Title:  Senior Manager, Program Finance

Job Title: Senior Manager, Program Finance  

Job Code: 40250

Job Location: Amityville, NY

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Corporation’s Release Systems is seeking a Program Senior Manager in Amityville, NY for Tactical Airborne Systems. This position will be responsible for managing, preparing, administering, and directing cost control of the budget for large and/or complex programs, managing PFAs and supporting product line leadership. This position will report to the TAS (Tactical Airborne System) division finance director.

Essential Functions:

• Lead, direct and review the work of direct report(s) with focus on policy and strategy implementation to ensure that contracts, proposals, pricing, billings and forecasting, are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines.
• Develop financials for annual operating plans and strategic plans.
• Provide comprehensive weekly/monthly revenue and project profitability variance analysis against monthly spends, budget and forecasts.
• Implement and maintain Order, Sales, Profit, and Cash Flow weekly tracking sheet to present to leadership, providing program management and program finance inputs, variance analysis against current year plans.
• Work with program management and functional disciplines to ensure program plans and execution are compliant with company standard practice of integrating cost and schedule using earned value management guidelines
• Assess and quantify cost/schedule/technical status and risk, evaluate program trends, and provide project cost completion estimates.
• Perform analyses, prepare reports and communicate with parties within and outside of the organization which includes customers or vendors.
• Problem solve and conduct investigations to identify root cause and develop improvements to practices or approaches to mitigate scheduling risks.
• Conduct briefings with senior leadership regarding matters of importance to budget control for programs and to explain and influence changes.
• Incorporate contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baselines.
• Ensure adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government.
• Forecast major aspects of working capital such as cash flow, inventory, accounts receivables, unbilled and deferred revenue to monitor and analyze companies underlying operational efficiency.
• Establish revenue recognition methodology for programs.
• Support internal and external audits.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience. 
• 5+ years' of Program Financial management experience.
• 3+ years’ setting up and monitoring cost control system on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge in program finance interface for proposals, billings, cost control and other financial controls.
• Managing a team of financial analysts
• Use of Hyperion and PeopleSoft
• Experience in the managing of finance in the defense and aerospace industry highly preferred.
• Working knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulations.
• Experience in EVMS and/or Microsoft Project a plus.
• Ability to work with management and other functional areas in a fast-paced multiple project environment with changing priorities.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in NYC is $126,000 - $234,000. The salary range for this role in New York state is $109,500 - $203,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.