Description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
We're looking for a Senior Director to join the finance team supporting Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S), one of Anduril's largest and fastest-growing divisions.
This is a high-visibility financial leadership role responsible for owning the P&L for Anduril's Autonomous Air Power business line within AD&S.
The successful candidate will operate at both the strategic level , architecting sustainable financial models and shaping the division's capital allocation , and the operational level , embedding with division and business line leaders to drive day-to-day financial rigor.
Responsibilities:
- Daily partnership with Senior Leaders within AD&S to bring first-class financial expertise and support to the business.
- Manage the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and oversee the preparation of business line, product, and program level financial reporting.
- Own the financial oversight and management for a portfolio of large, complex, and mission-critical programs.
- Manage and scale a dedicated team in line with the needs of the business by developing and hiring best-in-class talent and implementing best practices and tools to ensure a well-controlled yet flexible finance organization.
- Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management.
- Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with forecasts, highlighting trends, and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
- Work with senior AD&S and corporate finance leaders to identify and implement ways to improve business performance and finance systems, tools, and processes.
- Get deep in the operations and support the team in creating bottoms-up, data-driven models to understand segmentation, pricing optimization, scenarios, and financial returns of our products and investments.
- Own performance dashboards, alerting, and investigation into KPI health. Assess the impact of financial decisions on KPIs while developing strategies which drive demonstrable impact against these metrics.
- Develop deep relationships with our customers (both internal and external) and oversee customer program reporting, monthly invoicing, and monthly financial status reporting.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or relevant professional certification (CPA, CFA) is a plus.
- 15+ years of finance experience working for Big Tech, Defense, Large Manufacturing, or Government contracting, with 3-5 years in a senior leadership position.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and data analysis tools, and experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems (i.e., Oracle Fusion, Oracle EPM, Anaplan, Foundry).
- Demonstrated track record of owning problems end-to-end in a finance function.
- Intellectually curious - you seek to understand the why behind the numbers.
- Highly technical - you value precision and accuracy when it comes to your work, and you can rapidly dissect complex quantitative problems.
- Critical thinker - you consider problems from all angles to remove bias.
- Results-oriented - you will do whatever it takes to get the job done.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills. You drive consensus through grounded arguments, interpersonal skills, and negotiation skills.
- Creative problem-solver - able to identify obstacles and present viable solutions.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
- Excited by large breadth of problems.
- Confidence to execute in highly visible and accountable positions.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Must be security clearance eligible.
Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) that ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.