Director, Finance

Director, Finance

The L3Harris MAPPS Global business is a leading global supplier of controls and simulation solutions for marine, power and space sectors. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, L3Harris MAPPS Inc. has businesses and sites in Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. L3Harris MAPPS Inc. is a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies.
About your next challenge as Director, Finance:
The L3Harris MAPPS Global business is looking for a Finance Director that will have overall responsibility for the MAPPS Global Finance function including direct responsibility of end to end finance team with a focus on growing and developing talent for the future. This team includes leaders and individual contributors in Program Finance,





Accounting, FP&A;, and Pricing. The Finance Director will lead and support the MAPPS Global finance organization, and work in partnership with our Division, Sector and Corporate leaders. The Finance Director will require experience in financial data preparation, controlling and process improvement and administration and will be reporting on the business' Orders, Revenue, EBIT and Cash in accordance with the business plan. The successful candidate will be a highly analytical, self-starter and collaborative problem solver who is accustomed to the cadence of a deadline driven public company.
What You Will Do:
- Serves as the Finance leader for the L3Harris MAPPS Global business;
- Advises on risks and opportunities on business plans and drives action plans to mitigate risks while capitalizing on opportunities;
- Partners with and provides leadership and guidance to Program Managers, Technical Leads, and Division/Sector leadership related to financial and program performance;






- Provides oversight of financials for Orders, Sales, EBIT, and Cash including preparation of financial reports and briefings to leadership;
- Prepares financial statements and financial models when required to depict 'what-if' scenarios;
- Leads all MAPPS accounting, pricing and other finance/accounting functions;
- Coordinates with other departments and functions to ensure that all short and long term forecasting is accurate and reported on time to Division/Sector leadership;
- Monitors and proactively manages milestone invoices and program cash forecast;
- Establishes key performance metrics and ongoing reporting of programs' costs and schedule variances in accordance with company policy and procedures;






- Analyzes and monitors sites' program EACs - ensuring the preparation, maintenance and timely reporting of program performance data to Division/Sector leadership;
- Ensures finance/accounting regulatory and compliance practices are in place at all international sites including all relevant enterprise-wide finance/accounting policies and procedures;
- Program Finance and Earned Value Management (EVM) experience is a plus.
Required Skills and Experiences:
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related
- Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.Requires advanced business knowledge,





general management and leadership capability to lead business area or functional teams
- Proven track record developing talent in the defense industry;
- Demonstrated ability to lead a high performing team;
- Possesses strong knowledge and experience working with international finance/accounting principles, rules and regulations
- Ability to build executive level briefings
- Strong experience managing EACs
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Experience with continuous improvement tools and techniques
- Demonstrated ability to partner with PMs and other functional leaders
- Experience interfacing with and presenting to executive leadership
- Ability to create and present executive level briefings






- Ability to work in a fast pace and challenging environment
- Knowledge and experience working with SAP ERP system would be preferred
- Ability to easily communicate in both French and English (due to regular interactions with colleagues and partners outside Quebec)
Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada Reliability status and Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance;
- Must be eligible to meet the requirements for U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).






L3Harris is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all of its employees and job applicants with respect and dignity and to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination. Anyone applying for a position will be considered without regard to the following: race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, nationality, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, citizenship status, or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered, or any other characteristic that is protected by applicable human rights legislation.
L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and background checks, in accordance with applicable law.





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▶️ Director, Finance
🖊️ L3Harris
📍 Ottawa