Director of Finance

Orlando, Florida


Employer: L-3 Technologies
Industry: 
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time

Job Title: Director of Finance

Job Code: 11667

Job Location: Orlando, 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:

The Director of Finance will be responsible for accounting/financial reporting, strategic planning/budgeting, cash management, capital planning, program finance, CAS compliance and new business finance functions. The position will be responsible for providing leadership, financial strategies and the management of financial resources to ensure the achievement of the site's business plans and objectives. The position will also be responsible for the site's overall financial plans and policies. A principal responsibility will be to ensure the quality of financial management throughout the organization, including processes and business analysis and providing informative reports to the entire senior management team.

Essential Functions:

  • Provide leadership for significant financial growth
  • Establish financial policies, practices and procedures for the company
  • Establish appropriate business controls to engender an appropriate "results focus" in decision making
  • Lead the business through the challenges of growth and position the business to capitalize on as yet undiscovered opportunities
  • Understand and analyze financial performance as it relates to forecasted sales, profitability and cash flow
  • Improve profit as dictated by annual business plans
  • Manage Indirect Spending & Indirect Rates
  • Understand the impact of Indirect Rate changes on pricing and on future program performance
  • Coordinate expenditure programs to coincide with forecasted cash flow
  • Extensive experience in both cash and treasury management
  • Personally engage to ensure solid program-level financial performance, and that issues and methods for their containment are identified early
  • Personally engage in establishing new business financial strategies and ensure that issues and methods for their containment are identified early
  • Take initiative with ideas and actively help lead the company regarding strategic and tactical management issues, bringing financial and general management expertise to site leadership
  • Ensure Program Estimate at Completion (EACs) are maintained to accurately reflect financial performance
  • Ensure Programs requiring customer Earned Value Measurement System (EVMS) reporting are supported with accurate and on-time data.
  • Manage the company's compliance with its Disclosure Statement and the government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
  • Manage Internal Controls and SOX compliance
  • Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior government finance/accounting experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior government finance/accounting experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior government finance/accounting experience
  • Experience in the defense industry
  • 15 years experience with greater than 100m revenue operations
  • 15 years experience with GAP and closing financials is required
  • Hands-on pragmatic approach to business, asset management, cash flow and profitability
  • Ability to identify problems, prioritize what needs to be done, and stay focused on the priority items to meet the division's financial goals
  • Strong conceptual and business analytical skills
  • Experience in a Financial leadership role with both controller and treasury experience
  • A good background in corporate finance and a leading role in developing internal and external working relationships


Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting is preferred
  • A MBA is a plus
  • Familiarity with the sales and booking process and knowledge of the marketplace for the company's products and services
  • Experience in developing, implementing and utilizing of Earned Value Management techniques and processes
  • Ability to be an agent of change to enhance process and methods

Created: 2024-06-07
Reference: 11667
Country: United States
State: Florida
City: Orlando
ZIP: 32829


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