Financial Analyst II, Arsenal-1

Slope; Ashville (OH); On-site; USD 67,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Financial Analyst for its Arsenal-1 Manufacturing Finance team in Ohio to support multiple products and programs across budget, forecast, KPI tracking, and working capital management. You will partner with site leadership to drive financial performance and provide actionable insights.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in manufacturing finance or FP&A, strong modeling skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial information to cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in manufacturing finance and/or FP&A, Cost Accounting, in a high-volume MFG environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
• Previous Oracle Fusion experience a plus.
• Strong understanding of financial concepts and plant manufacturing.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to execute analyses in Excel and translate findings to business partners.
• Ability to create substantive presentations, focused on information insight.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and a United States Citizen.

Responsibilities

• End to end financial reporting management of multiple manufacturing functions: including headcount, cash/working capital, plant and product line profitability, variance analysis, site reporting.
• Month-end close and reporting, departmental budget & forecast.
• Perform in-depth quantitative analyses including variance analysis (actuals vs. budget/forecast/prior), trend analysis, scenario modeling, and root-cause investigations to identify performance drivers and risks.
• Support cross-functional teams with make vs buy and what-if scenarios to support optimized business outcomes
• Establish transparency into Plant Manufacturing costs to streamline the monthly Site Statistics reporting and enhance reporting accuracy.
• Work functionally with Division Finance, site cost accounting and Manufacturing Functional teams to own consolidation of Product Revenue and costing models, business case analyses, and decision-making frameworks.
• Develop complex financial models to assess various financial scenarios and support strategic initiatives.
• Implement standardized work for scrap, rework, financial reporting, etc., including desk procedures
• Both independently and in concert with site leaders, Identify, track and implement process improvements

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Excel

Oracle Fusion

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Arsenal-1 manufacturing finance team is responsible for the financial oversight of Anduril’s high volume, multi-product premiere manufacturing operation. We are the intersection between programs, manufacturing, supply chain, and Corp finance; leveraging data and business relationships to provide insightful analysis that helps the business drive towards the best financial outcome. You will get to partner with Anduril’s functional and business leaders by providing key insights on cost, production attainment, resource allocation, and Plant/Product profitability.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking a Financial Analyst with 3-5 years of experience to join our Manufacturing Finance team. As that Financial Analyst, you will touch every area of plant operational excellence including budget, forecast, KPI’s, Cost of quality, engineering, working capital, continuous improvement as a business partner to site leadership/cost center leaders. This is an onsite role, not a remote work situation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial modeling, experience in plant manufacturing environments, and will be capable of building strong business relations with internal customers. In this role, you will support multiple products and programs in parallel and interact closely with program management and business line leadership to ensure Arsenal-1 is delivering on its financial commitments. You must be comfortable supporting and explaining financial performance and variances from a plant and product level to cross functional teams and senior leadership. This individual will also partner directly with the senior leadership team across Manufacturing to help drive strategic decision-making and optimizing financial performance.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• End to end financial reporting management of multiple manufacturing functions: including, but not limited to, headcount, cash/working capital, plant and product line profitability, variance analysis, site reporting
• Month-end close and reporting, departmental budget & forecast
• Perform in-depth quantitative analyses including variance analysis (actuals vs. budget/forecast/prior), trend analysis, scenario modeling, and root-cause investigations to identify performance drivers and risks.
• Support cross-functional teams with make vs buy and what-if scenarios to support optimized business outcomes
• Establish transparency into Plant Manufacturing costs to streamline the monthly Site Statistics reporting and enhance reporting accuracy.
• Work functionally with Division Finance, site cost accounting and Manufacturing Functional teams to own consolidation of Product Revenue and costing models, business case analyses, and decision-making frameworks.
• Develop complex financial models to assess various financial scenarios and support strategic initiatives.
• Implement standardized work for scrap, rework, financial reporting, etc., including desk procedures
• Both independently and in concert with site leaders, Identify, track and implement process improvements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, or accounting
• Previous Oracle Fusion Experience a plus
• 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing finance and/or FP&A, Cost Accounting, in a high volume MFG environment
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts, plant manufacturing.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information in an understandable manner.
• Strong analytical aptitude, intuitively think about problems in terms of numbers and business outcomes.
• Ability to quickly execute analyses in Excel & translate findings to business partners
• Ability to create substantive presentations, focused on information insight
• Comfortable communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work. This role can at times require communication to large groups and senior leadership.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and a United States Citizen.

US Salary Range: $67,000 - $88,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.