Finance Manager, Mission Readiness

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><h3><strong>ABOUT THE TEAM</strong></h3> <p>The Manufacturing Finance team is responsible for overseeing the financial execution of our Global Manufacturing Organization. We are the intersection between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and finance as it relates to production; we leverage data and business relationships to drive towards the best financial outcome for Anduril. You get to partner with Anduril’s functional and business leaders by providing key insights on demand signals, production attainment, resource allocation, and Product profitability.</p> <h3><strong>ABOUT THE JOB</strong></h3> <p>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. This individual will directly own financials for a given product portfolio, guiding strategic decision-making, and optimizing financial performance. The successful candidate will play an active role in shaping strategy rather than functioning solely as a service provider – the deeper you go the better your results.</p> <h4><strong>WHAT YOU’LL DO</strong></h4> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>Establish transparency into headcount productivity for existing and future Anduril products.</li> <li>Work cross functionally with the Business Divisions and Operational Deployments teams to drive and support consolidation of business case analyses and decision-making frameworks.</li> <li>Build novel financial frameworks for thinking through operational decisions, including but not limited to manufacturing, product execution strategy, etc.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Perform Earned Value Management (EVM) and support the development and maintenance of Estimates at Completion (EAC) and Estimates to Complete (ETC) for contract integrity.</li> <li>Support cross-functional teams with tradeoff studies to achieve sustainable unit economics.</li> <li>Develop complex financial models to assess various financial scenarios and support strategic initiatives.</li> <li>Adopt Standardized data model, but tailor to the needs of the respective Product portfolio</li> <li>Identify and implement process improvements to streamline FP&A activities and enhance reporting accuracy.</li> <li>Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>REQUI