Program Finance Specialist
L3Harris Technologies
Program Finance Specialist
L3Harris Technologies
Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech
Job Title: Specialist, Program Finance
Job ID: Req ID: 47520
Job Location: Alpharetta, GA
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
Our Financial Analysts play a key role in keeping our departments and programs on track. With the use of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and other monitoring process, we keep all projects and programs moving in the same direction with accurate and complete information. We are seeking a proactive, self-starter with the ability to work effectively in a team environment. Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to be able to collaborate with key functional stakeholders including Program Management, Material Planning and Operations. Ideal candidate must be detail oriented with good organizational skills and capable of multi-tasking and the ability to work with minimal day to day supervision. Successful candidates will demonstrate an aptitude for efficiency, problem-solving, and resourcefulness, with a commitment to quality while developing their leadership skills as a key business partner.
In this role, the individual will serve a vital function by applying Earned Value Management (EVM), Finance, and accounting skills to prepare financial reporting on a major defense program; use metrics associated with management best practices and prepare reports to reflect Awards, Sales, Profit, and Cash. May also assist proposal teams, to develop bases-of-estimate, provide actuals data, and support fact-finding/negotiations as needed.
Essential Functions:
Support major programs including Cost Plus/Fixed Price, with contractual Earned Value (EVMS) reporting requirements.
Preparation of EV deliverables, variance analysis for both internal management and customer.
Change management, EAC analysis and reporting
Orders, Revenue, Operating Income, and PWC forecasting and analysis
Experience using PeopleSoft, COBRA, Hyperion, and advanced Excel skills
Monitor and control cost.
Interface with various levels of management, Program Office and functional departments to support programs
Audit support
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior finance experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior finance experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior finance experience.
Must have strong planning, organizational, and analytical skills; be self-directed, proactive, and possess good communication skills
Must be able to work in a team environment
Preferred Additional Skills:
Strong Excel/MS Office skills
Must be highly motivated worker, comfortable working independently in a deadline driven environment, where accountability and attention to detail are critical
Must possess strong written and oral communication skills, project a professional demeanor, and be capable of working effectively with junior to upper level coworkers
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Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech
L3Harris Technologies provides advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems for governments and commercial customers. Its products include sensors, communications, and propulsion—such as tactical radios, night-vision gear, satellite payloads, missile defense, and space propulsion—delivered as integrated systems for operations across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company blends legacy technologies from two joining giants with newer capabilities, faster acquisition cycles, and a focus on missiles, space, and resilient communications to field solutions quickly. Its goal is to be a trusted, scale-ready provider of next‑generation defense and intelligence capabilities for national security and related customers.
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