Finance Business Operations Senior Manager

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact

At Leidos we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers success. We empower our teams contribute to our communities and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers our people and our community. Our Mission Vision and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Finance & Business Operations Senior Manager to support our Aerospace Business Area. Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems solutions and services covering land sea air space and cyberspace for customers Aerospace Business Area delivers solutions in support of national security and civil missions in space threat and cyber systems hypersonics and cuttingedge materials highpaced fast growing organization provides significant opportunity to solve highly complex problems and significantly influence the divisions results.

Selected candidate is required to provide 100 onsite support from our San Diego CA office or Huntsville AL office (No Telework).

As a core member of the team you will play a valuable part in supporting and executing Space Sensing and Commercial Space capabilities for a variety of customers. You will be required to support multiple tasks in parallel productively contribute to and lead team environments and communicate effectively to management coworkers and customers. You must also be selfmotivated and highly organized with a focus on managing customer expectations with a constant goal of generating high quality products that exceed stakeholder expectations.

You will work directly with the Division Vice President and Program Managers to define the divisions financial goals and drive closure of those objectives. This position will be responsible for managing the overall of a portfolio of programs baselines and provide recommendations to achieve flawless program . Additionally this position will support various proposal efforts across the portfolio providing financial insights into proposal teams developing cash flow analysis and supporting business case and profitability analysis to drive the longterm growth of the organization.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning and overseeing diverse activities within a finance organization leading a team of experienced professionals
• Provides vision and strategic insights for the organization and makes policy and process recommendations to drive the space business
• Develop deep understanding of customer missions and requirements to provide complex and tailored feedback. Leads the line of business in developing new products and processes to handle the complex needs of our customers
• Communicate with internal and external parties and influence others outside of finance team on policies practices and procedures.
• Preemptively identify programmatic risk and work directly with Program Manager and financial analysts to develop mitigation plans; recommend and implement cost reduction measures
• Provide handson support and strategy development for oncontract growth and new business proposals and help develop winning bids. Provide insights and roadmap for successful financial
• Develop and then drive of the divisions Annual Operating Plan (AOP) quarterly financial forecasts and EACs; Support monthend closing process and perform variance/trend analyses
• Lead division and Business Area initiatives with other functional and line leaders to further the financial and business objectives of the organization
• Drive cash management processes across the division to include timely submittal of invoices collections and inventory optimization

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration finance or a related discipline and 8 years of wellrounded experience in multiple areas of finance.
• Must have prior experience managing teams of individual contributors.
• Government and Manufacturing Program Finance experience.
• Advanced knowledge of multiple contract types (FFP FPLOE T&M Cost Plus and hybrid contracts) terms and conditions and billing/reporting requirements.
• Analytical communication and presentations skills needed as well as being able to operate independently.
• Advanced in accounting and business intelligence software (MS Excel or other tools) that provide capability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills at all levels of the organization and with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to transfer knowledge and expertise to others and learn quickly in new and challenging assignments
• Understanding of proposal processes and pricing control policies
• Experience in implementation of Earned Value Management Systems
• Knowledge of Leidos financial systems and applications; such as: Cost Point Hyperion OBI Cognos Fusion and Cost Point.

Please note: the actual pay for this role is closer to the middle of the posted pay range.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.