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Position Title: Finance & Business Operations Manager

Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO or Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL

Relocation Assistance: None available at this time

Remote/Telework: NO - requires a minimum of 3 days, in-person work at the Amentum Office or customer site

Clearance Type: DoD Secret

Shift: Day shift

Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time

Description of Duties:

Amentum is seeking a Finance and Business Operations Manager to lead financial planning, analysis, and business operations in support of complex government programs. This role serves as a strategic partner to program and functional leadership, providing datadriven insight, financial governance, and disciplined execution. The manager is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements, and enabling informed decisionmaking across the organization.

The candidate will be responsible for the following:

1) Leadership & Management

• Provide strategic leadership to a multidisciplinary finance and business operations team, ensuring alignment with program, contract, and organizational objectives.
• Establish clear performance expectations, set priorities, and hold team members accountable for quality, timeliness, and results.
• Lead workforce management activities-including recruiting, development, performance evaluation, and succession planning-to build and sustain high performing teams.

2) Financial Analysis & Decision Support

• Perform detailed variance analysis (budget vs. actuals, forecast vs. actuals) to identify root causes, financial drivers, and forward looking impacts.
• Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to assess risks, opportunities, and alternative courses of action.
• Partner with Program Managers and senior leaders to support forecast accuracy, resource allocation, and informed trade off decisions.
• Synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear analytical conclusions and recommendations for leadership decision making.

3) Financial Operations & Compliance

• Lead financial planning activities including budgets, forecasts, and long range outlooks, ensuring alignment with contractual and corporate requirements.
• Develop and manage estimates at completion (EACs), ensuring disciplined cost control and early identification of financial and compliance risks.
• Oversee forecasting of revenue, cost, margin, cash flow, and indirect rates with a focus on accuracy, auditability, and traceability.
• Ensure full compliance with contract terms, corporate policies, US GAAP, and applicable Cost Accounting Standards.
• Maintain accountability for accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual internal and external financial reporting.
• Oversee financial controls, billing, accounts receivable, and cash management to safeguard company assets and data integrity.
• Serve as the primary interface for internal and external audits, ensuring thorough documentation, responsiveness, and regulatory adherence.

4) Financial Excellence & Stakeholder Enablement

• Serve as a trusted finance and business operations advisor to Program Managers, senior leaders, customers, and corporate stakeholders.
• Support program reviews and leadership engagements with disciplined financial analysis and risk informed insights.
• Identify, assess, and manage financial, operational, and programmatic risks, proactively communicating impacts and mitigation strategies.
• Balance responsiveness to stakeholder needs with strong financial governance, compliance, and disciplined execution.

Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.

Basic Requirements:

• Must have 12, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience
  • May be reduced with completion of advanced education
• Must have 6, or more, years of directly related experience in finance, accounting, or business operations in a government contracting environment
• Must have 3, or more, years of experience working in a management or leadership role
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Must have, or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Desired Requirements:

• Have experience supporting DoD or other federal government customers.
• Have Costpoint experience; JAMIS, Cognos, Hyperion, or SmartView a plus.
• Have strong experience in business analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Have knowledge of government contract financial management, indirect rates, EACs, and projections.
• Have demonstrated success influencing leaders through data and financial insight.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Be able to operate effectively in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
• Have experience driving process improvements and operational efficiencies across finance or business operations teams.

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed.

Compensation Details:

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid time off and holidays

• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)

• Educational reimbursement

• Parental leave

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Tax-saving options

• Disability and life insurance

• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language atLabor Laws Posters.