Finance Manager, Mission Readiness

In this Finance Manager role, you will lead end-to-end financial management for a product portfolio within Anduril's Manufacturing Finance team. You'll develop frameworks and analyses to guide strategic decisions, optimize unit economics, and partner with cross-functional leaders to support the operations footprint. The role combines strategic planning with hands-on FP&A, and emphasizes influencing senior stakeholders and shaping investment choices. You will work on high-impact initiatives at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and finance, leveraging data to improve financial outcomes.

• equity grants
• comprehensive benefits package
• health coverage
• competitive compensation
• opportunity for career growth
• supportive work-life balance

• Lead end-to-end financial management of strategic planning (headcount, cash/working capital, capex, financial analysis) to support operations footprint
• Establish transparency into headcount productivity for existing and future products
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Business Divisions and Operational Deployments to consolidate analyses and decision frameworks
• Build novel financial frameworks for manufacturing and product execution strategy
• Perform in-depth quantitative analyses (variance, trend, scenario, root-cause) to identify drivers and risks
• Conduct Earned Value Management (EVM) and support Estimates at Completion (EAC) and Estimates to Complete (ETC)
• Support cross-functional tradeoff studies to achieve sustainable unit economics
• Develop complex financial models for various scenarios and strategic initiatives
• Adopt standardized data model tailored to the Product portfolio
• Identify and implement FP&A process improvements and improve reporting accuracy
• Lead development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or related field; MBA or technical background (engineering/supply chain/operations) is a plus
• 7-10 years of experience in manufacturing finance, BU finance, management consulting, investment banking, or similar
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to convey complex financial information clearly
• Strong analytical aptitude; numerically oriented
• Proficiency in Excel; ability to translate findings to business partners
• Willingness to learn corporate systems (Salesforce, Coupa, Anaplan) and analytics/dashboarding tools (Palantir Foundry)
• Comfortable communicating broadly to large groups and senior leadership
• Authorized to work in the United States

• excellent communication and presentation skills
• comfortable communicating to large groups and senior leadership
• cross-functional collaboration
• Excel
• Salesforce
• Coupa