Product Finance Manager

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is reshaping mesh network technology for mission-critical applications – on the ground, in the air and at sea. Its battle-proven StreamCaster family of MANET radios and proprietary MN-MIMO waveform provides the vital communications link for defense, law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world, and in the toughest operational environments.

Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Job Description

Would you like to join an incredibly talented group of people, doing very challenging work, with the prime directive of “Keeping Our Heroes Connected”?

THE OPPORTUNITY

Silvus is seeking a Product Finance Manager who will report to the FP&A Director on the Finance team. The successful individual in this role will act as a business partner to the Product Management leadership team, ensuring stakeholders are supported with complete, timely, and accurate data to make informed decisions for product development and commercial strategies.

This position is based at Silvus Technologies’ headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles, CA, and is on a hybrid schedule.  A minimum of 3 days onsite per week is expected. On-site days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Product Lifecycle Partnership: Act as the business partner to the Product, R&D, and Engineering teams, with a primary focus on providing finance support for new product integrations and conducting financial analysis to advise on decisions throughout the product lifecycle, including R&D, launch, pricing actions, margin improvement, and end-of-life strategies.

• Business Case Execution: Implement business cases and commercial plans by collaborating with Product, Engineering, R&D, Sales, and Operations.

• Strategic Pricing: Serve as the finance leader on pricing.

• Forecasting: Lead the forecast process for the new product lines, producing order unit, revenue, and cost forecasts for supporting the Commit View (CV) and Long Range Planning (LRP).

• Performance & Variance Analysis: Report actual product performance, performing variance analysis compared to historical benchmarks and forecasted results, and decompose key business/financial drivers to create operating leverage.

• Dashboarding & Metrics: Develop and operationalize financial dashboards and key performance reporting metrics using accurate, high-quality data.

• Process Improvement: Drive forecasting data accessibility opportunities, scale initiatives to enable the Product Finance and wider Finance team, and implement best practices.

• Department Cost Management: Manage department costs for the Product, R&D, and Engineering teams.

• Cross-functional Process Optimization: Drive process efficiency by fostering collaboration between Finance, Product, R&D, and Operations; standardize the framework for planning and analyzing the business while streamlining data integration and handoffs across the new product lifecycle.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a highly related field.

• Minimum of 8 years of total experience in public accounting, corporate finance, or strategic finance at a high-growth startup or well-established company, with specific experience supporting product finance and new product integrations.

• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel with familiarity in building complex financial models and manipulating large datasets.

• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.

• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Leadership: 2+ years of supervisory, people management, or function management experience in managing multi-site teams and/or operations.

• Prior exposure to and experience with Oracle, NetSuite, Oracle Smart Views, and/or other accounting/ERP systems.

• Proficiency with Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Ghant Charts, or a strong willingness to learn.

• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills with a formidable attention to detail.

• Ability to exercise good judgment, flexibility, and comfort working under time constraints with multiple operating constituents.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Office environment.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to do the following:

  • Lift equipment up to 20 lbs. for the set-up of demonstrations and testing.

COMPENSATION: $140,000 - $165,000 / annually

#silvuscareers

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a highly related field.

• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.

• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• Generous Paid Time Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Parental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.