Senior Specialist, Program Finance

L3Harris Technologies • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior finance experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior finance experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior finance experience.
• Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• Experience with Deltek Cobra, Empower, PM Compass and SAP.
• Mastery level knowledge of Earned Value and EVMS highly desired.
• Advanced experience with Excel and other MS OFFICE tools.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships, earn trust, and thrive in an inclusive environment.
• Experience with creating financial forecasts.
• DoD contractor experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for financial performance of Internal programs, providing management with an early warning of potential performance issues, identifying risks and offering solutions.
• Guide program financials including development of Business justifications, liquidation schedules, data compliance and reporting, cost accounting and ongoing overseeing of costs overruns.
• Budgeting, cost control and variance analysis, internal/external reporting, risk management and financial support.
• Educate and lead financial analysts with organization of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), creation and maintenance of charge numbers.
• Educate and lead financial analysts in monitoring costs and personnel ensuring that actuals are within budget and charged to the correct end objective.
• Educate and lead financial analysts with workforce planning, forecasting and reporting.
• Accounting data extraction and reconciliation.
• Generate program financial reporting and tracks cost liquidations.
• Develop and present briefing of financial impacts of the IFR requests to leadership.
• Educate PMO and CAMS with internal reports on cost and schedule performance.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to finance professionals.
• Communicates within and outside the organization to explain and influence changes to practices and processes.
• Provides suggestions and implementation of new process improvement initiatives.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis, data integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.
• Mentoring of Jr. analysts on how to perform extensive investigations and understands root cause of problems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree