Finance Manager, Mission Readiness

Job description

Job 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…
• 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.

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA or technical background (Engineering/Supply Chain/Operations) is a plus.
• You have 7-10 years of experience in manufacturing finance, business unit finance, management consulting, investment banking, or similar.
• You have a strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information in an understandable manner.
• You have strong analytical aptitude. You intuitively think about problems in terms of numbers.
• You are able to quickly execute analyses in Excel & translate findings to business partners
• You are willing to learn how to use corporate systems (e.g. Salesforce, Coupa, Anaplan) and analytic / dashboarding tools (e.g. Palantir Foundry)
• You are comfortable communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work. This role can at times require comms to large groups and senior leadership.