AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Finance Manager

AMERICAN SYSTEMS$159K — $265K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in a relevant field and 10 years of relevant experience, or a bachelor’s with 14 years of experience.
  • Experience in Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments.
  • Proven ability to coordinate among government, contractors, and external stakeholders.
  • Experience preparing briefings, reports, and official correspondence in classified environments.
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

  • Provide financial planning, tracking, and reporting for contract-level operations.
  • Maintain oversight of labor, costs, and task order performance for resource decisions.
  • Coordinate financial data with operational plans and evaluate spending against authorizations.
  • Align resources with mission priorities while ensuring compliant contract execution.
  • Develop and maintain budgets and forecasts based on authorized task orders.
  • Reconcile financial records and investigate variances in budgets and invoices.
  • Monitor funding status and spending trends to identify risks and management actions.

Benefits

  • Healthcare benefits for employees and dependents.
  • Paid leave including vacation and sick time.
  • Comprehensive retirement plans.
  • Various insurance programs for employees.
  • Education and training assistance.
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsibilities

As The Finance Manager you will:

  • Provide contract-level financial planning, tracking, reconciliation, and reporting for a multi-task security-services environment.
  • Maintain visibility into labor, cost, funding, and task order performance so program leadership can make timely, well-informed resource decisions.
  • Coordinate financial data with operational plans, evaluates spending against authorized work, and supports disciplined forecasting and pricing practices. By maintaining accurate financial records, identifying variances, and communicating emerging risks
  • Help align resources with mission priorities while supporting compliant contract execution. The position works closely with program management, task leaders, and corporate financial stakeholders to deliver reliable cost information and preserve accountability across the contract portfolio.
Essential Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain contract budgets, forecasts, funding profiles, and financial plans aligned with authorized task order requirements.
  • Track labor, costs, commitments, and expenditures to provide accurate visibility into financial performance.
  • Reconcile financial records and investigate variances among budgets, invoices, labor data, and contract reporting systems.
  • Prepare recurring cost reports, forecasts, variance analyses, and management briefings for program leadership.
  • Coordinate with task leaders and corporate finance personnel to align staffing plans, pricing assumptions, and resource requirements.
  • Monitor funding status and spending trends to identify financial risks, potential overruns, and required management actions.
  • Support invoice review, financial data calls, and documentation needed for contract administration and customer reporting.
  • Recommend financial controls and process improvements that strengthen accuracy, timeliness, and cost discipline.
Qualifications
  • Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline plus 14 years of directly related work experience.
  • Experience must include support to Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast paced classified environments.
  • CLEARANCE: Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; must be able to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government.

 

Pay Transparency StatementAMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $159,200.00/Yr. - USD $265,800.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

About AMERICAN SYSTEMS

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is a government IT solutions provider. The Company provides solutions in national security, healthcare, and public sector markets. Its services include acquisition and lifecycle support, enterprise IT, healthcare IT, intelligence analysis, and training and simulation. The Company's customers include the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security. AMERICAN SYSTEMS was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.
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1,500 employees
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Founded
1975

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