Finance Lead Analyst – Defense Engineering

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing financial planning, analysis and reporting for the RTP product line in our D&S organization.
• Responsible for managing the business cycles: current month, current quarter, current year, and 10 year plan (budget, QMI, LRF) for the RTP Engineering organization in Defense Engines.
• Explain KPIs measuring the performance in all areas of spending - mfg support, field support, R&D (CFD) and customer spend.
• Analyze the variance to forecasts and propose action plans to improve profitability and cash generation as well as corrective action plans as needed.
• Coordinate and communicate forecasts to team/management.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of Engineering charging practices and color of money to ensure appropriate charges to customer contracts, company funded categories, investment, and overhead.
• Facilitate/generate customer financial reporting per contract requirements.
• Respond to customer financial questions/needs.
• Use Lean principles to streamline processes.
• Support requests for data in support of internal business needs, customer requests, audits, and proposals.

• Bachelor’s Degree accredited college or university, Finance, Accounting or business related.
• Minimum of 2 years of finance/accounting experience.
• Manufacturing experience a plus.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong Excel skills.
• EVM experience.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment.