Sr Manager, Billing & Joint Venture Accounting (experience with U.S. Government contracts required)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the following groups with responsibilities included, but not limited to:
• Billing: Invoicing various types of contracts/invoicing, including cost plus, time and material, flight hours, firm fixed price, and financing requests.
• Customer Master: Creating and maintaining customer master data ensuring the integrity of our customer information
• Joint Venture Accounting: Accounting and financial operations of two unpopulated joint ventures including invoicing, collections, financial reporting and tax apportionment data preparation.
• Perform and analyze contract reconciliations, cancelling funds, closeouts
• Partner with internal customers, program finance and external stakeholders to provide direction and clarity regarding government and company policies and procedures regarding invoicing
• Lead various initiatives including process improvements, process harmonization, and team building
• Understand and interpret Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) Regulations as they apply to Department of Defense invoicing and payments
• Support internal and external audits and controls assessments
• Occasional travel 5%

What You Will Learn

• Partner with Avionics and Mission Systems SBUs to positively impact cash flow
• Exposure to multiple functions within Collins Aerospace including Contracts, Program Management, Program Planning & Control and Government Accounting

Qualification & Requirements

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience
• Experience with U.S. Government contracts and an understanding of the complexities involved in billing for these contracts
• 5+ years experience in finance or accounting

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with SAP, especially AOPB and Sales and Distribution functions
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and PowerPoint
• Understanding of cost accounting standards to assist with reconciliations and audits to demonstrate costs are billed and rates are correctly applied
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!