Strategic Finance Leader for Engineering & Tech Group

The Aerospace Corporation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Holidays & vacation

401(k) plan

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

Growth opportunities

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation, a federal R&D center and trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, is seeking a Finance, Principal Director for the Engineering and Technology Group (ETG). This executive will lead financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and metrics, acting as a trusted advisor to ETG leadership.

You will translate strategic direction into actionable plans, develop dashboards, and ensure compliant financial operations while building a high-performing finance team to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, or related field.
• Ten or more years of experience in financial strategy, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Five or more years of experience in a senior leadership role accountable for enterprise-level Finance programs and initiatives that include budget management.
• Significant direct experience in managing people and teams.

Responsibilities

• Creating income statements and P/L reports for each division and directorate
• Plan, forecast and manage financial performance and metrics
• Build annual budgets, lead budget subcommittees and monitor/manage budget performance
• Lead strategic projects at the group and corporate level
• Inform ETG SVPs on financial trends, reporting unit performance and recommend corrective actions to achieve financial plans
• Compare and analyze financial results with plans and forecasts, identify trends, assess and communicate reliable metrics that management can use to make informed business decisions
• Make or recommend value-informed purchasing, investing, and hiring decisions on behalf of SVP
• Integral member of the Group and OCFO leadership teams
• Provide leadership in development of financial and business policies and procedures
• Establish and direct financial operations to optimize compliance
• Responsible for managing a team

Skills

Financial leadership

Strategic thinking

People leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Business

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation, a federal R&D center and trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, is seeking a Finance, Principal Director for the Engineering and Technology Group (ETG). This executive will lead financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and metrics, acting as a trusted advisor to ETG leadership.

You will translate strategic direction into actionable plans, develop dashboards, and ensure compliant financial operations while building a high-performing finance team to support