Title:  Specialist, Program Finance (Palm Bay, FL)

Job Title: Specialist, Program Finance

Job Code: 24358

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

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 Technologies is seeking an individual to support Program Finance and join the Robotics Division. The position will be responsible for the financial management, review, and forecasting of assigned programs.  They partner with program management and project teams to analyze and understand their financial position.  The Analyst will prepare quarterly and monthly financial reports, both internal and external as required, validate Actual cost reporting, support monthly closing activities, support establishment and maintenance of project baselines and forecasts, and be responsible for project setup and maintenance with the financial systems. Position will have opportunities for exposure to support monthly Financial OSPI forecasting and reporting in and ad-hoc role as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Tracking, monitoring, and analyzing cost performance on programs
• Proactively work with Program Management and the project team in supporting the programs’ financial performance and requirements
• Creating and maintaining projects within Deltek Cobra and PeopleSoft financial systems, consistently in accordance with company procedure
• Supports the creation of time-phased project baseline budgets for performance measurement and maintenance throughout the project
• Supports the maintenance of the financial forecasts: Estimates at Completion (EACs), working with the project team as needed to obtain inputs to meet deadlines
• Provide predictive analysis to inform Program Management of risks and opportunities prior to realization and drive enterprise efficiencies
• Other special projects as directed by management such as reconciliations, cleanup of migrated or closed projects, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proven effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management principles and processes
• Detail-oriented with ability to multi-task and prioritize competing demands in a fast paced environment
• Experience with Firm-Fixed-Price production and maintenance contracts, international business experience a plus
• Knowledge of government and commercial contracts, funding profiles, sales outlook and variance analysis preferred
• Experience working with various colors of money including IRAD, Direct Sell, B&P and Capital
• Experience with HypFcst / Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) a plus

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