Manager - PPC

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KBR is looking for a selfdriven finance leader to head our Program Planning and Control (PP&C) group as a Manager. This position operates within a matrix organizational structure reporting functionally to the Sr. PP&C Manager of the Products & Technology Solutions Business Unit and operationally to the Operations Director for the Product Research & Development Operating Unit.

Job Summary

The Manager of PP&C will be responsible for overseeing project controls profit and loss (P&L) and cash flow management for a key operating unit within the Product & Technology Solutions Division. This role involves reporting to and advising finance and operations leadership on pertinent issues.

The ideal candidate will have a strong finance background enabling them to provide valuable insights and a strategic vision for a products based enterprise. Prior experience with Government contracts a must. They will be skilled in implementing financial strategies that align with the organizations longterm goals and will play a vital role in crossfunctional collaboration particularly with the business development and pricing teams. Regular engagement with key customers to assess performance review annual plans and discuss contract terms will also be a crucial aspect of this position.

Additionally the successful candidate will be instrumental in fostering a strong disciplined SOXcompliant environment applying fundamental accounting principles to forecasting and project controls to ensure accurate reporting of project costs revenue profit backlog and cash flows.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage the delivery of functional objectives providing leadership and direction to professional staff.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of recurring customer reports and contract deliverables containing financial information.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of the operating unit budget and forecast in close coordination with the operations director and functional teams.
• Review and support development of customer proposals from a finance perspective.
• Assist in negotiation of change orders with the customer in coordination with the Contracts team.
• Proactively track manage and report key issues from identification to resolution to both finance and operations leadership.
• Develop insightful analysis and commentary on variances and trends for both customer and internal reporting identifying what has caused a variance and why it occurred in coordination with operations and functional teams.
• Participate in the development of project controls strategy actively collaborating with relevant functions to improve implement and execute global processes and procedures in estimating project risk control cost control and scheduling.
• Lead the team by engaging in employee development training and succession planning. Identify opportunities and spearhead initiatives to streamline employee workload including through automation.
• Oversee the performance of multiple related disciplines within the PP&C function.

Basic Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in finance or project controls with 4 years in management.

• Willingness to travel up to 10 to locations within the US.
• Bachelors degree in accounting finance or a related discipline.
• Familiarity with Costpoint Excel COBRA and EPM.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical problemsolving project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to design and maintain effective simple repeatable and dependable business processes.
• Ability to work closely with BU and functional leadership teams to promote strong business performance and achieve business goals.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in finance or project controls with 4 years in management.

• Accounting Certification (CPA CA or equivalent).
• Previous public accounting experience.
• Preferred Location: Huntsville AL but flexible

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