{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5ea9ededfdca8841eaa1e4db","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5ea9ededfdca8841eaa1e4db","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5ea9ededfdca8841eaa1e4db","title":"Senior Program Finance Manager","description":"Position Title: Senior Program Finance Manager\nRequisition ID: 1864\nPosition Location: Fairfax, VA\nPosition Reports To: Senior Director, Finance\nSupervises Others: Yes\n\nAt Trident Systems, we believe that strong engineering principles are fundamental to driving innovation and solving complex problems. We promote a culture characterized by rigorous engineering practices and a commitment to continuous improvement. This is achieved by leveraging our organization's collective expertise through collaborative development processes, which include thorough design and peer reviews. We can deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that meet our customers' evolving requirements by integrating our specialized knowledge in aerospace electronic systems with appropriately scaled development methodologies.\n\nWe are a mission partner supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil space customers. We develop complex, radiation effects mitigated, designs that balance competing requirements in modern space programs, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enable our customers to achieve more in space.\n\nPosition Summary\n\nWe are seeking a Senior Program Finance Manager to lead financial management and analysis across a portfolio of aerospace and defense programs. This role will partner closely with Program Management, FP&A, Accounting, Contracts, and Operations to provide visibility into program performance, maintain accurate forecasts, and support sound business decisions.\n\nThe ideal candidate has strong program finance fundamentals, understands the relationship between program performance and revenue recognition, and can translate detailed program information into a clear financial outlook for the broader business. This role will also play an important part in developing the program finance team and building processes that can scale as the business grows.\n\nDuties and Responsibilities\n\nDevelop program finance staff through coaching, mentorship, and increasing levels of ownership and responsibility.\nServe as the primary finance partner to Program Managers, providing financial insight and support throughout the program lifecycle.\nLead the development and review of Estimates at Completion (EACs), including cost, schedule, staffing, material, and margin assumptions.\nOwn program-level forecasting of revenue, cost, margin, cash, and backlog, including monthly forecast submissions and variance explanations to FP&A.\nPartner with Accounting to support accurate revenue recognition, including assessment of program performance, EAC changes, and other inputs impacting revenue and profitability.\nIdentify, quantify, and communicate program financial risks and opportunities and ensure they are appropriately reflected in forecasts.\nAnalyze actual program performance against budget, forecast, and EAC and work with Program Management to understand and address significant variances.\nSupport monthly close, annual operating plan, and long-range planning activities.\nMonitor contract funding, billing, backlog, and cash performance and support analysis of contract modifications and other program changes.\nPrepare and present program financial results and outlook to Program Management, Finance, and senior leadership.\nDevelop and implement standardized program finance processes, tools, and reporting that improve financial visibility and can scale with the growth of the business.\nAbility to support travel or off-site work, as needed.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\n\nRequired Qualifications\n\nBachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.\n12+ years (OR 10+ years with a graduate degree) of relevant finance experience, preferably within aerospace, defense, government contracting, or another project-based environment.\nStrong experience with program financial management, forecasting, budgeting, and EAC development.\nWorking knowledge of revenue recognition principles and the relationship between program performance, EACs, revenue, and margin.\nExperience with government contract types, including fixed-price and cost-reimbursable contracts.\nDemonstrated ability to develop finance talent and improve financial processes.\nStrong analytical, Excel, and financial modeling skills.\nAbility to communicate financial results and issues clearly to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.\nExperience supporting hardware development and/or manufacturing programs is strongly preferred, including familiarity with material procurement, production costs, inventory/WIP, and hardware program cost and schedule drivers.\nExperience with FAR/DFARS, EVM, ERP systems, or program finance systems is preferred.\n\nPay Information\n\nFull-Time Salary Range: $125,000 - $222,000\n\nPlease Note: Actual compensation offered will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, certifications, internal equity, business considerations, and geographic location where applicable.\n\nBenefits\n\nHired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to:\n\nHealth benefits\nMedical\nDental\nVision\nBasic life with AD&D\nShort term disability\nLong term disability\nAncillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)\nSpending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)\nPaid time off\nHolidays\n401(k) (including company match)\nTuition reimbursement\nLeaves (Parental, maternity, and military)\nAnnual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)\n\nTrident Systems reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.\n\nTrident Solutions is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact recruiting@tridsys.com.