Specialist, Program Finance

Specialist, Program Finance

The Modernization & Modifications Group (MMG) Sector of L3Harris Technologies has an opening for a Program Financial Analyst to join our team in Plano, TX. This position is responsible for supporting the financial management, analysis, and estimating of assigned programs. The role provides comprehensive support across program financials, including orders, sales, profit forecasting, and working capital management. The analyst will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate financial forecasts, analyze performance variances, and identify potential risks and opportunities. Key responsibilities include weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial forecasting, analysis, and reporting, preparing management-level presentations, and performing ad hoc financial analysis as required to support leadership decision-making.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for engaging with cross-functional teams to effectively support the Business Area from a financial perspective.
• Project financial analyst is responsible for setting up and activation of assigned projects, service orders and production work order support in ERP system.
• Monitor and analyze program costs, perform financial analysis for labor, material, subcontract and ODC estimates against budget and forecast.
• Prepare Estimates at Completion (EAC) for programs and access profit impacts with variance commentary.
• Provide inputs for the monthly, quarterly, and annual sales and cash forecasting process.
• Perform variance analysis to forecasted results (EAC, Sales, Profit and Cash), identifying specific drivers of deviations from estimates.
• Review weekly labor/material charges and analyze variances.
• Providing financial support to DCMA/DCAA audits.
• The ideal individual for this job will be an excellent communicator with a desire to learn and be challenged, the ability to work on a range of tasks, and the ability to interact with a variety of management levels and customer counterparts.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

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.
• Minimum 2 years experience with Microsoft Office Suite applications (Excel, Powerpoint, Word).
• Must be a US citizen.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to partner with PMs and functional leaders.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP & Hyperion Forecasting tools.
• Ability to proactively solve problems and issues in a timely manner with moderate supervision.
• Experience with multiple contract types (CP/FFP/T&M).
• Ability to work in a fast pace and challenging environment.
• General understanding of Earned Value Management and experience with Cobra a plus.
• DoD/DOE experience a plus.
• Effectively communicate with peers, leadership, and other functions.