Title: Manager, Finance

Location: United States-Illinois-Wood Dale

Job Number: 16263

SUMMARY

Responsible and accountable for all accounting, reporting, and control activities affecting the program. Partners with program leadership in matters relating to decision-making, financial reporting, compensation, and business management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with accounting team to ensure accuracy of financial statements and adherence with internal controls

• Support monthly forecasting and annual budgeting efforts including free cash flow

• Assist with external audit requests

• Maintain frequent communication with and providing guidance and support to senior leadership helping to ensure they are implementing actions to exceed annual financial budget

• Work with finance leadership and AAR Corporate finance (e.g., CFO, CAO, tax, treasury) routinely on accounting and finance needs and requests

• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance financial and operational performance

• Build partnerships and strong rapport with individuals at all levels of the organization

• Work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of multiple factors and departments

• Design and generate periodic reports for senior management to measure operating and financial performance on the contract.

• Assist the estimating team and program management in pricing task orders.

• Manage the implementation of annual budgets throughout the program.

• Supervise, prepare and review billing and/or other related documentation for completeness and compliance with financial policies, procedures and contractual requirements.

• Motivated, team- oriented individual with opportunities to coach and develop others

• Ad hoc requests

• All other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws.

• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Experience leading functional teams and processes.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Focus on Results - Able to plan and organize work to achieve goals; achieves targeted results with minimal supervision; is accountable for own actions.

• Communications - Possess excellent verbal & written communications skills; Provides timely, well-organized verbal & written information that is audience appropriate; listens attentively to others and retains/processes information.

• Teamwork - Builds alliances, partnerships & collaboration with others including those different from him/her; deals tactfully with others; assumes help with a variety of team roles.

• Strategic Planning & Decision-Making - Develops strategic short- & long-term plans; arranges priorities, distinguishing urgent, important and unimportant to meet goals & deadlines; consults & collaborates with appropriate people.

• Initiative & Innovation - Generates new ideas personally & encourages team to do the same; stays up to date on technology & approaches to work; provides creative solutions & input when faced with challenges.

• Interpersonal Relationships - Builds effective relationships with internal & external customers; ability to work independently and coordinate work with others; resolves conflicts in a professional manner.

• Quality & Safety - Adheres to all safety & security policies and regulations; demonstrates quality work that is accurate, thorough & efficient.

• Continuous Improvement - Examines personal & organizational processes, promotes opportunities for improvement; analyzes successes & failures to learn and improve.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university; and five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• CPA preferred.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

• Hyperion and/or Lawson experience preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach and move about the facility.

• The environmental characteristic for this position is an office setting. Candidates should be able to adapt to a traditional business environment.

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AAR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.