Specialist, Program Finance

Specialist, Program Finance

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

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 Code: 43601

Job Location: Camden NJ.

Schedule: 9/80- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Program Finance Analyst 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, monthly, and weekly 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.

Essential Functions:

• The Program Controls Analyst assists the program team by analyzing and interpreting data to identify trends, cost/schedule risks, and opportunities that influence outcomes
• Proactively work with Program Management and the project team in supporting the programs' financial performance and requirements
• Manage and maintain Earned Value Management (EVM) system for the program
• Ensure monthly EAC and EV is in compliance with AC-13 requirements.
• Maintain EV required docs on a monthly. Reports to include WADs, RAMs, WBS Dictionary, and Control Account Plan.
• Create, review, and work with PMs on monthly VARs. Submit BCRs if required or identify as needed.
• Establish and manage Program Baselines in conjunction with the CAMs
• Review and prepare monthly project billings to ensure customer invoices are accurate
• Help identify, generate, and ensure the proper recording and documentation of any required correcting entries
• Creating and maintaining projects within Deltek Costpoint and Deltek Cobra 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) and Latest Revised Estimates (LREs), working with the project team as needed to obtain inputs to meet deadlines
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators and elevate to CAM and Program Manager
• Establish and maintain Management Reserve, Undistributed Budget, Contract Budget Baseline Log
• Provide recommendations on financial performance projections to management based on business knowledge and experience
• 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
• Must have minimum of 2 years' experience in Earned Value Management (EIA-748 ANSI EV Guideline Reviews)
• Demonstrated proficiency with Deltek COBRA
• 4-8 years' experience and demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Excel (Pivot tables and VLOOKUP) and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated knowledge of Deltek Costpoint and IMB Cognos Report.
• Ability to obtain a DOD security clearance which requires US citizenship.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with cost-reimbursable contracts such as CPFF and T&M
• Knowledge of government contracts, funding profiles, sales outlook and variance analysis preferred
• Detail-oriented with ability to multi-task and prioritize competing demands in a fast-paced environment
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills