Finance Director for Growth & FP&A

Aston Carter; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Aston Carter is hiring a Director of Finance in Auburn Hills, MI, for a hands-on finance lead during a growth phase. You will own FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close, while building scalable processes and partnering with leadership.

The role requires 5–10 years of finance experience in a high-growth environment; strong Excel and QuickBooks skills are preferred. Onsite Mon-Fri, with expansion plans and benefits including health insurance and 401(k).

Qualifications

• Approximately 5–10 years of finance and accounting experience, ideally with exposure to a smaller company, high-growth environment, manufacturing, hardware, technology, or project-based business.
• Strong hands-on accounting ability, including comfort working directly in the general ledger and reviewing journal entries.
• Ability to own budgets, forecasts, cash models, and management reporting that leadership can use to run the business.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to build practical, driver-based models from scratch.
• Comfort operating as a one-person finance function initially, while also having the ability to grow into a leadership role as the company scales.
• Clear communication style and ability to translate financial information into practical business insight for non-finance leaders.
• QuickBooks experience strongly preferred; ERP implementation or process‑improvement experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for a fast-growing defense drone business.
• Maintain cash planning and forecasting, including runway visibility, working-capital needs, upcoming payments, and risks.
• Support the CFO with cash flow planning, capital needs, equity fundraising, investor reporting, and business decision support.
• Run and improve the monthly close process, including hands-on accounting work, journal entries, reconciliations, and general ledger review.
• Own and improve QuickBooks processes, chart of accounts, accounting workflows, and financial controls that can scale with the business.
• Build and maintain financial models for headcount planning, contract delivery, capital equipment, pricing, margin, and fundraising scenarios.
• Track program-level cost, burn, margin, and contract performance against project expectations and delivery timelines.
• Partner with the CFO, CEO, program leads, engineering, production, and procurement to provide clear financial visibility across the business.
• Manage AP, AR, payroll-related finance workflows, vendor payments, and other day-to-day finance operations as needed.
• Coordinate with outside accountants and advisors on tax, compliance, and reporting needs.
• Help establish the foundation for a broader finance and accounting team as volume and complexity increase.

Skills

Finance

Accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Tools

QuickBooks

ERP Systems

Excel

Job description

Aston Carter is hiring a Director of Finance in Auburn Hills, MI, for a hands-on finance lead during a growth phase. You will own FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close, while building scalable processes and partnering with leadership.

The role requires 5–10 years of finance experience in a high-growth environment; strong Excel and QuickBooks skills are preferred. Onsite Mon-Fri, with expansion plans and benefits including health insurance and 401(k).