# Program Financial Manager

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Own the financial performance of novel autonomous aircraft programs, partnering directly with Program Management, Engineering, and Operations to drive execution, cost control, and informed decision-making.

This role sits at the center of program delivery,shaping forecasts, influencing trade-offs, and ensuring programs scale efficiently from development through production.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading program financials end-to-end: forecasting, budgeting, EAC development, and variance analysis across development and production phases

- Partnering with Program Managers to drive program execution, quantify risks/opportunities, and influence cost, schedule, and scope decisions

- Building and maintaining integrated financial models linking labor, material, and manufacturing inputs to program outcomes

- Delivering actionable insights to senior leadership on program health, margin performance, and resource allocation

- Establishing and scaling KPI reporting (cost, schedule, throughput, unit economics) using Power BI, Excel, and data pipelines

- Supporting month-end and quarter-end close with accurate accruals, revenue recognition inputs, and variance narratives

- Collaborating with Supply Chain and Manufacturing to track material usage, inventory movement, and cost drivers

- Driving automation and process improvements across financial planning, reporting, and program analytics

Required qualifications include 6+ years of experience in program finance or a similar role within aerospace and defense environments, advanced financial modeling skills, and a strong understanding of government contracting and US GAAP.

## Skills

### Required
- program finance
- financial modeling
- government contracting
- US GAAP
- Power BI
- Excel
- data pipelines

### Nice to have
- EAC modeling
- cost structure optimization
- program margin expansion
- advanced data modeling and visualization
- scalable financial infrastructure

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