Lead, Finance – Oracle Functional Support

Overview

This role combines finance system functional ownership with Finance/IT partnership to support Oracle Financials (R12). The position focuses on improving system performance, resolving functional issues, supporting enhancements, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data used to run programs, forecast results, plan strategically, and meet customer and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Finance organization’s primary functional expert for Oracle Financials (R12), including:
  • Projects (billing, revenue, capital)
  • Oracle Time and Labor
  • Payables
  • Assets
  • Receivables
  • E-Business Tax
  • Project Contracts
  • HR
  • General Ledger
• Analyze system issues, identify root causes, and document functional requirements for fixes and enhancements.
• Liaise between Finance users and the IT Applications team to ensure alignment, visibility, and accurate translation of business needs.
• Support data loads, integrations, testing, configuration, upgrades/patching, and user training.
• Use approved reporting infrastructure (e.g., Snowflake) to support reporting needs—do not write SQL queries directly against the production database.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate system interactions across Finance, Payroll, AP, Program Accounting, Procurement, and HR.
• Participate in and occasionally lead system enhancement projects, process redesign efforts, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain documentation of processes, requirements, and configurations.
• Support end users with issue resolution, training, and guidance.
• Ensure system changes comply with internal controls, security requirements, and governance standards.
• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.

Requirements (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of relevant Finance experience; OR
• Graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant Finance experience; OR
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of relevant Finance experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with financial workflows in a federal government contracting environment.
• Experience supporting transactional accounting, billing, project costing, or project financials.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate autonomously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities effectively.
• Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI or Qlik.
• Experience with Concur Travel & Expense.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Compensation & Benefits

No compensation or benefits details provided.

Location

Remote

Overview

This role develops independent, executive-ready market intelligence and strategic analysis across the space, defense, propulsion, power, and adjacent markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead competitive intelligence and market analysis across space, defense, propulsion, power, and adjacent markets.
• Develop and own market models, forecasts, and analytical frameworks assessing:
  • Market size and growth
  • Customer demand
  • Competitive positioning
  • Emerging opportunities
• Build comprehensive assessments of key competitors, including:
  • Technologies
  • Product portfolios
  • Customers
  • Contract awards
  • Partnerships
  • Acquisitions
  • Investments
  • Strategic direction
• Analyze government budgets, acquisition plans, program documents, contract awards, and other public and proprietary information to identify shifts in customer priorities, funding, and market opportunity.
• Translate market and competitive intelligence into clear strategic implications and recommendations for leadership.
• Identify emerging technologies, market disruptions, customer trends, and competitive developments that could create opportunities or risks.
• Lead analytical workstreams supporting annual strategic planning, portfolio reviews, growth initiatives, and long-range planning.
• Assess potential new markets, products, partnerships, investments, and adjacent growth opportunities; develop business cases and recommendations where appropriate.
• Develop executive-level presentations and analyses that distill complex information into actionable insights.
• Partner with Business Development to inform opportunity prioritization, customer strategies, and major pursuits.
• Connect with Government Relations to understand how policy, federal budgets, and government priorities may translate into market and business implications.
• Work across Finance, Engineering, and business leadership to integrate market, financial, and technical perspectives into strategic assessments.
• Build and maintain dashboards, market databases, and intelligence tools that provide timely visibility into significant market and competitive developments.
• Establish repeatable analytical frameworks to strengthen how markets, competitors, and growth opportunities are evaluated.

Requirements (Basic Qualifications)

• Progressive experience in strategy, competitive intelligence, market analysis, management consulting, financial analysis, or another relevant analytical discipline—ability to synthesize significant amounts of information and identify the insights most relevant to business decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to independently structure and lead complex analytical work from an initial question through findings, implications, and recommendations.
• Experience developing market-sizing models, forecasts, scenario analyses, and long-range market outlooks.
• Experience conducting competitor benchmarking, competitive positioning, and strategic assessments.
• Experience assessing new markets, adjacent growth opportunities, partnerships, investments, or emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to translate analysis into recommendations that have informed investment, portfolio, business development, or growth decisions.
• Experience presenting complex analysis and recommendations to senior executives.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Business Development, Finance, Engineering, Government Relations, and business leadership.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations and communicating findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint and experience with analytical, visualization, or business intelligence tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, defense, space, propulsion, national security, or another complex technology-driven industry.
• Knowledge of space, defense, propulsion, power, or adjacent aerospace markets and competitive landscapes.
• Experience analyzing federal budgets, government acquisition programs, contract awards, and customer investment priorities.

Compensation & Benefits

No compensation or benefits details provided.

Location

Remote