Senior Director of Financial Planning, Analysis
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Senior Director leading enterprise FP&A, forecasting, treasury, and M&A analysis for Detroit Defense. Supporting financial operations for a U.S. Government defense systems integrator.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the enterprise FP&A function
- Establish forecast methodologies across business units and corporate functions
- Own the annual enterprise budgeting process, including timelines, assumptions, templates, guidance, and deliverables
- Partner with executive and business unit leaders on operating plans, budgets, and long-range financial plans
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting processes
- Develop and maintain financial models for business planning, scenario analysis, resource allocation, and strategic decision-making
- Identify and communicate financial risks, opportunities, trends, and performance gaps
- Develop financial and operational KPIs
- Lead enterprise cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and cash flow modeling
- Partner with the CFO and Accounting team on cash management, treasury activities, and working capital requirements
- Develop comprehensive financial reporting packages covering revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, backlog, cash flow, working capital, headcount, and other KPIs
- Translate complex financial information into concise business insights and recommendations
- Serve as a strategic financial partner to business unit and functional leaders
- Evaluate performance against budgets, forecasts, and strategic objectives
- Lead financial analysis and modeling for mergers, acquisitions, due diligence, and strategic transactions
- Support post-acquisition financial planning, reporting, and performance management
- Conduct ad hoc analysis for investments, capital allocation, pricing, organizational decisions, and enterprise initiatives
- Apply government contracting requirements to financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business analysis
- Support contract proposals, program performance, pricing, and contract modifications
- Build scalable financial planning processes, tools, and systems
- Improve and automate financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis
- Mentor and develop finance professionals and promote analytical rigor, accountability, and continuous improvement
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
- MBA, CPA or CFA required
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with significant experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or corporate finance
- Experience in defense/government contracting or another government contracting environment, including indirect rate development and analysis
- Experience with CostPoint/Deltek or similar government-contracting ERP systems
- Hands-on financial modeling expertise and experience leading an enterprise-level budgeting and forecasting process, including indirect rate structures
- Experience developing financial models and executive-level financial reporting
- Experience supporting M&A analysis, financial due diligence, and strategic transactions
- Experience working with executive and operational leaders across multiple business units and functional organizations
- Strong working knowledge of FAR and DFARS and government-contracting financial requirements, including indirect rate development and analysis
- Experience supporting DCAA or other financial audits
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-financial leaders
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, changing, and highly collaborative environment
- Ability to obtain a Common Access Card (CAC) or security clearance if needed
Benefits:
- Veterans encouraged to apply
- Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer
- Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award recipient since 2022
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