Finance Director - Navy

SAIC; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Finance Director to support the Vice President and Operations Manager within SAIC's Navy’s Business Unit. The role requires sharp financial acumen, strong leadership, and the ability to build teams and communicate across the enterprise.

Responsibilities include leading day-to-day finance functions for a $400M operation, forecasting, period close, variance analysis, and supporting major capture and proposal efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Finance or Accounting discipline with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of leadership experience in an accounting or finance role.
• Knowledge of federal government contracting in a Professional Services environment.
• Strong financial acumen.
• Polished communicator with experience developing others & creating strong teams.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day internal business & financial functions of a dynamic $400M Operation; implement long-range financial goals.
• Lead Program Control Managers and staff; ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Forecast quarterly; manage period close reporting and variance analysis.
• Prepare and distribute financial information and analysis for executive, operation, and program leadership.
• Support Business Development on large capture & proposal efforts to ensure financially sound deals.
• Facilitate communications with line/functional departments and disseminate policy guidance to stakeholders.
• Responsible for staff assignments, budgets and priorities for FP&A managers and staff.
• Contribute to development and implementation of new business process concepts and techniques.
• Interact with Contracts, Procurement, HR, Compliance and senior management to gain cooperation.
• Provide training and guidance to staff and develop process improvements to policies and procedures.
• Assist with complex proposal development, contract negotiations and administration using sound business judgment.

Skills

Leadership

Financial acumen

Forecasting

Team building

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Deltek Costpoint

Oracle EPM

Hyperion

Power BI

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Finance Director who will support the Vice President and Operations Manager within SAIC's Navy’s Business Unit and will work closely with all functional organizations. The ideal candidate must have sharp financial acumen, strong interpersonal skills and a passion for dynamic leadership and team building. This future member of our team will possess a bias for action, orientation towards creating solutions, and the ability to communicate effectively both horizontally and vertically within the enterprise.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading the day-to-day internal business & financial functions of a dynamic $400M Operation to include implementing long range financial goals and objectives.

• Leadership of Program Control Managers and program control staff and ensuring compliance with program control and company policies and procedures.

• Responsible for quarterly forecasting, period close reporting and detailed variance analysis to aid in the management of the operation.

• Prepare and distribute financial information and analysis within required deadlines and ensure that the information provided is concise, relevant, and understandable to assist executive, operation, and program level leadership in making intelligent business decisions.

• Provide support to Business Development team on large capture and proposal efforts to ensure new business deals are financially sound and accretive to the portfolio.

• Facilitate effective communications and relationships with line and functional departments, interpret policy/guidance and effectively disseminate to stakeholders.

• Responsible for staff assignments, managing budgets and setting priorities for Operation Program Control and Operation Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) managers and staff.

• Directly contributes to the development and implementation of new business process concepts and techniques.

• Regular interaction with functional peer groups (Contracts, Procurement, HR, Compliance, etc) and senior management requiring the ability to gain cooperation of others.

• Provide training and guidance to staff and develop process improvements to current policy and procedures that affect operations

• Assist with complex proposal development, contract negotiations and administration of contracting activities utilizing sound business judgment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Finance or Accounting discipline with 15+ years of relevant experience.

• 5+ years of leadership experience in an accounting or finance role.

• Knowledge of federal government contracting in a Professional Services environment.

• Strong financial acumen.

• Polished communicator with experience developing others & creating strong teams.

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.

Desired Skills/Education:

• Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA).

• Experience using Deltek Costpoint, Oracle EPM, Hyperion, and PowerBI.

REQNUMBER: 2615017

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