Financial Planning & Analysis, Sr Director
You will be a strategic, business-focused finance executive leading finance organizations where financial decisions directly affect national security customers, competitive positioning, operational resilience, and enterprise growth. Finance Leadership & CFO-Level Business Partnership Function as the CFO-like finance leader for AGI, serving as the principal financial advisor to the VP & GM, AGI executive leadership team, and parent company finance stakeholders. Develop and execute the finance strategy for AGI, aligning financial planning, forecasting, reporting, controls, investment decisions, and operating rhythms with business priorities and government program requirements. Lead executive-level financial reviews, business performance discussions, long-range planning, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, headcount planning, cost optimization, and investment tradeoffs. Translate financial results, risks, and opportunities into clear business recommendations for senior leaders, parent company finance, board/proxy governance participants, auditors, and business partners. Matrix Organization to Parent Company & Shared Services Operate effectively in a matrix organization to the parent company finance function, partnering with corporate FP&A, controllership, accounting, tax, treasury, procurement, payroll, revenue, systems, internal audit, and shared services groups. Build strong operating mechanisms with parent company finance and shared services to ensure AGI gets scalable, compliant, and timely support while maintaining clear business ownership and AGI-specific decision accountability. Represent AGI requirements in parent company planning, budgeting, systems, controllership, policy, and reporting processes, ensuring finance delivery reflects the needs of a defense-oriented operating model. Partner with parent company finance leaders to maintain alignment on financial policies, controls, reporting, revenue recognition, internal audit expectations, and enterprise governance. FP&A, Forecasting, Financial Reporting & Business Decision Support Own AGI financial planning and analysis, including annual budget, long-range plan, rolling forecast, monthly business reviews, variance analysis, KPI reporting, scenario modeling, and executive dashboards. Develop driver-based financial models for revenue, bookings, ARR or recurring revenue metrics where applicable, program costs, labor utilization, headcount, margin, working capital, and cash flow. Provide business insights that improve P&L performance, pricing discipline, cost structure, investment prioritization, program profitability, and resource allocation across AGI. Partner with Sales, Contracts, Legal, Product, Security, Program Management, and Operations to evaluate growth initiatives, proposal economics, non-standard deals, strategic investments, and risk-adjusted profitability. Government Contracting Finance, Compliance & Controls Lead finance support for an organization serving Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, aerospace, defense, space, microelectronics, and federal customers, emphasizing mission assurance and compliant execution. Partner with Legal, Contracts, Compliance, Security, and parent company finance to support federal acquisition, DFARS/FAR, cost allowability, indirect cost, labor charging, contract accounting, export control, and audit-readiness expectations as applicable. Maintain strong financial governance, internal controls, documentation, and management review processes that support GAAP, corporate policy, SOX/internal control requirements, and government contracting expectations. Support audit readiness and responses for internal audit, external audit, customer inquiries, government agency reviews, and other compliance matters, ensuring issues are surfaced, tracked, and remediated with discipline. Commercial Finance, Deal Support & Growth Enablement Partner with sales and business development teams to assess opportunity economics, pricing, discounting, deal structure, license or SaaS terms, renewal dynamics, customer profitability, and margin impact. Provide strategic finance support during proposal, capture, contract negotiation, program ramp, and post-award execution phases, balancing commercial speed with contractual, financial, and compliance requirements. Develop financial analyses for new markets, product offerings, customer segments, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, integrations, and investments that support AGI growth goals. Improve forecast accuracy, contract financial visibility, revenue predictability, and cross-functional decision quality through disciplined operating cadence and data-driven insights. Team, Systems, Process & Governance Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing finance team or matrixed finance operating model with strong ethics, accountability, customer service, analytical rigor, and business partnership. Improve finance processes, reporting tools, planning systems, controls, data quality, BI dashboards, and operating routines to increase efficiency, visibility, and decision velocity. Establish finance metrics that matter, not metrics that simply look good in presentations, enabling executive visibility into performance, risk, cash, margin, bookings, revenue, program execution, and operational resilience. Use AI-enabled and automation tools responsibly to improve forecasting, reporting, variance analysis, and financial insight generation while maintaining control, privacy, and human oversight. Requirements 12+ years of progressive finance, FP&A, controllership, corporate finance, business finance, or government contracting finance experience, including senior leadership responsibility in a complex organization. Demonstrated success serving as a CFO, divisional CFO, business unit finance leader, or senior finance partner for a business with material revenue, complex customers, regulated requirements, or matrixed enterprise support. Experience in aerospace, defense, federal contracting, national security, software/SaaS, advanced technology, semiconductor, engineering simulation, or similarly regulated industries strongly preferred. Strong knowledge of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, revenue, bookings, margin analysis, cost controls, cash flow, headcount planning, capital allocation, management reporting, and executive decision support. Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, corporate controls, SOX/internal controls, audit readiness, business systems, and finance operations; familiarity with FAR/DFARS, CAS, DCAA/DCMA, labor charging, indirect rates, or government program finance is highly desirable. Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field required; MBA, CPA, CMA, CFA, or equivalent credential preferred. Ability to work with U.S. government customers and within a defense-oriented operating environment; active or prior U.S. security clearance is preferred where applicable.