Aerospace FP&A Analyst: Budgets, Modeling & Growth

Hermeus; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pet insurance

Stock options

401(k)

Year-end bonuses

Parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Office lunches

Job summary

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company seeking a Financial Analyst to join the Finance team and drive financial decision-making across a fast-growing aerospace and defense technology company.

This role sits at the intersection of finance, engineering, operations, and strategy. You’ll own budgets and forecasts, analyze program and operating performance, build financial models, and provide insights to guide investment and resource allocation decisions.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, product finance, investment banking, consulting, or a related analytical finance role.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to independently build and maintain financial analyses.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, financial statements, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a demonstrated ability to deliver accurate, thoroughly self-reviewed work.

Responsibilities

• Own budgets and forecasts for assigned business functions, partnering directly with functional leaders to understand spending, headcount, program requirements, and financial risks and opportunities.
• Analyze monthly financial performance against budget and forecast, independently investigate key variances, and communicate clear takeaways and recommended actions to Finance and business leadership.
• Build and maintain financial models supporting long-term planning, program economics, capital investments, hiring decisions, and strategic scenarios.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and other teams to understand program costs, schedules, resource requirements, and their financial implications.
• Track and analyze R&D spend, capital expenditures, headcount, vendor commitments, and other key cost drivers.
• Support monthly and quarterly financial reporting, management reviews, and executive and investor materials.
• Develop financial analyses supporting investment decisions, unit economics, resource allocation, and company growth.
• Improve the accuracy, scalability, and efficiency of our forecasting and reporting processes through better models, automation, and financial systems.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Management reporting

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

NetSuite

Power BI

Job description

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company seeking a Financial Analyst to join the Finance team and drive financial decision-making across a fast-growing aerospace and defense technology company.

This role sits at the intersection of finance, engineering, operations, and strategy. You’ll own budgets and forecasts, analyze program and operating performance, build financial models, and provide insights to guide investment and resource allocation decisions.