Senior Principal Finance Program Manager

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

The Finance team is looking for an experienced financial leader to leverage their business acumen in support of the critical national security mission at the NNSS. The Finance Program Manager role will be a key contributor to the CFO organization and a mission portfolio during an exciting time of growth in national security programs. This position is an individual contributor that will report to the Manager of Budget & Resource Management and matrix support to programmatic directors and a Senior Director responsible for a mission portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a key Business Partner.
• Provide independent perspective and guidance to portfolio leaders to drive business results and continuous improvement.
• Support portfolio leaders in strategic planning, building customer relationships, developing business cases, preparing/delivering internal and external briefings, portfolio reviews, information requests, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Make an impact on management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Develop financial models and perform analysis.
• Establish and maintain alignment of integrated financial plans and budget requests (Funding, Spend Plan, Planned Value, Estimate at Completion, Resource Demand, Unfunded Requirements, etc.) for assigned portfolio in year of execution and forecasted out-year periods.
• Facilitate baseline change management and drive change control rigor at the portfolio level to maintain annual operating plan tie-out.
• Deliver additional Finance and portfolio initiatives as appropriate.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent training and experience plus at least 12 years related professional experience.
• Strategic planning knowledge and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, plan, and implement short- and long-term goals.
• Experience with accounting, statistical, financial analysis, database reporting, and query software.
• Familiar with software applications to quantify and illustrate financial reports, comparisons, impacts and/or projections.
• Ability to build and utilize teams to provide value added analysis as a key functional partner.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and function effectively in a matrix organization.
• Ability to convey information with clarity and directness, ensuring message is understood across multiple organizations.
• Ability to consistently make timely decisions even in the face of complexity, balancing systematic analysis with decisiveness.
• Ability to work multi-tasks with tenacity and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Significant years of demonstrated experience in progressively responsible and more challenging finance or accounting roles.
• Results focused with successful track record of accomplishments through skilled use of influence, persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building in a matrix environment.
• Ability to identify complex problems, review related information, develop and evaluate options, and recommend solutions.
• Skills in budget preparation and fiscal management.
• Proficient in managing large quantities of data and transactions in a financial environment.
• Understand financial systems, data sources, and complexities in the financial transaction processing arena.
• The primary work location will be at the Losee Road facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Work schedule will be 4/1