As the Director of FP&A - Operations, oversee financial planning and analysis across Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and Logistics functions, driving financial performance and supporting rapid growth at Harbinger.
About Harbinger
Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.
As Director of FP&A – Operations, you will lead financial planning, reporting, and analysis for our Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and Logistics functions. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role with high visibility across the organization. You will build scalable FP&A capabilities that empower operational leaders, drive financial performance, and support Harbinger’s rapid growth.
You will report directly to the CAO (Head of Finance) and collaborate closely with cross-functional VPs and Directors, while managing a team of financial analysts.
What You’ll Do- Represent Operations in planning & forecasting cycles for the Company, including the development of multiple year plans, annual operating plans, and quarterly budgeting & standard setting.
- Consolidate and review budget versus actual performance on a monthly basis, and provide analysis to support the Company’s month-end close process reduction, including accruals, allocations.
- Understand the Company’s manufacturing cost reduction roadmap, and consolidate results and action plans for reporting purposes.
- Oversee the following functions in this group:
Production Finance
- Lead productivity tracking (Cost Conversion %, labor benchmarking, and indirect cost efficiency), contribute to short-term and long-range (3–5 year) financial planning for Production costs (direct, indirect, Capex), and drive initiatives to achieve or exceed cost reduction targets.
- Understand the financial drivers of the Company’s extended supply chain, optimize volume, product mix, margin, and working capital, and consolidate results for reporting.
- Improve inventory management processes: turnover, reconciliation, aging, and obsolescence risk.
- Facilitate the development of accurate standard costs for products, review of variances on a periodic basis (PPV, IPV, FXV, labor, materials, and overhead).
- Develop manufacturing dashboards (cost per unit, OEE, scrap/rework rates).
Supply Chain Finance
- Drive supplier cost savings through financial support on negotiations and benchmarking.
- Extend supplier payment terms and assess early payment discount strategies.
- Support Incoterms and logistics cost optimization with procurement.
- Track KPIs including PPV, supplier cost trends, and payment term performance.
Logistics Finance
- Partner with logistics teams to reduce freight and warehouse costs by 10%+.
- Track and analyze Incoterms usage, tariffs, and customs duties for financial impact.
- Provide quarterly industry benchmarking and cost structure analysis.
- Track warranty cost trends and containment.
Engineering Finance
- Drive cost optimization by partnering with Engineering and Supply Chain to reduce BOM costs by 20%+ YoY.
- Implement business case frameworks for R&D initiatives, with IRR and payback tracking (arbitrage).
- Develop dashboards for R&D budget tracking; maximise tax credit schemes.
- At least 10-15 years of working experience, with 5 years experience in a senior level finance working in discrete manufacturing, hardware-intensive environment.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing cost structures, variance analysis, and capital planning.
- Demonstrated success in operational finance roles supporting production, supply chain and logistics.
- Fluency in ERP systems (NetSuite preferred) and financial automation tools.
- Proven leadership and team-building capabilities.
- Comfortable working in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
- Strategic thinker with strong attention to execution and detail.
Key Benefits & Perks:
- Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered
- Early-stage Stock Options
- Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA)
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
- Annual Vacation Bonus
- Wellness & Fertility Benefits
- Cell Phone Stipend
- Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens
California Pay Range
$180,000—$220,000 USD
Equal Opportunity
Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].
Candidate Data Privacy
Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.
Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.
Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.
Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting.
Top Skills
Erp Systems
Financial Automation Tools
NetSuite
Harbinger Garden Grove, California, USA Office
12821 Knott St, Garden Grove, CA, United States, 92841
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