, variance analysis, internal and external reporting, risk management, and program financial activities.
Develop quarterly EACs and analyze or assist with projections of ETC, EAC, and LRE data.
Create and maintain charge numbers.
Analyze costs and personnel to ensure 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 with internal and external stakeholders to explain and influence changes to practices and processes.
Perform ad hoc analysis, data integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.
Apply working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).