Job Summary

The Manager, Finance, Hawthorne is accountable for the financial administration, reporting, forecasting, and control activities supporting a large, complex U.S. Army depot maintenance and operations support contract. The role provides financial leadership across contract billing, funding, close, forecasting, proposal support, accounts payable controls, and margin analysis while partnering with program, operations, contracts, supply chain, and corporate stakeholders. The position supervises a Finance Administrator and helps maintain accurate records, compliant contract execution, and sound financial performance.

Candidates local to Hawthorne or within a reasonable driving distance are strongly preferred. Candidates based in the Reno area or elsewhere must be able to travel to the Hawthorne site several times per month. Remote consideration may be available for an exceptionally qualified candidate.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract finance administration and billing activities, including project and billing/Dassian setup, invoice preparation and submission, supporting documentation, accounts-receivable monitoring, and resolution of billing issues to support accurate and timely cash collection. 25%
• Manage contract funding and financial-control activities, including funding requests, limits-of-funds notifications, contract modifications, potential out-of-scope work, REA implications, project controls, and contract-specific reporting to protect funding and support compliant execution. 20%
• Lead month-end and year-end financial activities for the contract, including accruals, labor-clearing reconciliations, indirect-cost allocations, cost reclassifications, balance-sheet review, forecasting, and plan-versus-actual and forecast-versus-actual analysis to support accurate results and gross-margin performance. 25%
• Coordinate financial support for government task-order RFPs, change orders, and other contract actions by developing cost inputs, facilitating corporate reviews, and identifying pricing, schedule, scope, funding, and compliance risks for management decision-making. 15%
• Oversee contract accounts-payable and expense-control activities, including purchase requests, vendor invoice processing, accounting-code accuracy, and credit-card reconciliation and allocation, while supervising and developing the Finance Administrator to maintain accurate, complete, and timely finance records. 15%

KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Working knowledge of U.S. government contract finance and administration, including FAR-related funding controls, contract modifications, task-order/change-order processes, billing, indirect-cost allocation, revenue recognition, and financial reporting.
• Proficiency with Costpoint or a comparable ERP/project-accounting system used for contract, project, funding, general-ledger, billing, accounts-receivable, journal-entry, allocation, and reporting activities.
• Ability to analyze contract and financial data, explain variances, identify risks and opportunities, and translate findings into timely actions that support funding, compliance, forecast accuracy, and margin performance.
• Ability to develop and coordinate financial inputs for task-order RFPs, change orders, cost proposals, contract modifications, funding notifications, billing packages, and other government-contract financial submissions.
• Ability to lead contract close, forecasting, reconciliation, accrual, allocation, and management-reporting activities across multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
• Ability to supervise, coach, and prioritize the work of a finance support employee while communicating financial requirements, risks, and results to program, operations, contracts, supply chain, and corporate stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Contract Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience. Required
• 7+ years Progressively responsible experience in finance, accounting, project controls, or contract administration, including responsibility for U.S. government contract financial administration, billing, funding controls, forecasting, close activities, or comparable contract-finance work. Required

Compensation and Benefits

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the annual pay range for this role is $87,120-$130,680. 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. (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).