Senior Assoicate, Program Finance

L3Harris Technologies•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Associate, Program Finance supports financial management for departments, programs, and projects by using the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and financial metrics to provide accurate and complete information for internal financial tracking and customer reporting. Working under general supervision, this role develops time-phased integrated budgets and schedules, supports earned value data compliance and reporting, and integrates cost and schedule information. The position works with stakeholders in Program Management, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to monitor program performance, identify risks and potential issues, and recommend solutions. The successful candidate is detail-oriented, organized, able to manage multiple tasks, and committed to efficiency, problem-solving, resourcefulness, and quality while developing as a business partner and leader. The role also maintains forecasts and financial analyses, supports cost control and variance analysis, reconciles accounting data, and helps ensure costs and personnel are within budget and charged to the correct end objective. It communicates financial and schedule performance information to PMO and CAMS and contributes to process improvement initiatives. The position is located in Huntsville, Alabama, and follows a 9/80 schedule: employees work 9 days in each 14-day period for 80 total hours, with every other Friday off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of prior related program finance experience; or a graduate degree or equivalent and 0 to 2 years of prior related program finance experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 6 years of prior related program finance experience.
Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with Program Management, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain stakeholders.
Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to multitask and work under general day-to-day supervision.
Proactive, self-starting approach and ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Broad experience and understanding of business financial management techniques for government contracts, earned value analysis, cost analysis, financial planning, and cash flow, including cost-type and fixed-price contracts with performance-based payments, billing milestones, and liquidated payments.
Knowledge of Earned Value and EVMS.
Experience and skills with Microsoft Excel and general experience with other Microsoft Office tools.
Experience creating financial forecasts.
DoD 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 financial activities.
Develop quarterly EACs and analyze or assist with accurate ETC, EAC, and LRE projections.
Maintain monthly financial forecasts for assigned projects, including anticipated awards, sales, profit, and cash flow, and explain variances from prior forecasts.
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.
Educate PMO and CAMS using internal reports on cost and schedule performance.
Communicate within and outside the organization to explain and influence changes to practices and processes.
Suggest and implement process improvement initiatives.
Perform ad hoc analysis, data integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.
Apply working knowledge of FAR, CAS, SOX, and GAAP.