Operations Finance Manager

Job Summary:

Opportunity to join a leading Space and Defense Manufacturer located in Poway, CA.

Our clients Financial Planning & Analysis team is looking for a driven, self-starting, detail-oriented Manager of Operations Finance to join their team. This position will be responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive forecasting approach in-line with the Operations team. Will work with team members to support the development and modification of financial practices and procedures, ensuring that financial activities are successfully implemented and meet overall company objectives and required regulatory standards, while improving efficiency.

This position will provide financial leadership, guidance and strategy operating as a business partner and trusted advisor to operations and finance leadership teams. Promptly responds to inquiries, identifies business issues, and guides the development on innovative solutions to complex & diverse challenges concerning a variety financial data – some of which contain confidential and sensitive information, which require tact and discretion in handling.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Be a business partner to the Operations leadership team by providing leadership and guidance on financial decisions.
• Works cross functionally to help ensure efficient business processes, strong operational results, and profitability of the company – reviewing and challenging peers when necessary.
• Provide finance insight to non-finance partners, including potential actions for recovery to plans.
• Manage and develop the Operations Finance team.
• Oversight of financial metrics, including, but not limited to: overhead, labor utilization, rate management, inventory and capital expenditures.
• Lead budgeting and monitoring activities of forecast inventory management across multiple disciplines.
• Lead budgeting activities for the development of annual operation plans, forward pricing rate proposals, monthly estimates-at-complete and quarterly forecasts for the Operations Finance team.
• Provide timely, relevant and accurate reporting & analysis of the company’s performance against historical, budgeted, forecasted and strategic planning results to facilitate decision-making toward the achievement of the budget and long-range strategic plan.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging the adoption of best practices and new technologies.
• Provide support for executive level presentations, including financial reports, charts, tables and other exhibits, and support business partners with ad-hoc reporting.
• Monitor/update controls and procedures to ensure quality and reliability of financial information and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with company financial policies and accounting practices while maintaining the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Responsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company. Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
• Other duties as assigned or required.

Job Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline and eleven or more years of progressively complex experience in finance/accounting. Must have experience in or government contractor environment. Equivalent experience may be substituted in lieu of education.

• Must have experience in a government contractor environment.
• Demonstrates extensive technical expertise and application of industry and government cost accounting principles, theories, concepts, standards, and practices, with the ability to organize, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established milestones.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office – especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Must be customer focused – strong leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills to influence and guide all levels of employees, including senior leaders and senior external parties on finance matters.
• Understanding of costing, cost elements, cost objects, labor, non-labor, posting date versus doc dates, business transactions, settlement etc.
• Must demonstrate detailed expertise of project planning, execution and forecasting.
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills to accurately document, report, and present accounting and finance findings.
• Experience in organizational and operational problem resolution and the ability to interpret and explain complex financial issues.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment is essential.

Preferred Skills:

• Advanced understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Grouping Pegging and Distribution (GPD).

• Understanding of various project types and implications of cost postings to Forecast, Capital, Overhead, and Direct Customer Contract.
• Implications to costing of various manufacturing methodologies, unreleased materials, Sales Orders and replenishment objects being swept up in GPD.
• Understanding of Project Stock vs. Plant Stock costing implications, Distribution, Plant Stock Allocation, Demand Signals etc.
• Intermediate to Advanced level of understanding for the Cost Transfer Processes and Labor Transfers.