HCM Finance Lead

Overview

Parson’s finance organization is seeking a dynamic leader to join our team as the High Consequence Missions (HCM) Sector Finance Lead, responsible for a complex portfolio with roughly ~$0.8M of yearly revenue, 3 offline entities, and supporting acquisition and integration efforts for the business. This highly visible position reports to the Vice President of Finance for D&I and partners heavily with the D&I team, including the Senior Vice President / Sector Manager, Sector Operations Lead, Sector Business Development Lead, Sector Project Controls Lead, Sector Program Managers, and others from the Sector Operations Team.

This position requires an initiative-taking, team-oriented leader who can thrive in a growing, fast-paced organization. We are seeking a leader with growth potential who can scale with the business unit.

The Sector Finance Lead’s primary responsibility is to manage a $0.8M revenue sector comprised of complex contract portfolio with a variety of contract types, offline entities, and mix of service and product efforts. The portfolio spans a diverse clientele of U.S. Federal Government agencies, including the Department of Defense, Military Service Components, Combatant Commands, Intelligence Agencies, Missile Defense Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the General Services Administration Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, and various contract types including firm fixed price, time and materials, cost plus fixed fee, and cost plus award fee.

This position includes providing financial support, guidance, and expertise to the various stakeholders both within and outside of the D&I and Sector organizations, and requires managing the monthly, quarterly and year-end financial close and reporting processes.

Location: Flexible with willingness to travel to Northern Virginia on occasion

Reporting to the D&I Vice President of Finance, this position requires:

• Working in partnership with operation leaders, project controls, FP&A, Government Accounting, and other finance team members for completion of monthly and annual business plans and quarterly forecast updates, and supporting preparation of annual strategic and operational plans
• Providing comprehensive analyses of monthly operating results including identification of trends, gaps, and risk and opportunity areas within the business and operations
• Demonstrating expertise in the application of ASC 606 to the business’ contractual revenue streams, particularly at the outset of new contracts and during month-end close
• Lead merger and acquisition activities including financial due diligence on acquisition targets. Ability to lead financing transactions including divestiture due diligence and, specifical purpose audits
• Being engrained in the business development and capture process, providing expert informed financial and business recommendations and inputs to bid strategies and pricing decisions
• Detailed understanding of CAS segments and impact of rates on programs
• Providing analysis and evaluation of various business initiatives and enabling performance to the approved investment plan
• Completing special projects as needed to support financial management within the business
• Ensuring rolling forecasts and budget activity accurately reflect the business’ operational assumptions, and preparing accurate mid-period forecasts that reduce the level of variability from actual results
• Managing review of billed and unbilled receivables to ensure cash receipts and cash flow goals are met, including accurate cash flow forecasting
• Demonstrating superior people engagement and management skills, including fostering a culture of high trust, transparent communications and development opportunities, and engaging proactively in creating a workforce of diverse thinking, while actively demonstrating the pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce
• Supporting various internal and external audits, including internal system and control, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance audits, DCAA audits, and financial statement audits

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business is required; MBA,…