Description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
The Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) team delivers autonomous aircraft, advanced effects, and mission autonomy software. The Program Finance Manager will own end-to-end financial leadership for complex Commercial and U.S. Government / DoD programs.
Responsibilities
- Own program financial performance for single or multiple complex commercial and government contracts.
- Lead EAC and forecast governance: set standards, build/maintain EACs, drive variance/root-cause analysis, and manage risk/opportunity tracking.
- Partner 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.
- Support planning deliverables (AOP/LRP) for your program(s): consolidate bottoms-up program outlooks and align to leadership commitments.
- Operate performance management (EVM where applicable): support baseline management and interpret key variances.
- Build scalable processes and tooling: standard templates, dashboards, models, and mechanisms that improve speed, accuracy, and governance.
- Communicate clearly to leadership: deliver crisp narratives and decision memos.
- 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.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- Demonstrated ownership of EAC development and forecasting discipline.
- Working knowledge of government contracting fundamentals (e.g., FAR/DFARS concepts).
- 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
- Experience with Program EAC finance.
- Scaling from an idea (IRAD) to full rate Production.
- FAR knowledge or 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.