Senior Specialist, Program Finance

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Program Finance (FP&A)

Job Code: 46157

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off 

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a highly skilled Senior Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis to join our Missile Production Finance team in Huntsville, Alabama. This role is critical to supporting financial performance management through accurate reporting, forecasting, and analytical insight.

The selected candidate will be responsible for forecasting sales, profit, orders, and cash, performing P&L analysis, supporting segment reporting deliverables, and ensuring data integrity across key financial systems. This position also supports financial reporting for multi-year production contracts. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate effectively across functions in a fast-paced environment.

We are looking for a proactive, self-motivated professional who works well in a team setting and communicates effectively with key stakeholders, including Program Management, Material Planning, and Operations. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, capable of managing multiple priorities, and able to perform effectively with minimal day-to-day supervision. Success in this role requires efficiency, problem-solving ability, resourcefulness, and commitment to quality, along with the ability to grow as a trusted business partner.

In this role, the individual will apply finance and accounting expertise to support financial reporting for a major defense program. Responsibilities include using key performance metrics and management best practices to prepare reports on awards, sales, profit, and cash. The role may also support proposal teams by developing bases of estimate, providing actuals data, and assisting with fact-finding and negotiations as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of program financial performance and provide management with early warning of potential issues, including risks and recommended solutions.
• Support budgeting, cost control, variance analysis, internal and external reporting, risk management, and overall financial program performance.
• Develop quarterly Estimates at Complete (EACs) and assist in accurately projecting Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Complete (EAC), and Latest Revised Estimate (LRE) data.
• Analyze workforce planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Perform accounting data extraction and reconciliation.
• Communicate within and outside the organization to explain, influence, and implement changes to practices and processes.
• Recommend and help implement process improvement initiatives.
• Perform ad hoc analysis, data integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.
• Apply broad knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant finance experience, or Graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related finance experience, or In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related finance experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office.
• Proficiency with Hyperion.
• Knowledge of cost and schedule development, budgeting, financial analysis and reporting, financial modeling, and corporate forecasting.
• Familiarity with contract compliance and negotiation.
• Experience with customer and management reporting.
• Perform financial calculations used in cost and budget analysis.
• Experience working with imported and exported data.
• Understanding of general accounting principles and earned value management, including the ability to assess cost data accurately and forecast expenditures.