Sr. Mgr., Finance

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

MSM North America is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Finance to provide broad financial leadership and business support across the organization. This role will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, program finance, pricing and proposal support, management reporting, financial modeling, and business decision support.

The Senior Manager, Finance, will work closely with executive leadership and functional teams across the business to provide financial insight, strengthen financial processes, support growth initiatives, and improve visibility into business and program performance.

This role is well suited for a finance professional with broad experience who is comfortable operating across multiple areas of finance in a growing organization. The position requires the ability to move between strategic analysis and hands-on execution while maintaining strong financial discipline and supporting applicable government-contracting requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Analysis

• Lead and support annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling activities.
• Analyze revenue, operating expenses, margins, cash flow, working capital, and other key financial indicators.
• Develop financial forecasts and scenario analyses to support operating and strategic decisions.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities and provide clear recommendations to management.
• Develop and maintain financial models supporting business planning, investments, organizational growth, and new initiatives.
• Support the development and monitoring of financial KPIs and management reporting.

Business & Program Finance

• Serve as a finance partner to Program Management, Operations, Business Development, Engineering, Supply Chain, Contracts, and other functional teams.
• Monitor program and business performance against budget, forecast, contractual commitments, and financial objectives.
• Analyze program revenue, cost, margin, cash requirements, and forecast-to-complete assumptions.
• Support financial reviews of contract modifications, scope changes, schedule impacts, supplier changes, and other business developments.
• Provide financial analysis supporting capital expenditures, make-versus-buy decisions, sourcing strategies, and other operational decisions.
• Partner with business leaders to improve financial understanding and accountability across the organization.

Pricing & Proposal Support

• Lead or support financial and pricing activities for government, commercial, and strategic business opportunities.
• Develop and review pricing models incorporating labor, material, subcontractor costs, indirect costs, escalation, contingency, and profit assumptions.
• Partner with Business Development, Contracts, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Program Management to develop financially sound and competitive proposals.
• Perform margin, sensitivity, scenario, and profitability analyses in support of pricing decisions.
• Review pricing assumptions for consistency with financial forecasts, historical performance, and business objectives.
• Maintain appropriate documentation supporting pricing methodologies, assumptions, and approvals.
• Support negotiations, pricing reviews, audits, and cost or pricing data submissions when required.
• Maintain working knowledge of applicable FAR, DFARS, CAS, and Truthful Cost or Pricing Data requirements.

Financial Reporting & Performance Management

• Prepare recurring financial reports, management analyses, and executive-level presentations.
• Provide clear explanations of financial results, variances, trends, and key business drivers.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and close activities in partnership with accounting.
• Assist with revenue, margin, backlog, pipeline, and cash-flow reporting and analysis.
• Improve reporting tools and processes to provide management with timely and actionable financial information.

Financial Controls & Process Development

• Partner with Accounting and business leadership to support effective financial controls, policies, and procedures.
• Help establish scalable finance processes appropriate for a growing U.S. government contractor.
• Support internal and external audits and other financial compliance activities as needed.
• Assist with the development of cost structures, indirect-rate methodologies, financial reporting practices, and other finance infrastructure.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial systems, reporting, automation, and data quality.
• Ensure financial analyses and recommendations are appropriately documented and supported.

Strategic & Executive Support

• Provide financial analysis and recommendations to senior and executive leadership.
• Support strategic initiatives, organizational growth, business cases, and investment decisions.
• Evaluate the financial implications of new programs, partnerships, acquisitions, market opportunities, and other strategic initiatives.
• Develop clear, concise financial materials for executive-level decision-making.
• Perform additional financial analysis and special projects based on evolving business needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7–10+ years of progressive finance experience, including increasing levels of responsibility in areas such as FP&A, program finance, pricing, accounting, commercial finance, or business finance. Experience in Defense Contracting.

• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and financial performance analysis.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, cost structures, profitability, cash flow, and business economics.
• Experience developing financial analyses and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate independently in a growing and evolving organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear business insights.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functional and organizational boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
• CPA, CMA, or similar professional certification.
• Experience supporting DCAA/DCMA audits.
• Familiarity with CAS-covered contracts.
• Hands-on experience with Deltek Costpoint (contract setup, billing, reporting, and analysis).

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office and computer equipment. The role may require extended periods of computer-based work and additional hours during month-end, quarter-end, year-end, audit, or other critical reporting periods.

Occasional travel may be required based on business needs.

Employment Requirements

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the company's applicable pre-employment screening requirements.

The position may require access to export-controlled information, technical data, company systems, or customer information. The selected candidate must be eligible to access such information in accordance with applicable U.S. laws, regulations, contractual requirements, and company policies.

Equal Employment Opportunity

MSM North America is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.