Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

The Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a key member of the Finance & Accounting leadership team responsible for leading enterprise financial planning, forecasting, analysis, and business performance management across Detroit Defense. This hands-on role will provide financial leadership and decision support across multiple business units and functional areas, partnering closely with executive leadership and operational leaders to drive critical financial visibility, and support strategic decision-making.

The Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis will lead the Company's enterprise budgeting and forecasting processes as both an individual contributor and leader and manage cash flow modeling processes and treasury-related activities. This key contributor will develop financial and operational reporting, and provide analysis supporting strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions. The role will establish consistent financial planning practices across the organization while ensuring that financial information is accurate, timely, actionable, and aligned with business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in government contracting and a strong working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, cost principles, contract structures, and the financial requirements associated with government-funded programs.

This is a hybrid role requiring two to three days a week in our DC office. Additionally, this position involves 25% to 30% travel between Detroit Defense locations.

• Build and lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Company's enterprise FP&A function and establish forecast methodologies for all business units and corporate functions.
• Own the annual enterprise budgeting process, including development of timelines, assumptions, templates, guidance, and deliverables, and implement best practices throughout the budgeting process.
• Partner with executive leadership and business unit leaders to support development of annual operating plans, budgets, and long-range financial plans.
• Implement and lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting processes and provide visibility for the leadership team into financial performance and emerging trends.
• Develop and maintain financial models that support business planning, scenario analysis, resource allocation, and strategic decision-making.
• Identify financial risks, opportunities, trends, and performance gaps and proactively communicate them to executive leadership.
• Develop meaningful financial and operational KPIs to measure business performance and support accountability.

• Lead enterprise cash flow forecasting and modeling, including short- and long-term liquidity planning.
• Partner with the CFO and Accounting team to optimize cash management, developing maintaining cash flow models that incorporate revenue, backlog, billing, collections, expenditures, payroll, capital requirements, and other key business drivers.
• Monitor cash flow performance against forecast and identify potential liquidity risks or opportunities.
• Support treasury activities, and liquidity planning, and provide visibility into cash requirements and working capital requirements.

• Partner with the CFO and Accounting team to develop comprehensive financial reporting package.
• Work with the CFO and Accounting team to develop reporting packages that provide clear visibility into revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, backlog, cash flow, working capital, headcount, and other key performance indicators.
• Translate complex financial information into concise business insights and recommendations.

• Serve as a strategic financial partner to business unit and functional leaders across the enterprise.
• Work with business leaders to evaluate performance against budget, forecast, and strategic objectives, and support leaders in understanding financial drivers and making data-informed decisions.
• Develop strong relationships across the organization and promote financial accountability at all levels.

• Lead financial analysis and modeling supporting business initiatives including mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions.
• Support financial due diligence and evaluate historical and projected financial performance of potential acquisition targets.
• Partner with executive leadership,…