\n\nPay Transparency: The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)","company":"Trident Systems","rawCompany":"trident systems","city":"Fairfax","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-04T11:11:12.406Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-3031.00","title":"Financial Managers","slug":"financial-managers"},{"code":"13-2099.00","title":"Financial Specialists, All Other","slug":"financial-specialists-all-other"},{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"},{"code":"927110","title":"Space Research and Technology","slug":"space-research-and-technology"},{"code":"336419","title":"Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing","slug":"other-guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-parts-and-auxiliary-equipment-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Program Finance Manager","description":"Position Title: Senior Program Finance Manager\nRequisition ID: 1864\nPosition Location: Fairfax, VA\nPosition Reports To: Senior Director, Finance\nSupervises Others: Yes\n\nAt Trident Systems, we believe that strong engineering principles are fundamental to driving innovation and solving complex problems. We promote a culture characterized by rigorous engineering practices and a commitment to continuous improvement. This is achieved by leveraging our organization's collective expertise through collaborative development processes, which include thorough design and peer reviews. We can deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that meet our customers' evolving requirements by integrating our specialized knowledge in aerospace electronic systems with appropriately scaled development methodologies.\n\nWe are a mission partner supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil space customers. We develop complex, radiation effects mitigated, designs that balance competing requirements in modern space programs, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enable our customers to achieve more in space.\n\nPosition Summary\n\nWe are seeking a Senior Program Finance Manager to lead financial management and analysis across a portfolio of aerospace and defense programs. This role will partner closely with Program Management, FP&A, Accounting, Contracts, and Operations to provide visibility into program performance, maintain accurate forecasts, and support sound business decisions.\n\nThe ideal candidate has strong program finance fundamentals, understands the relationship between program performance and revenue recognition, and can translate detailed program information into a clear financial outlook for the broader business. This role will also play an important part in developing the program finance team and building processes that can scale as the business grows.\n\nDuties and Responsibilities\n\nDevelop program finance staff through coaching, mentorship, and increasing levels of ownership and responsibility.\nServe as the primary finance partner to Program Managers, providing financial insight and support throughout the program lifecycle.\nLead the development and review of Estimates at Completion (EACs), including cost, schedule, staffing, material, and margin assumptions.\nOwn program-level forecasting of revenue, cost, margin, cash, and backlog, including monthly forecast submissions and variance explanations to FP&A.\nPartner with Accounting to support accurate revenue recognition, including assessment of program performance, EAC changes, and other inputs impacting revenue and profitability.\nIdentify, quantify, and communicate program financial risks and opportunities and ensure they are appropriately reflected in forecasts.\nAnalyze actual program performance against budget, forecast, and EAC and work with Program Management to understand and address significant variances.\nSupport monthly close, annual operating plan, and long-range planning activities.\nMonitor contract funding, billing, backlog, and cash performance and support analysis of contract modifications and other program changes.\nPrepare and present program financial results and outlook to Program Management, Finance, and senior leadership.\nDevelop and implement standardized program finance processes, tools, and reporting that improve financial visibility and can scale with the growth of the business.\nAbility to support travel or off-site work, as needed.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\n\nRequired Qualifications\n\nBachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.\n12+ years (OR 10+ years with a graduate degree) of relevant finance experience, preferably within aerospace, defense, government contracting, or another project-based environment.\nStrong experience with program financial management, forecasting, budgeting, and EAC development.\nWorking knowledge of revenue recognition principles and the relationship between program performance, EACs, revenue, and margin.\nExperience with government contract types, including fixed-price and cost-reimbursable contracts.\nDemonstrated ability to develop finance talent and improve financial processes.\nStrong analytical, Excel, and financial modeling skills.\nAbility to communicate financial results and issues clearly to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.\nExperience supporting hardware development and/or manufacturing programs is strongly preferred, including familiarity with material procurement, production costs, inventory/WIP, and hardware program cost and schedule drivers.\nExperience with FAR/DFARS, EVM, ERP systems, or program finance systems is preferred.\n\nPay Information\n\nFull-Time Salary Range: $125,000 - $222,000\n\nPlease Note: Actual compensation offered will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, certifications, internal equity, business considerations, and geographic location where applicable.\n\nBenefits\n\nHired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to:\n\nHealth benefits\nMedical\nDental\nVision\nBasic life with AD&D\nShort term disability\nLong term disability\nAncillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)\nSpending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)\nPaid time off\nHolidays\n401(k) (including company match)\nTuition reimbursement\nLeaves (Parental, maternity, and military)\nAnnual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)\n\nTrident Systems reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.\n\nTrident Solutions is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact recruiting@tridsys.com.\n\nPay Transparency: The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)","datePosted":"2026-09-04T11:11:12.406Z","dateModified":"2026-09-04T11:11:12.406Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Trident Systems","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Fairfax","addressRegion":"VA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"5ea9ededfdca8841eaa1e4db"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5ea9ededfdca8841eaa1e4db"}}