Sr. Manager, Finance- Business Partnering

Vantor•Herndon, VA

5d•$149,000 - $217,800

About The Position

Vantor is seeking a Senior Manager, Finance to serve as a strategic finance partner to business and functional leaders while supporting pricing strategy and execution. The role translates business priorities into financial plans, provides decision support for growth and investment opportunities, and develops pricing approaches that balance customer value, competitiveness, risk, and profitability. The Senior Manager works closely with Finance, Sales, Business Development, Operations, Contracts, and executive leadership. The role leads financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management for its assigned organization; analyzes financial and operational results; develops business cases, scenarios, and financial models; and presents results and recommendations to senior and executive leadership. It may also support pricing for new business, renewals, offerings, and strategic customer engagements, and help improve pricing models, governance, tools, methodologies, and performance reporting. The position establishes priorities and performance expectations for finance and pricing work in its scope, develops finance talent as applicable, coordinates cross-functional teams, strengthens controls and data quality, and uses AI and automation to improve efficiency within the USG finance community. Applicants must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee. Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience or equivalent demonstrated experience in finance, FP&A, commercial finance, pricing, or a related discipline.
Experience developing financial models, forecasts, business cases, and pricing or profitability analyses.
Strong understanding of financial statements, revenue and cost drivers, margin analysis, and investment decision-making.
Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex financial information and communicate recommendations to executive audiences.
Experience leading teams, major workstreams, or cross-functional initiatives.
Advanced proficiency with Excel and experience using AI or automation tools.
Must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience developing pricing strategies for complex products, services, subscriptions, or long-term contracts.
Experience supporting government, aerospace, defense, geospatial, technology, or data-services businesses.
Demonstrated experience serving as a finance business partner to senior business or functional leaders.
Knowledge of government contracting, proposal pricing, cost estimating, FAR/CAS requirements, or related compliance frameworks.
Experience with competitive analysis, price-to-win, sensitivity analysis, or portfolio pricing.
Experience improving finance or pricing processes, governance, systems, and analytical tools.
Experience managing and developing finance or pricing professionals.
Ability to obtain a clearance.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary finance partner to assigned business or functional leaders, providing financial insights, constructive challenge, and actionable recommendations.
Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management for the supported organization.
Analyze revenue, margin, cost, investment, and operational performance and identify drivers, risks, and opportunities.
Develop business cases, scenario analyses, and financial models to support strategic decisions, resource allocation, and long-range planning.
Prepare and present financial results, forecasts, and recommendations to senior and executive leadership.
Support pricing strategy and financial analysis for new business opportunities, renewals, product or service offerings, and strategic customer engagements, as needed.
Partner with GTM, Commercial Deal Desk, Contracts, Operations, and other stakeholders to develop competitive, compliant, and financially sound pricing recommendations, as needed.
Build and maintain pricing models incorporating cost structures, customer requirements, market dynamics, contractual considerations, risk, and target returns, including for FAR 15 contracts, as needed.
Evaluate deal economics, profitability, investment requirements, and pricing tradeoffs; facilitate reviews and approvals with senior stakeholders.
Improve pricing governance, tools, methodologies, and performance reporting, including analysis of actual results against approved business cases.
Establish priorities, operating rhythms, and performance expectations for finance and pricing work within the assigned scope.
Lead, coach, and develop finance talent, as applicable, and coordinate cross-functional teams through complex or time-sensitive decisions.
Strengthen financial controls, reporting accuracy, data quality, and process efficiency.
Influence stakeholders across functions and levels, building alignment around financial recommendations and business tradeoffs.
Leverage AI and automation tools to drive efficiencies and effectiveness within the USG finance community.