Finance Leader, Autonomous Aircraft P&L

Anduril-1; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an exceptional finance leader to own the P&L for a portfolio of autonomous aircraft product lines on the MD Finance team. This role will provide leadership and manage product- and program-level finance teams with full accountability for top- and bottom-line performance.

You will oversee FP&A, strategic finance, pricing, and investment frameworks, partner with senior leadership to drive decision-making, and build data-driven models and executive reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or relevant professional certification (CPA, CFA) is a plus.
• 7+ years of experience in financial analysis, modeling, and forecasting within an FP&A or consulting environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling and data analysis tools, and experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems (i.e. Anaplan, Netsuite, Oracle, Foundry).
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs and strategic initiatives in a finance function.
• Proven ownership of a full P&L at scale, ideally in a hardware, manufacturing, or otherwise capital-intensive product business.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end P&L for your product portfolio — top-line growth, gross margin, and capital allocation across the product life cycle.
• Manage the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and oversee the preparation of product- and program-level financial reporting.
• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with forecasts, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
• Partner with senior MD and corporate finance leaders to identify and implement ways to improve business performance and finance systems, tools and processes.
• Build executive-level reporting and translate complex financial performance into clear, actionable insights that drive leadership decisions.
• Get deep in the operations and support the team in creating bottoms‑up, data‑driven models to understand segmentation, pricing optimization, scenarios, and financial returns of our products and investments.
• Own performance dashboards, alerting, and investigation into KPI health. Assess the impact of financial decisions on KPIs while developing strategies which drive demonstrable impact against these metrics.
• Develop deep relationships with our customers (both internal and external) and oversee customer program reporting, monthly invoicing, and monthly financial status reporting.

Skills

Finance leadership

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Data analysis

ERP systems

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

CPA/CFA a plus

Tools

Anaplan

Netsuite

Oracle

Foundry

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an exceptional finance leader to own the P&L for a portfolio of autonomous aircraft product lines on the MD Finance team. This role will provide leadership and manage product- and program-level finance teams with full accountability for top- and bottom-line performance.

You will oversee FP&A, strategic finance, pricing, and investment frameworks, partner with senior leadership to drive decision-making, and build data-driven models and executive reports.