Program Financial Manager (TX DIR)

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring for a Program Financial Manager to support the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) under contract. The Financial Director will provide contract-wide financial leadership across more than 70 DIR customer agencies, overseeing monthly invoicing, chargeback management, billing reconciliation, procurement financial management, pricing models, financial reporting, forecasting, and contract financial compliance.

This position requires an on-site presence in the Austin, TX metropolitan area. Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Austin, TX metropolitan area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain overall accountability for all financial operations across the Texas Private Cloud contract.
• Manage monthly invoicing and chargeback activities across 70+ DIR customer agencies.
• Lead billing dispute resolution and reconciliation with DIR and customer agencies.
• Manage financial activities associated with SSC/HSC procurement;
• Manage contract pricing models and associated financial reporting to DIR.
• Ensure contract financial compliance with applicable state procurement requirements.
• Lead budget forecasting and financial planning.
• Provide financial performance optimization reporting.
• Monitor financial performance, trends, risks, and opportunities across the contract.
• Coordinate financial reconciliation activities with DIR and customer agencies.
• Support accurate, timely, and compliant invoicing and chargeback operations.
• Provide financial analysis and reporting to contract leadership and government stakeholders.
• Support procurement financial management for software and hardware acquisitions at enterprise scale.
• Coordinate financial operations across a complex, multi-customer government IT environment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience, may have supervisory or lead experience
• 8+ years of financial management experience on large government IT contracts, preferably contracts of $50M+ per year.
• Demonstrated experience with consumption-based or chargeback billing models in government environments,
• Experience with government cost accounting, invoicing, and contract financial compliance.
• Experience with IT financial management platforms, including Digital Fuel or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience managing software and hardware procurement financial activities at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of government contract financial operations.
• Experience managing complex billing, invoicing, reconciliation, and dispute resolution processes.
• Experience developing and managing budgets, forecasts, pricing models, and financial performance reporting.
• Strong analytical and financial management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work directly with government customers and stakeholders on financial matters.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Texas state government financial management experience
• Experience managing financial operations for Texas state agencies or comparable government organizations.
• Experience supporting large-scale government IT managed services contracts.
• Experience managing financial operations across multiple customer agencies.
• Experience with government chargeback and consumption-based pricing models.
• Experience with state procurement financial requirements.
• Experience managing large-scale technology procurement financial operations.
• Experience working within complex multi-vendor/MSI government IT environments.
• Experience serving in a combined Financial Director / Business Operations Manager capacity.
• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) certification
• CGFM (Certified Government Financial Manager) certification

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.