BAE SystemsRemote
Sr. Finance Manager – Strategic Project Lead to IT (Full-time Hybrid or Remote)
United States of America
Full Time
1 day ago
$135,000 - $229,000 USD
No H1B
Key skills
FinanceFinancial AnalysisForecastingBusiness Case AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeHyperionSmartViewBusiness IntelligenceGovernment AccountingExpense ManagementOverhead Rate ManagementBILeadershipBudgetingProblem Solving
About this role
BAE Systems is an international defense, aerospace and security company that is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to partner with IT on strategic project implementations. This role is crucial in driving business decisions to optimize performance and align with business strategy, involving financial support for budgeting, forecasting, and analysis within IT projects.
Responsibilities:
- Act as Business Partner to the IT function, focused on strategic project implementations
- Complete business case analyses to support intended projects
- Work closely with Leadership teams to establish affordable annual forecasts to support the functions and business needs, working closely with the IT FCM manager to ensure the strategic projects are captured accurately
- Lead team to prepare long and short-range forecasts of expense, base, staffing, overhead rates, and capital
- Work closely with Functional Cost Management team to develop 5 year Forward Pricing Proposals for use on Government contracts
- Frequent, direct interface with IT leaders to support ad hoc requests
- Recurring presentations to IT and Sector leadership on financial performance as related to business case performance
- Support the IT VP in key initiatives, aligning with the functional strategy and supporting necessary financial activities
Requirements:
- A Bachelor's degree in Finance, or a related business discipline, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of relevant professional work experience
- Demonstrated problem solving and in-depth analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and present financial data to other functions and leadership in an accurate, concise, and understandable manner
- Strong interpersonal skills to influence cross-functional work teams
- Proven track record of driving transformational changes and improving financial performance
- Ability to develop strong working relationships at all levels of the organization
- Experience with forecasting, analysis and business case creation
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
- Ability to motivate a team of Finance and IT professionals and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Experience with Hyperion, SmartView, & BI
- Understanding of expenses, overhead rates and government accounting