Finance Manager, Mission Readiness

Anduril Industries Costa Mesa, CA Open
Anduril Industries is looking for Finance Manager, Mission Readiness in Costa Mesa, CA.
This local job opportunity with ID 3932046295 is live since 2026-11-01 20:09:15.
Overview

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.

Compensation / Benefits
  • equity grants
  • comprehensive benefits package
  • health coverage
  • competitive compensation
  • opportunity for career growth
  • supportive work-life balance
Responsibilities
  • 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
Key requirements
  • 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
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