Director, Program Finance

Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Architecture & Technical Planning

• Senior finance leader supporting the SVP of Weapons and program leadership.
• Lead financial architecture development, including long-range planning, investment modeling, and multi-scenario analysis.
• Build integrated financial models incorporating funding profiles, labor/capacity constraints, supply-chain readiness, and competitive factors.
• Own AOP, LRP, and SBR planning cycles, ensuring plans align with technical roadmaps and capacity requirements.

Forecasting Systems & Performance Analytics

• Oversee all forecasting systems, ensuring accuracy across revenue, cost, margin, staffing, capital, and indirect rates.
• Implement continuous-update forecasting tied to actual execution data, risk models, schedule performance, and engineering burn-rates.
• Provide analytic outputs supporting pricing strategies, make/buy assessments, material commitments, staffing models, and technology investment decisions.
• Manage forecasts for cash flow, backlog, revenue recognition, and working capital; ensure synchronization with FP&A models.

Program Finance & EVMS Technical Oversight

• Serve as senior authority for cost control and program financial health.
• Lead independent EAC development using trend analysis, risk quantification, schedule drivers, and earned value metrics.
• Produce high-fidelity program performance assessments that connect execution drivers to financial outcomes.
• Represent the business in customer reviews, including EVMS surveillance, IBRs, and executive-level program briefings.

Technical Integration with Engineering & Operations

• Partner with Engineering and Operations to align cost models with technical baselines, execution plans, hardware flows, and supply-chain constraints.
• Drive financial strategy for proposals, capability development, and technology roadmaps.
• Coordinate with DCMA/DCAA stakeholders on EVMS, accounting compliance, and cost-model transparency.

Organizational Leadership & Systems Maturation

• Lead and mature the Program Finance organization, advancing forecasting tools and data analytics.
• Implement standardized workflows, automation, and scalable reporting frameworks.
• Drive workforce development, technical training, and succession planning.
• Promote a culture centered on data integrity, disciplined execution, and engineering-aligned financial decision-making.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field required; Master s preferred.

Experience & Skills

• 12 15+ years of finance leadership within defense programs; weapons or aerospace experience preferred.
• Deep technical expertise in forecasting, EVMS, cost analysis, government compliance, and program execution.
• Demonstrated ability to lead portfolio-level financial planning and long-range strategy.
• Strong executive communication and the ability to influence technical and operational leaders.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and EVMS/scheduling tools (COBRA, MS Project, Primavera).