Senior Specialist, Operational Finance

Senior Specialist, Operational Finance

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Location: Mason, OH, Plano, TX, or Richardson, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Specialist of Operational Finance to join the AE Sector Cost Planning team within the MSL segment of L3Harris. This role has responsibility for financial planning and analysis of discretionary spending, including IRAD, B&P, Direct Sale and Capital Expenditure. This role will work with division leadership responsible for the various discretionary spending to analyze and manage costs within budget limits provided. This role will also assist in aggregating division discretionary spending results into sector level summary reporting to executive leadership. Lastly, this role will help support annual forecasting of strategic long-term (5 year) forecasting and AOP planning.

Essential Functions:

• Budgeting, forecasting and analyzing IRAD, including partnering with Engineering, BD and PMO to manage and ensure spend is in line with rates and our strategy.
• Budgeting, forecasting and analyzing Capital Expenditure, including partnering with Operations and Facilities teams to manage and ensure spend is in line with cost planning and strategy.
• Analysis and Reporting of Element of Cost, including labor utilization analysis and partnering with Supply Chain Management to monitor material trends v. forecasts.
• Budgeting, forecasting and analyzing Bid & Proposal and Direct Sale costs, including partnering with BD and executive teams to manage and ensure spend is in line with budget rates and strategy.
• Experience preparing presentations for executive audience on actual v. budget spend, variance analysis including any necessary charts, graphs to illustrate trends, key insights, etc.
• Role may require limited travel i.e., 10% travel days per year

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 5 years of experience with finance related roles e.g., program finance analyst, FP&A analyst, etc. working with budgeting, forecasting, variance explanation.
• 1 year of experience analyzing discretionary costs, e.g., IRAD, B&P, Direct Sale, Capital Expense
• Experience with Oracle ERP, Deltek CostPoint or Hyperion Planning
• Exceptional organizational skills, enabling monitoring of key due dates and activities and a flexible planner in terms of daily activities with ability to adapt to changing requirements and priorities
• Strong customer service approach, self-directed, assertive, with a positive attitude
• Ability to develop broad, cooperative relationships with numerous groups and individuals, at all levels of the organization
• Intermediate to expert level Microsoft Office skills, including 5 years of experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint focusing on pivots, vlookups, chart creation and other features.
• Experience with use of Power BI, including creation of dashboards for sharing key financial reporting information

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.