Finance Manager, Mission Readiness

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Manufacturing Finance team is responsible for overseeing the financial execution of our Global Manufacturing Organization.

We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our Manufacturing Finance team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial modeling, experience in operations or hardware environments, and be capable of building strong business relations with internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Leading the Finance side of our strategic Mission Readiness team. End to end financial management of strategic planning: including, but not limited to, headcount, cash/working capital, capital investment, and financial analysis to support to operations footprint.
• Establish transparency into headcount productivity for existing and future Anduril products.
• Work cross functionally with the Business Divisions and Operational Deployments teams to drive and support consolidation of business case analyses and decision-making frameworks.
• Build novel financial frameworks for thinking through operational decisions, including but not limited to manufacturing, product execution strategy, etc.
• Perform in-depth quantitative analyses including variance analysis (actuals vs. budget/forecast/prior), trend analysis, scenario modeling, and root-cause investigations to identify performance drivers and risks.
• Perform Earned Value Management (EVM) and support the development and maintenance of Estimates at Completion (EAC) and Estimates to Complete (ETC) for contract integrity.
• Support cross-functional teams with tradeoff studies to achieve sustainable unit economics.
• Develop complex financial models to assess various financial scenarios and support strategic initiatives.
• Adopt Standardized data model, but tailor to the needs of the respective Product portfolio
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline FP&A activities and enhance reporting accuracy.
• Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA or technical background (Engineering/Supply Chain/Operations) is a plus.
• 7-10 years of experience in manufacturing finance, business unit finance, management consulting, investment banking, or similar.
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information in an understandable manner.
• Strong analytical aptitude.
• Ability to quickly execute analyses in Excel & translate findings to business partners
• Willingness to learn how to use corporate systems (e.g. Salesforce, Coupa, Anaplan) and analytic / dashboarding tools (e.g. Palantir Foundry)
• Comfortable communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive and competitive benefits package