Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lanteris Space Systems is a space systems company seeking a Finance Business Manager to join its Program & Operations team. The role supports program teams through financial planning, budgeting, reporting, proposals, variance analysis, cost and schedule management, risk assessment, financial modeling, and process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Support Program Managers (& other program POCs including Control Account Managers) to ensure cost and schedule performance including financial stability of the portfolio including direct program, IRAD costs, and capital projects
- Advise PMs and their program teams on overall business and financial decision making processes
- Continuously assess financial, technical and schedule risks and opportunities
- Conduct weekly program assessments and risk reconciliation of functional labor and non-labor incurred costs and EAC forecasts, reviews risk and opportunity registers for correct factorization and assessment of realization or mitigation
- Conduct monthly program reviews of cost incurred, ETC positions including risks/opportunities and Risk burndown plan
- Reconcile program percent complete from cost incurred and program master schedule
- Develop monthly EAC / Risk / Reserve walk highlighting EAC changes, mitigation strategies for any EAC growth areas and calendarized reserve position
- Collaborate across program product line to help generate metrics to build cost models to support Business Development
- Assist Factory Leaders in proposal cost and schedule activities
- Collect data and ensure data integrity during proposal
- Develop & maintain accurate models
- Provide program and cost center metrics to support decision making
- Assists CAMs/Cost Center Managers in coordinating with Program Managers related to their individual program work scope
- Work to proactively identify and mitigate risk to maintain and improve program margin and schedule contingency
- Review program calendarized labor to assess labor efficiency and to ensure adequate factory supply to meet forecast program demand
- Support the monthly/quarterly financial cycle to ensure the accuracy of demand and alignment with available resources
- Ensure IRAD and capital plans are in line with annual budget
- Establish new program baselines
- Support preparation of Annual Operating Plan
- Provide ad hoc financial modeling and financial analysis
- Support special projects and process improvements within Finance
Skills
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field. 4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
- 10 years of overall experience, with at least 5 years in a Financial Analyst role or factory line management experience with cost and schedule management accountability
- MBA
- Experience working for a manufacturing company
- Government/Commercial Program finance experience
- Government/Commercial proposal experience
- Experience with Oracle, SAP and Tableau
- Superior analytical skills, combined with excellent business judgment and strong ability to clearly and concisely communicate with management level personnel
- Master level skills with Excel and other MS office applications
- Active team player and works well under pressure
- Organized, detail-oriented individual with ability to multi-task and maintain accuracy of information
- Integrity with confidential information
- Creativity in solving complex problems
- Ability to work independently in support of team objectives
Benefits
- Paid time off for eligible employees
- Health and welfare insurance for eligible employees
- 401(k) for eligible employees
- This position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.
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