Job Title: Financial Analyst Sr Associate
Job Code: 20194
Job Location: Lynchburg, VA
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 PSPC (Public Safety) Sector of L3Harris is looking for an experienced Finance professional to join our FP&A team with a focus on Engineering and Sales/Marketing support. The Sr. Associate will play a critical role in monthly closing and reporting processes along with budget forecasting and strategic planning in partnership with the Engineering and Sales/Marketing Leadership teams. This individual is expected to drive process efficiencies through the use of data application/tools and contribute strong communication skills along with technical knowledge in financial reporting, budgeting, analytics to contribute towards Sector goals.
Essential Functions:
- Forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning support for Engineering and Sales and Marketing (S&M) portfolios
- Lead weekly financial reviews over Engineering projects (R&D and Sustainment)
- Support the Engineering team with capital requests, new project creations, forecast updates, ad hoc reports, and purchase orders
- Monitor actual spend vs. forecast in both Engineering and S&M budgets on a weekly basis explaining variances and driving cost mitigations to achieve Sector targets
- Work closely with S&M team to align costs in key categories such as travel, tradeshows, lobbyist, professional services, and advertising/ marketing
- Partner with SLT to establish Annual Operating Plan with ENG and S&M portfolios.
- Drive understanding in the business goals and objectives to identify risks and opportunities to support achieving those goals
- Develop tools and process improvements to simplify data analysis and variance explanations
- Work closely with Product Managers to define product/engineering financial needs in support of new product launches
- Submit monthly forecast submissions for all R&D data and provide commentary on variances as needed
- Process month-end journal entries and closing duties for both Engineering and S&M teams
- Monitor Overhead absorption variances within the Engineering pool through close monitoring of department expenses and direct labor
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Accounting Systems (ERP/GL) Experience
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Experience with bolt-on data analytics and forecasting process tools (Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, Hyperion, etc)
- Experience and strength in presentations to Senior Leadership level
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