# Lead FP&A Analyst

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: San Diego, California / Washington, DC / San Francisco, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,000 - $160,000 a year
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Defense

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/6224def5-5489-459e-a4bc-4a795d662762
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## Description

Hivemind Finance seeks a proactive, detail-oriented Lead FP&A Analyst to join our dynamic Finance team. This role will be integral in forecasting orders, revenue, and cash flow, driving executive-level reporting, and providing analytical support for business unit budget tracking.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in the U.S. defense sector, including familiarity with government contracting dynamics, while also operating effectively in a fast-paced, software-driven environment.

Key responsibilities include:
Forecasting company orders, revenue, and cash flow with accuracy and insight, incorporating government contract structures, funding profiles, and award timing.
Preparing and delivering executive-level reports, clearly articulating financial performance, program health, and strategic implications.
Supporting preparation and review of executive and board-level materials, including program-level performance reporting.
Monitoring and tracking budget performance at the Business Unit and program/contract level, highlighting key variances and actionable insights.
Partnering closely with program finance, program managers, business development, and operational leaders to provide forward-looking insights on contract performance and pipeline conversion.
Supporting financial planning processes tied to government contracts (e.g., cost-plus, fixed-price, T&M) and commercial software revenue models (e.g., SaaS, licensing, and usage-based pricing).
Leveraging FP&A tools (e.g., Anaplan or similar platforms) to enhance forecasting, reporting, and scenario modeling.

Required qualifications include:
5+ years of FP&A experience within the U.S. defense industry, aerospace & defense, or government contracting environment.
Strong understanding of government contract structures, including cost-plus, fixed-price, and time & materials.
Familiarity with FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations) and financial implications of compliance in forecasting and reporting.
Proven expertise in top-down and bottom-up forecasting, including enterprise budgeting, cost pool planning, and management of indirect rates and wrap rates (e.g., G&A, overhead, fringe) within a program-based environment.
Experience supporting program finance, contract performance analysis, and backlog/pipeline forecasting.
Knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition principles and their application in forecasting and financial analysis.
Proficient in delivering executive management-level reporting and analysis.

Preferred qualifications include:
Experience operating in organizations at the intersection of defense and commercial technology/software.
Exposure to SaaS or software business models, including knowledge of revenue recognition in software business models (ASC 606 application in SaaS, licensing, and usage-based revenue).
Experience with financial systems automation, data pipelines, or advanced FP&A tooling.
Working knowledge or hands-on experience with automation technologies, machine learning, or agentic AI tools to enhance financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and decision-making.
Customer-facing or operational experience (e.g., restaurants, retail, etc.).
Demonstrated curiosity and openness to innovative, AI-enabled approaches that improve financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and decision-making.

## Skills

### Required
- FP&A experience
- Government contract structures
- FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations)
- Top-down and bottom-up forecasting
- Enterprise budgeting
- Cost pool planning
- Indirect rates and wrap rates
- ASC 606 revenue recognition principles

### Nice to have
- SaaS or software business models
- Financial systems automation
- Data pipelines
- Advanced FP&A tooling
- Automation technologies
- Machine learning
- Agentic AI tools