Senior Specialist of Program Finance - Proposal Pricing

L3HHCM20•Orlando, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris is seeking a Senior Specialist of Program Finance to join our team in Orlando, FL. This role will play a critical role in driving the success of our bidding and proposal processes. This role will collaborate closely with the Business Development team and Engineering teams to develop competitive cost bids and high-quality pricing volumes for military and/or commercial proposals. The idea candidate will be a strategic thinker with strong pricing and financial skills, capable of delivering compelling and compliant proposals that align with customer requirements and company objectives. This role may also provide financial analyst support to commercial and/or defense programs where financial performance, data accuracy and timely insight are critical to success. This role partners closely with Program Managers and cross-functional teams to provide financial leadership across program planning, execution, and performance measurement. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in an Earned Value Management (EVM) environment and can translate data into clear, actionable insights that support informed decision-making and forecast accuracy for Orders, Sales, Profit and Cash. This position is best suited to a proactive, organized self-starter with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant finance experience; or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related finance experience; or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior finance experience.

Nice To Haves

4+ years of experience using Excel as a daily tool and 2+ years of experience using other MS OFFICE tools such as PowerPoint.
4+ years of experience with financial analysis, forecasting and reporting to include variance explanations.
4+ years of experience with proposal pricing.
2+ years of experience with budgeting and earned value reporting.
Capable of multitasking and working under pressure with tight deadlines.
Ability to build collaborative relationships, earn trust, and thrive in an inclusive environment.
A broad experience and understanding with business financial management techniques including government and commercial contracts, earned value analysis, cost analysis, financial planning, cash flow, progress payments and billing milestones.
Strong level knowledge of Earned Value and EVMS highly desired.
DoD contractor experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide proposal pricing strategy and support, including analyzing customer requirements, generating pricing strategy approaches, and leading strategic bidding efforts.
Proposal pricing liaison with all stakeholders and departments to coordinate proposal inputs (technical and programmatic).
Prepare proposal pricing requests for quotations and specifications for potential subcontractors and vendors and manage technical and cost inputs received in response.
Prepare clear and concise pricing proposals that are complaint to the customer requirements.
Provide proposal pricing that is compliant with internal procedure and guidelines.
Strong knowledge of financial program performance, providing management with early performance insights, identifying risks and offering solutions.
Budgeting, cost control and variance analysis, internal/external reporting, risk management and financial support.
Guide program financials including development of time-phased integrated budgets and schedules, Earned Value (EV) data compliance and reporting and ongoing oversight of cost and schedule integration.
Generate program financial artifacts such as EV reports, graphs, and analysis, as required to include customer reporting.
Development of quarterly EACs; analyze/assist in accurate projection of Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Complete (EAC) and Latest Revised Estimate (LRE) data.
Support and/or lead financial analysts with organization of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), creation and maintenance of charge numbers.
Perform analytical assessment and financial forecast submission for accurate reporting of orders, sales, profit and cash collection.
Accounting data extraction, reconciliations, and approval of Program purchase requisitions.
Perform ad-hoc analysis, data integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.
Supports program team for Internal and external audits.
Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Up to 5% business travel.