Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning, Budgeting & Cost Control
- Develop and maintain the program budget structure aligned with organizational cost centers and work breakdown structures (WBS).
- Establish cost accounts for engineering, certification, flight test, manufacturing, supply chain, infrastructure, and overhead activities.
- Lead annual budgeting exercises and rolling quarterly forecasts for the Hili program.
- Prepare monthly Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), and cash flow forecasts.
- Monitor actual expenditures against approved budgets and identify cost variances and recovery actions.
- Drive cost optimization initiatives and support value engineering efforts across the program.
- Implement earned value management and financial performance indicators.
Cost Center Management & Reporting
- Coordinate with the Finance department to ensure accurate allocation of costs to the appropriate cost centers and projects.
- Maintain financial governance and reporting structures across all program activities.
- Produce monthly program control reports covering budget versus actual performance, forecasts, cost center utilization, resource expenditure trends, and cash flow requirements.
- Support executive, board, and shareholder reporting requirements.
- Establish dashboards and KPIs to provide leadership with real-time visibility of program performance.
Schedule & Program Controls
- Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for certification activities.
- Track milestones, dependencies, and critical paths across engineering, manufacturing, flight testing, and certification workstreams.
- Coordinate change management activities and assess impacts on schedule and budget baselines.
Risk Management
- Maintain the program risk register with a focus on financial, schedule, technical, and certification risks.
- Quantify cost and schedule impacts associated with identified risks.
- Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans to protect program objectives.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Project Management.
- 8+ years of experience in project controls, program finance, cost engineering, or PMO functions within aerospace, aviation, defense, or large engineering programs.
- Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, cost center management, and financial reporting.
- Experience implementing earned value management (EVM) methodologies.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Power BI, Excel, ERP systems, and financial reporting tools.
- Understanding of aircraft development and certification programs is highly desirable.
Reporting Line:
Reports directly to the Program Director and works closely with the Finance Department to ensure alignment between project execution, cost centers, financial planning, and corporate reporting requirements.
