Lead FP&A, Aircraft Business Unit — Forecasting & Strategy

Shield AI; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Lead Financial Analyst for the Aircraft Business Unit to drive financial planning, forecasting, and decision support. You will partner with engineering, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, and program management to translate operational drivers into financial insights and actions.

You will own monthly forecasts, quarterly outlooks, and annual plans, build models linking headcount, labor, materials, overhead, and initiatives to results, and prepare leadership-ready

Qualifications

• 7+ years of FP&A, program finance, or related finance experience.
• Strong modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis skills.
• Experience partnering with operational/technical teams.
• Ability to translate operational drivers into financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly forecasting, quarterly outlooks, and annual planning for assigned Aircraft Business departments and programs.
• Build and maintain financial models that connect headcount, labor, material, overhead, and operating initiatives to business performance.
• Analyze actuals versus plan, identify risks and opportunities, and provide clear recommendations to business leaders.
• Translate production, engineering, and program assumptions into financial impacts for spend, margins, and resource needs.
• Prepare reporting packages and presentations for finance leadership and Aircraft Business reviews.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Business partnering

Communication

Advanced Excel

ERP planning systems

Anaplan

Tools

Anaplan

ERP systems

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Lead Financial Analyst for the Aircraft Business Unit to drive financial planning, forecasting, and decision support. You will partner with engineering, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, and program management to translate operational drivers into financial insights and actions.

You will own monthly forecasts, quarterly outlooks, and annual plans, build models linking headcount, labor, materials, overhead, and initiatives to results, and prepare leadership-ready