Early Career Financial Analyst

Anduril Industries is seeking an Early Career Financial Analyst to support the financial operations of its Autonomous Airpower business line. As a member of the AA finance team, you will play a critical role in ensuring accurate cost tracking, timely reporting to the U.S. government, and clean month-end close processes. You will work closely with senior analysts and program managers to analyze financial data, identify trends, and provide insights to inform business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Support month-end close activities, including cost validation, accrual analysis, and variance review
• Perform cost reclassifications to ensure expenses are charged to the correct contract, work package, and cost element
• Review and correct timecard allocations in collaboration with program managers and employees
• Conduct basic data analysis and reconciliation across financial systems to identify and resolve discrepancies
• Assist with contract budget baseline maintenance, including updating work breakdown structures and tracking changes
• Support billing and revenue recognition processes by reconciling costs to invoices and tracking unbilled accounts receivable
• Partner with program managers, engineering leads, and supply chain teams to gather cost estimates and validate actuals
• Build recurring financial reports and dashboards in Excel, Anaplan, and Foundry to automate recurring program financial deliverables

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field
• 0-2 years of experience in finance, accounting, or a related analytical role
• Strong Excel modeling skills and comfort working with large datasets
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills
• Must be a U.S. citizen and be eligible to apply for and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Internship or coursework exposure to government contracting, cost accounting, or aerospace & defense
• Interest in contributing to aerospace & defense industry
• Exposure to data visualization or business intelligence tools
• Basic SQL or Python skills for data manipulation
• Understanding of manufacturing or engineering cost structures