Description
We're building advanced autonomous systems for defence and commercial markets. Scaling a business like this requires world-class financial modelling, a deep understanding of how complex hardware + software companies create value, and the ability to turn complexity into clarity.
We're hiring a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance to be the VP of FP&A's analytical right-hand and the architect of our long-range financial model. You excel at building dynamic, accurate, scalable 3-statement models grounded in unit economics and operational drivers. You've lived in Excel,investment banking, PE, hedge funds, equity research,and you bring a forward-looking mindset around leveraging cloud tools, automation, and analytics to elevate what modelling can do.
This is the analytical engine of Strategic Finance, with a natural path to Investor Relations as the company scales.
Responsibilities:
- Build the Company's Strategic Financial Model
- Own and build the fully integrated 3-statement model based on unit economics, KPIs, and industry benchmarks
- Lead the long-range plan (LRP) and multi-scenario modelling
- Tie operational drivers,production ramps, R&D, contract timing, GTM,to financial outcomes
- Build valuation frameworks, sensitivities, and investor-grade outputs
- Maintain a forward-looking view on risks, opportunities, and strategic drivers
- Digitise & Scale the Modelling Infrastructure:
- Partner with data engineering and systems teams to evolve models from Excel to modern cloud-based planning tools
- Build modular, scalable structures where Excel is used only for high-value analysis
- Use analytics and automation to reduce manual modelling and increase clarity
- Analyse the Business Like an Investor:
- Benchmark peers in defence, autonomy, robotics, aerospace, and industrial tech
- Build competitor profiles, KPI benchmarks, and market analyses
- Develop a POV on unit economics, efficiency, scale, and profitability
- Support M&A modelling, valuation, and diligence
- Provide clear, strategic insights,not just numbers
- Lead Cash Flow & Liquidity Modelling (with Corporate Finance):
- Build rolling cash forecasts across working capital, inventory, milestone payments, and CapEx
- Model hardware cycles, government payment timing, and program cash curves
- Identify liquidity risks early and shape capital allocation decisions
- Partner Across the Company:
- Work directly with the VP FP&A, CFO, and CEO on forward-looking financial questions
- Translate engineering, program, and operations plans into financial impacts
- Connect short-term forecasting to the LRP
- Present insights that drive decisions and accelerate execution
Requirements:
- Analytical athlete with elite attention to detail
- Clear, structured thinker with strong modelling intuition
- Fast, accurate, and comfortable under pressure
- Curious and forward-looking,always asking “why?”
- Strong communicator who elevates decision quality
- Mission-driven and energised by complex, meaningful problems
Qualifications:
- 8+ years in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, equity research, or elite financial services
- Best-in-class Excel modeller: integrated 3-statement models, valuations, sensitivities, unit economics, scenario analysis
- Experience analysing defence, aerospace, autonomy, robotics, industrial tech, or HW/SW companies
- Strong command of unit economics and driver-based forecasting
- Experience building LRPs and enterprise valuation frameworks
- Deep cash flow and liquidity modelling expertise
- High proficiency with financial statements and GAAP mechanics
- Systems mindset,comfortable partnering with data/systems teams
- Thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with government contract economics and milestone-based revenue
- M&A experience: modelling, valuation, diligence
- Exposure to manufacturing scale, supply chain, and hardware production cycles
- Data fluency: dashboards, financial databases, or BI tools