Senior Specialist, Program Finance
About The Position
L3Harris is seeking a Senior Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis to join its Missile Production Finance team in Huntsville, Alabama. The role supports financial performance management through accurate reporting, forecasting, and analytical insight, including financial reporting for multi-year production contracts and a major defense program. The specialist forecasts sales, profit, orders, and cash; performs P&L analysis; supports segment reporting deliverables; and helps maintain data integrity across key financial systems. The role works with stakeholders such as Program Management, Material Planning, and Operations, and may support proposal teams by developing bases of estimate, providing actuals data, and assisting with fact-finding and negotiations. The position calls for a proactive, organized, detail-oriented professional who can manage multiple priorities, work effectively with minimal day-to-day supervision, communicate well, solve problems, and collaborate in a fast-paced environment. The work schedule is 9/80: 80 hours over nine workdays in each 14-day period, with every other Friday off.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 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, a minimum of 10 years of prior related finance experience.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to collaborate across functions and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively with minimal day-to-day supervision.
- Efficiency, problem-solving ability, resourcefulness, and commitment to quality.
- Knowledge of FAR, CAS, and GAAP.
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office.
- Proficiency with Hyperion.
- Knowledge of cost and schedule development, budgeting, financial analysis and reporting, financial modeling, and corporate forecasting.
- Familiarity with contract compliance and negotiation.
- Experience with customer and management reporting.
- Ability to perform financial calculations used in cost and budget analysis.
- Experience working with imported and exported data.
- Understanding of general accounting principles and earned value management, including the ability to assess cost data accurately and forecast expenditures.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of program financial performance and provide management with early warning of potential issues, including risks and recommended solutions.
- Support budgeting, cost control, variance analysis, internal and external reporting, risk management, and overall financial program performance.
- Develop quarterly Estimates at Complete (EACs) and assist in accurately projecting Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Complete (EAC), and Latest Revised Estimate (LRE) data.
- Analyze workforce planning, forecasting, and reporting.
- Perform accounting data extraction and reconciliation.
- Communicate within and outside the organization to explain, influence, and implement changes to practices and processes.
- Recommend and help implement process improvement initiatives.
- Perform ad hoc analysis, data integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.
- Apply knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Forecast sales, profit, orders, and cash; perform P&L analysis; and support segment reporting deliverables.
- Support financial reporting for multi-year production contracts and a major defense program.
- Support proposal teams as needed by developing bases of estimate, providing actuals data, and assisting with fact-finding and negotiations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
