Program Finance Manager (R2589)
Dallas Metro Area / Washington DC Metro Area
Finance Division – Finance /
Full Time Employee /
On-site
Are you eager to apply your expertise in a company that is changing the defense landscape? Do you want to work among collaborative, mission-driven and values-focused colleagues? If so, Shield AI is the place for you!
In this role, you will be instrumental in the development, tracking, forecasting, analysis, and reporting of Shield AI’s program capabilities. This is a key financial role with responsibility for providing executive-level visibility of key revenue and spending trends as well as business and program performance of underlying operations. The successful candidate will have a strong drive and will interface with all aspects of the company, including production, program management, engineering, operations, business development, and executive management.
What you'll do:
- Develop and enhance the current framework to ensure programs achieve Orders, Revenue, EBITDA, and Cash goals
- Develop and enhance tools to track contract performance and incurred project costs every month, as well as estimates to complete and estimates at complete
- Contribute to the success of the broader finance organization (Accounting, Operations Finance, FP&A) by leading cross-functional improvements
- Provide insight on revenue, spending variances, and department-level reporting to business partners
- Establish methods of executing assigned areas that enable sustainable growth (continuous improvement model)
- Advise the Program Management leadership on all financial matters, build collaborative relationship to enable all parties to succeed financially as we execute.
- Coordinate internal research and development expenditure tracking and related cash forecast
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses as needed to support operational decision-making and improve profitability
- Mature the processes, policies, templates, and tools used in program finance
- Perform a leading role on internal projects, working closely with peer organizations to understand key business issues and translate them into financial models and metrics
- Analyze and interpret financial data for use in management reviews and decisions
Required qualifications:
- At least 3 year's experience in one (or all) of these areas: Financial Planning & Analysis, Program Controls, Pricing, Earned Value Management, Budgets & Rates, ERP transitions
- At least 5 years of related Finance experience.
- At least 3 years experience with an ERP.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and general modeling experience.
- Ability to frame unstructured and complex analytical problems for a broad audience.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, accounting or a similiar field of study.
- This position is based in Frisco, Texas (Dallas area) or Arlington, VA (Washington DC metro) and requires being onsite minimum 3/4 days – fully remote work will not be considered.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Deltek CostPoint
- Experience in a rapidly growing company or with integration post M&A
- Demonstrated skillset in executing non-conventional USG procurements and modeling associated financials
- 2 or more years of Aerospace & Startup industry experience
- Experience in finance/accounting within manufacturing or software focused industries
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to regularly interface with executive management
- Strong leadership skills and ability to have a high level of responsibility
- Experience with presenting analytical results in verbal and written form across a multi-disciplinary organization
- MBA or advanced degree
$84,700 - $135,300 a year
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