Lead Financial Analyst, Frontier Systems
At a glance
Senior FP&A role at Anduril Industries. Costa Mesa · full-time · $147,000–$196,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Track program financial results and investigate the operating factors behind them so you can affect P&L performance
- Work with program leaders and proposal teams on pricing and forecasts, including margin, cost and risk considerations
- Explain monthly forecast and margin movements to program and business-line leaders, calling out important trends and risks
- Build investment models with clear assumptions that can withstand review by finance and business-line leadership
- Improve forecasting, reporting and cost capture across products and contracts, creating processes and tools to keep them reliable
What you bring
- At least four years in FP&A, investment banking, management consulting or corporate finance
- Strong Excel ability and financial modeling skills, backed by quantitative and analytical strength
- A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related discipline
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and retain a security clearance
Who this fits
This senior operating role suits someone moving from analytical work into decisions that shape programs and business results. You should be comfortable with ambiguity and an iterative pace, and able to turn financial detail into clear guidance for leaders. The role is based in Costa Mesa, and requires U.S. citizenship and security-clearance eligibility.
From the employer
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE JOB
We're seeking a Lead Financial Analyst to join our Frontier Systems finance team. This role is built for someone with a rigorous analytical background, e.g., investment banking, consulting, and/or corporate FP&A, who's ready to take on an operating role. The modeling and analysis you already do well will drive real program and business decisions.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Influence P&L Outcomes: Take end-to-end ownership of program financial analysis. You'll need to both track performance and understand the operational drivers behind it well enough to influence them.
- Be a Strategic Partner: Partner with program leadership and proposals teams on pricing strategy and forecasting, bringing insight and context to decisions on margin, cost, and risk.
- Tell the Story: Turn monthly forecasts and margin analysis into clear, insightful commentary for program and business-line leadership. You'll highlight the trends and risks that matter.
- Make the Case: Build the business cases behind investment, developing rigorous, well-structured models with defensible assumptions that hold up to scrutiny from finance and business-line leadership.
- Build for Scale: Identify opportunities to improve how we forecast, report, and capture cost across products and contracts, and build the processes and tools that keep forecasting and cost capture accurate as the business line scales.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of experience in FP&A, investment banking, management consulting, or corporate finance
- Robust financial modeling and Excel skills, with strong quantitative and analytical horsepower
- Intellectually curious — you dig into the "why" behind the numbers and aren't satisfied stopping at variance explanations
- Bias-to-action – you are comfortable identifying and fixing gaps in process
- Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast, iterative pace
- Sharp written and verbal communicator, able to translate financial detail into a narrative leadership can act on
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Prior experience in a program/product finance or corporate FP&A role
- ERP experience (Oracle, Foundry)
- DoD and/or tech industry experience
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
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