Vice President Finance

The Vice President, Finance is a hands-on role directing and coordinating financial execution and strategic planning initiatives across the business units, operations, engineering, mission assurance, advanced concepts, growth and the Chief Technology Officer. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer with a dotted line reporting relationship to the Chief Operating Officer, this role will work with all members of Mercury's executive leadership team as well as all areas of discipline within the finance function.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead financial collaboration for the business and operational financial reporting and forecasting processes within the business units in coordination with the Finance Leadership team
• Work with Executive Management Team on:
  o Development and monitoring of financial objectives and Key Performance Indicators
  o Providing the financial format and analytic framework for meaningful periodic internal reports and analysis of financial results and forecasts compared to budgets and benchmarks
  o Supporting timely decision-making and facilitating industry-leading financial execution and performance
  
  
• Partner closely with the CFO and COO to develop financial metrics and processes to accurately track and optimize key operational metrics (inventory, contract receivables, capacity utilization, etc.)
• Partner with the CFO and COO to drive consistent metrics for tracking transformation savings and operational efficiencies
• Development (in coordination with the Financial Leadership team) of financial forecasting, models, and analyses to support strategic initiatives and critical financial decisions as well as to project financial results of key business initiatives, including analysis of proposed investments
• Work with Business Systems team to help ensure appropriate financial and analytic tools are in place to drive business growth, operational execution, automation, and efficiency
• Provide support to enable an effective and efficient planning processes for the formulation, review, and communication of the rolling five-year strategic financial plan and annual budget
• Provide leadership, development, mentoring, coaching, and management of highly skilled and motivated teams of individuals in the above activities

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Finance or Accounting
• 16+ years of progressive experience in financial management with at least 10 at the Director level or above in a highly visible financial reporting role.
• Extensive experience collaborating with executive management.
• Aerospace and Defense industry experience; significant knowledge of program accounting, government rates and acquisition process.
• Must have strong reporting and forecasting practices.
• Superior technical and analytical skills; advanced knowledge of operational accounting, financial modeling, analysis; experience with financial systems and implementation
• Previous demonstrated success working in a highly matrixed environment
• Impeccable integrity with previous experience working across all financial disciplines
• Background in Program Finance and manufacturing operations

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree and certifications
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills; ability to explain complex financial issues to all levels, effectively linking business issues, financial results, and strategy; ability to articulate the vision for finance in a clear and compelling way, generating enthusiasm and commitment
• Strong people development skills; the ability to continuously attract, recruit, train, develop, motivate, and retain high-potential talent
• Strong personal and business values aligned with the cultural values of the Company

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Mercury Systems is a technology company that makes the world a safer, more secure place. We push processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today's most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, Mercury employs more than 2,300 people in 24 locations worldwide. To learn more, visit mrcy.com

Our Culture

We are committed to making Mercury a great place to work, no matter where our employees are located. We offer a casual and enjoyable atmosphere that allows employees to learn and grow. We help and care for one another and work as one to achieve results for us and for our customers. We value communication and transparency, and strive to foster two-way dialogue at all levels of the organization. We are committed to lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or you are an experienced professional, it's important to us that you feel recognized and rewarded for your contributions.

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