Title:  Senior Manager, Finance

Job Title:  Sr Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Job Code: 28571

Job Location: Camden NJ, Herndon VA, Salt Lake City UT, Plano TX or Palm Bay, FL.

Schedule: 9/80 Every other Friday off

Job Description:

C5 Systems is seeking an experienced FP&A Senior Manager to join our team, reporting to the Director of Finance. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering key financial insights that support the company's strategic decisions and financial planning processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide critical financial analysis and insights to drive strategic decision-making
• Lead and enhance FP&A business processes, ensuring continuous improvement
• Collaborate cross-functionally with individuals at all levels of the organization
• Focus on key financial metrics such as indirect expenses, earnings, cash flow, orders, and revenue
• Assess the reasonableness of financial data, understand the drivers behind changes, and develop strategies to achieve desired business outcomes
• Lead and develop a high performing FP&A organization with both direct reports (~4) and support staff from entities across the globe
• Abilitiy to interface with and influence Executive Leadership

Essential Functions:

• Financial Forecasting: Develop comprehensive financial statement forecasts, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows. Maintain and enhance the processes, tools, and data models necessary for producing timely and accurate forecasts, with a deep understanding of the underlying drivers
• Lead and Drive Key Financial deliverables – Monthly Financial Review (MFR), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and 3 year Joint Strategic Plan (JSP).  Involves a mix of detailed chart development and oversight of inputs from the wider organization and FP&A team
• Collaboration: Work closely with program finance and accounting teams to develop robust processes, models, and inputs for financial forecasting. This includes managing overhead, sales, profit, operating income, and free cash flow projection
• Reporting and Deliverables: Lead the preparation of financial forecasting reports and deliverables. Coordinate responses to ad hoc financial requests and reports, ensuring accuracy and relevance
• Rate Management: Manage the tracking of indirect rates. Lead monthly forecast reviews (MFR) with responsibility for balance sheet and P&L
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Demonstrate flexibility in addressing ad hoc financial analysis needs. Utilize advanced MS Excel skills to perform a variety of business modeling requirements
• Performance Tracking: Prepare meaningful weekly financial metrics to monitor key performance indicators and enable early action. Analyze data for reasonableness and appropriateness, collaborating with others to understand and improve information sources
• Process Improvement: Develop tools, templates, and processes to streamline data gathering and report preparation. Ensure the relevance and appropriate level of detail in the information collected
• Variance Analysis: Drive the understanding of financial variances. Work with relevant stakeholders to identify corrective actions, risks, or opportunities arising from these variances
• Presentation and Communication: Prepare impactful presentations and succinct analyses. Communicate relevant and actionable details effectively, involving appropriate stakeholders to drive action
• System Management: Oversee Hyperion based forecasting systems
• Work Planning: Plan and schedule work to meet specified objectives and deadlines, ensuring compliance with internal, sector, segment, and corporate requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.  Or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.  In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• Requires demonstrated strong management and leadership skills within the FP&A domain
• The candidate should possess comprehensive knowledge and expertise in financial planning and analysis, with the ability to understand and integrate other related areas within the job function
• Demonstrated strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Demonstrated proficiency in financial modeling techniques and executive-level briefing generation

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and financial planning software
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and data gathering skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Prior industry experience with Defense and Aerospace

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Colorado State, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Vermont and New York State is $107K-$199K.  For California, New Jersey, Seattle, Washington D.C., Maryland Greater Washington D.C. area, the city of Denver, Washington State and New York City, the salary range for this role is $123-$229K.  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. 

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