# Senior Program Finance Manager, Air Dominance & Strike

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,000-$220,000 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) delivers autonomous aircraft, advanced effects, and mission autonomy software. Program Finance partners with Program Management, Engineering, Operations, and Contracts to ensure program execution translates into predictable financial outcomes.

As a Senior Manager, Program Finance, you will own end-to-end financial leadership for a portfolio of complex U.S. Government / DoD programs across multiple contract types. You will set the operating cadence for program financial management and scale the processes, tooling, and talent needed to support rapid growth.

**Responsibilities**

- Own program financial performance for a portfolio of complex government contracts across contract types; drive predictable outcomes from award through execution and closeout.

- Lead EAC and forecast governance: set standards, build/maintain EACs, drive variance/root-cause analysis, and manage risk/opportunity tracking with mitigation actions.

- Partner deeply with Program Management and Contracts on CLIN structure, funding, burn, billing/invoicing, contract modifications, and required program financial reporting.

- Lead monthly FP&A forecasting process with a focus on understanding program changes that drive financial changes.

- Drive production and unit-economics insights: margin and COGS analysis, inventory and working-capital impacts, production variances, and cost-reduction opportunities with Ops/Supply Chain.

- Own planning deliverables (AOP/LRP) for your portfolio: consolidate bottoms-up program outlooks (revenue, cost, margin, working capital) and align to leadership commitments.

- Operate performance management (EVM where applicable): support baseline management and interpret key variances (CV/SV/CPI/SPI); prepare content for internal/external reviews and audits.

- Build scalable processes and tooling: standard templates, dashboards, models, and mechanisms that improve speed, accuracy, and governance as program volume increases.

- Communicate clearly to leadership: deliver crisp narratives and decision memos for AD&S leadership and Corporate Finance.

- Hire and develop talent: manage and mentor analysts; set standards for analytical quality, documentation, controls, and stakeholder management.

- Ad-hoc analysis for Business Cases and other studies, with understanding of broader impacts to financial results.

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

- 8–12+ years of progressive experience in DoD/government contract finance or program finance, including ownership of large/complex programs.

- Demonstrated ownership of EAC development and forecasting discipline, including proactive risk identification and corrective action follow-through.

- Working knowledge of government contracting fundamentals (e.g., FAR/DFARS concepts) and strong partnership instincts with Contracts and Program Management.

- Experience supporting manufacturing/production finance (COGS, inventory, variances, unit economics) in a hardware or production environment.

- Advanced Excel/modeling skills; strong systems orientation (ERP + reporting/tooling).

- Track record of leading cross-functional workstreams with Program, Engineering, Ops, and Contracts stakeholders.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- MBA and/or CPA.

- DAU Financial Management certification and/or PMP.

- Experience with EVM tools (e.g., Deltek Cobra) and program scheduling tools (e.g., Microsoft Project).

- Experience scaling finance processes in a high-growth environment (templates, workflows, controls, and training).

**Benefits**

- Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.

- Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.

- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December.

- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.

- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching.

- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development.

- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.

- Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

- Retirement Savings Plan: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.

## Skills

### Required
- Financial management
- Forecasting
- Government contracting
- Excel modeling
- Leadership

### Nice to have
- MBA
- CPA
- DAU Financial Management certification
- PMP
- EVM tools
- Program scheduling tools

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