Overview

The Senior Manager of Financial Strategy & Analytics is responsible for establishing innovative, efficient, effective and fully integrated financial management processes and practices which can be relied upon to consistently produce timely, accurate and relevant analyses & business decision support to IDA senior leadership. This position challenges the status quo, driving process and finance business systems change that improves how we work and how we deliver constructive value to IDA's divisions and directorates, effectively forging new paths to work smarter.

Chartered with fostering a collaborative partnership across all of IDA to ensure stakeholder needs are well-understood and addressed and that awareness of and adherence to financial policies is embedded in IDA's operations.

Strategic partner to IDAs Controller in all aspects of financial management, from creating sustained improvements in financial management analysis & reporting to supporting the Controller with government and external auditors. Oversees the work of and provides advice and guidance to lower-level staff within the Finance Directorate.

Responsibilities

• As a leader in financial management, will continually seek and implement best business practices across financial planning & analysis, data analytics, and cost estimating to ensure IDAs financial practices keep pace with industry trends and internal IDA management expectations by following Federal Acquisition Regulations, Cost Accounting Standards, Forward Pricing Rate Proposals and CAS Disclosure Statement requirements.
• Utilizes independent judgment and leads organizational change and success by delivering new and innovative approaches.
  • Develops trusted and effective relationships with a wide base of stakeholders which includes but is not limited to corporate officers, senior level leadership and their managers of division administration, and peer managers across operations and within finance & administration.
• Leads corporate-wide budgeting and forecasting processes that identify and mitigate budget performance risks using timely analyses of root cause and options analysis.
  • Advanced ability to analyze budget performance and proactively set in motion actions to meet cost objectives.
  • Works effectively cross-organizationally to analyze and report on financial results from an actual vs budget perspective.
  • Works with managers of division administration and the technical divisions to integrate and streamline internal and external financial reporting while ensuring compliance.
• Develops and manages relevant financial management reporting, including the innovative use of data visualizations and dashboards, to internal IDA management, auditors, and external sponsors as required. These reports may include, but are not limited to:
  • Standard monthly, annual, and multi-year reporting
  • Key business metrics & analytics
  • Analysis and interpretation of financial results
  • Benchmarking
  • Additional analyses and reports as requested by management.
• Executes quick turnaround decision-support analysis that is responsive, accurate, comprehensive, and reliable.
• Focal point for technical division's managers of division administration (MDAs) to ensure the financial data and reporting they need is current, accurate, complete and readily available.
• Through effective data analytics, assesses IDA's historical and current financial performance as a means of understanding trends and predicting future revenue, expenses, cash flows, and indirect rate impacts.
• Works with unit management to ensure that processes are transparent and efficient, and submissions are complete, accurate and timely.
  • Monitors budget vs. actual, coordinates with divisions and directorates to analyze and report on MTD/YTD variances to management.
  • Engages in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company.
  • Continually assesses processes, utilizing stakeholder feedback, for streamlining, simplifying and improvement opportunities.
• Manages contract-related financial activities.
  • Prepares cost proposals as required.
  • Participates in contract financial negotiations.
  • Monitors and maintains contract funding information.
• Assists Director of Finance/Administration, CFO and Treasurer in facility/real estate activities including financing, contract negotiations and complex financial analyses.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or related area; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
• Minimum of ten years of experience corporate or division finance including 5 years of supervisory work experience.
• Experience in government contracting, commercial contracts, leases, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) preferred.
• Critical thinker with exceptional analytical skills, able to see the big picture yet drill down to the details when necessary to perform complex analyses.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with all levels of staff and external personnel.
• Ability to deliver complex ideas in a simple way.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance is required.
• Successful completion of a criminal background check is required.