Business Manager

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary 

To direct and lead all Program Finance areas of responsibility within the Rotary/Joint portfolio. This role works closely with Program Management, Readiness Solutions Leadership, D&S and CAE USA Finance and administrative functions.  Sets strategy and long-term trajectory of the Program Finance Team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

•  Develop Annual Product Line Plans for Key Metrics (Annual Operating Plan, Monthly forecasts): Orders, Sales, EBIT, Cash, Net Cash, Throughput
• Using EVMS processes with a focus on cost and schedule integration, work with Cost Account Managers, Program Managers, and Financial Analysts to develop program EACs.
  • Tracking Trends in Performance for SPI/CPI, IEACs, TCPI
• Timely preparation of monthly Internal Program Reviews with key focus on preparing team of FA, PM, PE, and Schedule to present effectively and provide support.
• Perform Risk & Opportunity analysis with early identification of R&Os to program EACs and forecasts.
  • Early warning of EAC issues
  • Establishing risk mitigation plans
  • Identifying opportunities for EBIT / ROS improvement
  • Supporting Sales Acceleration initiatives
• Ability to communicate with multiple levels of the organization to include, but not limited to, Senior Level Program Team, Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, SOX, Outside Audit Firms, Program Finance Team.
• Support of internal and external audit requests.
• Lead staff of financial analysts to build organizational talent by providing regular performance feedback, identifying opportunities for improvement and/or professional growth, conducting talent reviews and developing succession plans.
• Review any program baseline/re-baseline budgets
• Provide meaningful analysis of cost and schedule performance and associated data to members of project teams.
• Responsible for managing the preparation of monthly program financial results and monthly forecasts for relevant business segment.
• Analyze income and profit margins from contracts as well as program balance sheet items.
• Explain the variations between actual results and forecasts.
• Monitor program cost compliance with CAS, FAR, and contractual obligations.
• Monitor overhead costs in relevant departmental overhead pools.
• Prepare, update, and analyze financial models.
• Participate in monthly program management and corporate business reviews.
• Participate in cost and price reviews for proposals.
• Help create financial analyst basis of estimates (BOEs) for future proposals.
• Execute process improvements as directed by management.
• Ad hoc duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements 

•  Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
• Five years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work in a team setting.
• Ability to manage staff.
• Analytical ability and autonomy.
• Ability to work under deadlines and multitask.
• Results-oriented with strong atten