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.

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.

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 West Los Angeles, CA, on a hybrid schedule. A minimum of 3 days onsite per week is expected (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays).

Responsibilities

• •Product Lifecycle Partnership: Act as the business partner to the Product, R&D, and Engineering teams, 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 new product lines, producing order unit, revenue, and cost forecasts supporting the Commit View (CV) and Long Range Planning (LRP).
• •Performance and Variance Analysis: Report actual product performance, performing variance analysis compared to historical benchmarks and forecasted results, and decompose key business and financial drivers to create operating leverage.
• •Dashboarding and 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 or 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.
• •Successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

Preferred Qualifications

• •2+ years of supervisory, people management, or function management experience 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 Gantt Charts, or a strong willingness to learn.
• •Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• •Ability to exercise good judgment, flexibility, and comfort working under time constraints with multiple operating constituents.

Compensation and Benefits

• •Salary range: $140,000 - $165,000 annually
• •Incentive Bonus Plans
• •Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• •401K with Company Match
• •10 Paid Holidays
• •Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• •Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• •Paid Parental and Family Leave