About this role
<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong>Job Title:</strong> Lead, Finance<strong><em> </em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Code:</strong> 39842</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Location: (On Site)</strong> Melbourne, FL</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Schedule:</strong> 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Description:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">The Corporate Headquarters IT Finance organization is seeking a highly motivated self-starter to financial support for a large Service Area in the IT Organization. The Finance lead will be responsible preparing budgets, analyzing actual expenditures, and maintaining forecasts for the Service Area. The information prepared will be regularly communicated to budget owners, executive management, FP&A, Compliance, and to other LHX customers. The position is also expected to perform various ad hoc analyses to be used by leadership for key financial decision making. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong>Essential Functions:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Forecast and analyze IT services spend for large, complex Service Area in support of monthly forecasting and annual planning cycles</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Consolidate forecasts of other analysts to provide timely and accurate monthly reporting including variance and trend analysis for management review</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Provide financial leadership and guidance to Service Area VP and staff</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Interface with all levels of the organization to troubleshoot and resolve issues</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Drive process improvement initiatives - streamline and automate processes for transforming financial data into decision making information</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Provide capital investment analysis for Service Area</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Provide Service Area accounting support including preparing and reviewing account reconciliations and standard journal entries as part of the monthly close</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Support internal and external audit/compliance requirements</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Prepare various ad hoc analyses, reports, and presentations</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Ability to work with and provide financial direction to other functional areas in a dynamic work environment with frequent changing priorities</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong>Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Preferred Additional Skills:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Experience PeopleSoft, Ariba, Hyperion, and Power BI</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Strong leadership, teamwork and business partnering skills</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Strong analytical ability</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Advanced forecasting and consolidation skills</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Self-starter with continuous improvement mentality</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and prioritize in a fast-paced environment</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color:white;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">#LI-NR1</span></span></p>