Job#: 3034856
Job Description:
Apex Systems, a World-Class Technology Solutions Provider, is seeking applicants for the below position on behalf of our client. Please apply if interested and qualified. Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted.
Position: Finance & Business Operations Manager
Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO OR Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL
Clearance Level: Secret
Pay Rate Range: $160,000 - $180,000
Description of Duties:
We are seeking a Finance and Business Operations Manager to lead financial planning, analysis, and business operations in support of complex government programs. This role serves as a strategic partner to program and functional leadership, providing data-driven insight, financial governance, and disciplined execution. The manager is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements, and enabling informed decision-making across the organization.
The candidate will be responsible for the following:
Leadership & Management
Provide strategic leadership to a multidisciplinary finance and business operations team, ensuring alignment with program, contract, and organizational objectives.
Establish clear performance expectations, set priorities, and hold team members accountable for quality, timeliness, and results.
Lead workforce management activities---including recruiting, development, performance evaluation, and succession planning---to build and sustain high performing teams.
Financial Analysis & Decision Support
Perform detailed variance analysis (budget vs. actuals, forecast vs. actuals) to identify root causes, financial drivers, and forward looking impacts.
Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to assess risks, opportunities, and alternative courses of action.
Partner with Program Managers and senior leaders to support forecast accuracy, resource allocation, and informed trade off decisions.
Synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear analytical conclusions and recommendations for leadership decision making.
Financial Operations & Compliance
Lead financial planning activities including budgets, forecasts, and long range outlooks, ensuring alignment with contractual and corporate requirements.
Develop and manage estimates at completion (EACs), ensuring disciplined cost control and early identification of financial and compliance risks.
Oversee forecasting of revenue, cost, margin, cash flow, and indirect rates with a focus on accuracy, auditability, and traceability.
Ensure full compliance with contract terms, corporate policies, US GAAP, and applicable Cost Accounting Standards.
Maintain accountability for accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual internal and external financial reporting.
Oversee financial controls, billing, accounts receivable, and cash management to safeguard company assets and data integrity.
Serve as the primary interface for internal and external audits, ensuring thorough documentation, responsiveness, and regulatory adherence.
Financial Excellence & Stakeholder Enablement
Serve as a trusted finance and business operations advisor to Program Managers, senior leaders, customers, and corporate stakeholders.
Support program reviews and leadership engagements with disciplined financial analysis and risk informed insights.
Identify, assess, and manage financial, operational, and programmatic risks, proactively communicating impacts and mitigation strategies.
Balance responsiveness to stakeholder needs with strong financial governance, compliance, and disciplined execution.
Basic Requirements:
Must have 12, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience
May be reduced with completion of advanced education
Must have 6, or more, years of directly related experience in finance, accounting, or business operations in a government contracting environment
Must have 3, or more, years of experience working in a management or leadership role
Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Must have, or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance
Desired Requirements:
Have experience supporting DoD or other federal government customers.
Have Costpoint experience; JAMIS, Cognos, Hyperion, or SmartView a plus.
Have strong experience in business analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Have knowledge of government contract financial management, indirect rates, EACs, and projections.
Have demonstrated success influencing leaders through data and financial insight.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Be able to operate effectively in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
Have experience driving process improvements and operational efficiencies across finance or business operations teams.
Apex Benefits Overview
Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a retirement plan (401k or local country equivalent) program. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
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