Product Finance Manager

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is reshaping mesh network technology for mission‑critical applications – on the ground, in the air and  battle‑proven Stream Caster family of MANET radios and proprietary MN‑MIMO waveform provides the vital communications link for defense, law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world, and in the toughest operational environments.

Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Would you like to join an incredibly talented group of people, doing very challenging work, with the prime directive of "Keeping Our Heroes Connected"?

Silvus is seeking a Product Finance Manager who will report to the FP&A Director on the Finance team. The successful individual in this role will act as a business partner to the Product Management leadership team, ensuring stakeholders are supported with complete, timely, and accurate data to make informed decisions for product development and commercial strategies. This position is based at Silvus Technologies’ headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles, CA, and is on a hybrid schedule.

A minimum of 3 days onsite per week is expected. On‑site days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

• Product Lifecycle Partnership:
  Act as the business partner to the Product, R&D, and Engineering teams, with a primary focus on providing finance support for new product integrations and conducting financial analysis to advise on decisions throughout the product lifecycle, including R&D, launch, pricing actions, margin improvement, and end‑of‑life strategies.
• Business Case Execution:
  Implement business cases and commercial plans by collaborating with Product, Engineering, R&D, Sales, and Operations.
• Strategic Pricing:
  Serve as the finance leader on pricing.
• Forecasting:
  Lead the forecast process for the new product lines, producing order unit, revenue, and cost forecasts for supporting the Commit View (CV) and Long Range Planning (LRP).
• Performance & Variance Analysis:
  Report actual product performance, performing variance analysis compared to historical benchmarks and forecasted results, and decompose key business/financial drivers to create operating leverage.
• Dashboarding & Metrics:
  Develop and operationalize financial dashboards and key performance reporting metrics using accurate, high‑quality data.
• Process Improvement:
  Drive forecasting data accessibility opportunities, scale initiatives to enable the Product Finance and wider Finance team, and implement best practices.
• Department Cost Management:
  Manage department costs for the Product, R&D, and Engineering teams.
• Cross‑functional Process Optimization:
  Drive process efficiency by fostering collaboration between Finance, Product, R&D, and Operations; standardize the framework for planning and analyzing the business while streamlining data integration and handoffs across the new product lifecycle.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a highly related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of total experience in public accounting, corporate finance, or strategic finance at a high‑growth…