Aerospace FP&A Analyst: Engineering & R&D Partner

apex-technology-inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Apex

Health insurance (fully paid)

PTO and holidays

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team. This high-impact, cross-functional role centers on headcount planning and modeling and serves as the dedicated finance business partner to Engineering.

You will work with senior leadership on planning, reporting, and analysis that informs decisions across a fast-moving aerospace business. The ideal candidate is analytically rigorous, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to adapt quickly as priorities shift. U.S.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of FP&A, corporate finance, or related analytical finance role.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Strong command of financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Familiarity with purchase order and purchase requisition approval processes for multi-million-dollar projects.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt quickly to shifting priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with senior leadership and technical (Engineering/R&D) stakeholders.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.

Responsibilities

• Own headcount planning and headcount modeling across the company, maintaining accurate, department-level forecasts and partnering with hiring managers on plan versus actuals.
• Serve as the finance business partner to the Engineering organization, providing analysis, guidance, and financial visibility to Engineering and R&D leadership.
• Act as a key contributor to the company's planning cycles (annual budget, reforecasts, and long-range planning), including preparation, consolidation, and review.
• Perform variance analysis, explaining drivers of budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual differences and surfacing actionable insights.
• Assist with monthly and quarterly reporting, including executive and management-level materials.
• Identify and implement process improvements and system enhancements that increase the accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of FP&A workflows.
• Support purchase order (PO) and purchase requisition (PR) approvals and tracking for multi-million-dollar projects within the Engineering team.

Skills

Headcount planning

Financial modeling

Variance analysis

Communication with leadership

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team. This high-impact, cross-functional role centers on headcount planning and modeling and serves as the dedicated finance business partner to Engineering.

You will work with senior leadership on planning, reporting, and analysis that informs decisions across a fast-moving aerospace business. The ideal candidate is analytically rigorous, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to adapt quickly as priorities shift. U.S.