Level 3 Communications, Inc

Director, Finance (Profitable Growth Strategy)

Level 3 Communications, Inc$131K — $281K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree and 15+ years of experience or a Graduate Degree with 13+ years; 19+ years of experience could substitute for a degree.
  • 12+ years in defense contracting, proposals, and financial roles.

Responsibilities

  • Create and oversee a Corporate Independent Cost Estimate Review calendar.
  • Prepare Independent Cost Estimate outputs to inform corporate and segment proposals.
  • Advise on estimating initiatives and establish evaluation factors for bids.
  • Collaborate with Program Excellence on Non-Advocate, Baseline, and Assessments Reviews.
  • Develop the Independent Review discipline and expand the review team.
  • Travel up to 25% for business needs.

Benefits

  • Health and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) match.
  • Flexible spending accounts.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Education assistance for professional growth.
  • Parental leave and paid time off.
  • Company-paid holidays.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Director, Finance (Profitable Growth Strategy)

Job Code: 43506

Job Location: Melbourne, FL or Remote Opportunity

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Corporate Headquarters is seeking a Director, Finance. The Director will run a newly established Independent Review function responsible for ensuring the company's proposal offerings enable the right long-term financial outcomes. This role will be responsible for performing Independent Cost Estimate reviews to evaluate the financial uncertainty in the bid process and execution confidence. The Director will additionally partner with functional leadership across the company to drive estimating expectations and a professional estimating framework to support the proposal process.

The ideal candidate has had experience working large proposal activities, and has led aspects of independent cost / proposal reviews. The candidate should be detail oriented with good organizational skills and capable of multi-tasking, with an ability to work with minimal day-to-day supervision. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated ability to evaluate all aspects of financial data generated for a proposal offering, including labor and material estimates, subcontract quotes, special contract clauses, and cash flow models.

Essential Functions:

  • Creation and maintenance of a Corporate Independent Cost Estimate Review calendar
  • Preparation of Independent Cost Estimate outputs to drive decision making at Segment and Corporate proposal reviews
  • Advise on any functional estimating initiatives, and help establish estimating factors to more easily evaluate bids
  • Partner with Program Excellence organization to coordinate joint Non-Advocate Reviews, Baseline Reviews, and Program Assessment Reviews as required
  • Develop Independent Review discipline within finance in order to build and expand a review team
  • Travel up to 25% of the time

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.
  • Minimum of 12 years experience in defense contracting environment, proposals, and financial positions.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Good communication and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical capabilities
  • Capable in modeling, scenario analysis
  • Able to successfully work across mutliple functions
  • Able to meet deadlines and operate to short timeline efforts


In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $151,000- $281,000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, and Vermont is $131,500-$244,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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