Manager of FP&A

Anduril Air Dominance & Strike Finance group is seeking a Financial Manager to join our team and play a key role in managing financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and IRAD programs. In this role, you’ll drive long range financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting to support division functions—helping ensure cost efficiency and strategic workforce alignment.

This Financial Manager will play a key role in establishing new financial reporting to support the business. Partnering closely with Finance, Engineering, and Program Management, you will leverage your expertise to support and help execute these plans. FP&A reporting will include a long-range strategy for financial performance, along with the development of short term reporting published on a standard cadence. You will develop metrics and a monitoring plan to ensure the effective implementation of the plan while identifying ways to continually improve the overall financial performance of the company.
The challenges you will encounter are innumerable and unpredictable, but you will be expected to take ownership of delivering the technical program solution in overseeing the strategic planning, development, and execution of FP&A initiatives at a business line and program level. Success in this position comes from a dynamic mindset, strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative approach to partnering with cross-functional teams to drive impactful financial decisions.
Through strategic planning, project management, and business life cycle management, this Financial Manager will work directly with various business leaders to execute on short- and long-term corporate strategies. This position offers a central role in Anduril’s strategic growth planning and execution.

• Business Line Long Range Financial Planning & Analysis
• Own the long-range budgeting, forecasting, and analysis process, work streams, and reporting for the consolidated company plan
• Drive cash flow forecasting and management efforts, ensuring liquidity and financial stability
• Develop complex financial models to assess various financial scenarios and support strategic initiatives
• Conduct thorough balance sheet analyses and report on key financial indicators
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline FP&A activities and enhance reporting accuracy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial plans
• Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management
• Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting tools, systems, and procedures
• Collaborate with department leaders to provide financial insights, support decision-making, and drive accountability for spend
• Analyze trends and risks, offering recommendations to optimize cost structures and improve financial efficiency
• IRAD Programs Business Manager
• Considerable partnership and collaboration in support of the IRAD program managers
• Create comprehensive budgeting plans for individual IRAD programs
• Manage the overall business line IRAD budgets
• Lead the headcount forecasting and reporting process, ensuring alignment with financial, operational and technical goals
• Partner with People function, Talent Acquisition and department leaders to analyze staffing needs, hiring plans, and workforce costs
• Support functional leaders to develop workforce plans as part of the annual planning process
• Track actuals vs. forecast for projects including headcount, cost, and deliverables

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or relevant professional certification (CPA, CFA) is a plus
• 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, modeling, and forecasting within a corporate FP&A, investment banking or consulting environment
• Strong expertise in cash flow management and working capital optimization
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and data analysis tools
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement initiatives in a finance function
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information in an understandable manner
• Proven track record of managing multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment
• Experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems (i.e. Anaplan, Netsuite, Oracle, Foundry)
• Must be authorized to work in the United States