# Head of Finance, Air Dominance and Strike

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $253,000-$336,000 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Defense 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.

Anduril is seeking a senior finance professional to lead the Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) finance team. This role will provide leadership and management of division, business line and program finance teams as AD&S continues to rapidly scale.

The Head of Finance will support AD&S' rapid growth and make important decisions that drive the long-term success of the business. You will communicate your findings to senior Division and Company leadership and partner with others to operationalize the hypotheses and takeaways.

**Responsibilities:**

- Daily partnership with Senior Leaders within AD&S to bring first-class financial expertise and CFO-level support to the business.

- Manage the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and oversee the preparation of division, business line, product and program level financial reporting.

- 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.

- Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management.

- 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.

- Manage and scale a dedicated finance 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.

- 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 comprehensive and competitive benefits packages available at little to no cost to employees.

## Skills

### Required
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Program Finance
- Strategic Finance
- Pricing
- Financial Reporting
- ERP Systems
- Data Analysis
- Excel
- Financial Modeling

### Nice to have
- MBA
- CPA
- CFA

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