M&A Finance Integration Lead — Controls & Compliance

AeroVironment; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & vision

401K with company matching

9/80 schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment seeks a Manager to lead pre- and post-financial integration of acquired businesses into our systems, processes, and controls. You will partner with Accounting, Operations, Contracts, HR, and IT to ensure smooth transitions without disrupting close, reporting, cash flow, or program execution.

You will own documentation and ongoing improvement of finance processes and internal controls, creating scalable, audit-ready ways of working.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
• Minimum 8+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, finance operations, program finance, controllership, or related business functions.
• 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional projects, integrations, process improvement initiatives, or teams in a matrixed environment.
• Experience leading program controls in Aerospace and Defense.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions integration, finance transformation, or complex operational change initiatives.
• Strong understanding of finance processes, financial reporting, internal controls, financial modeling and policy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance integration workstream for acquired businesses, including planning, execution, tracking, and issue resolution across close, reporting, controls, policies, and systems.
• Develop and maintain acquisition integration plans, milestones, and governance routines to ensure timely transition into corporate and segment finance processes.
• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Program Finance, Tax, Treasury, Contracts, HR, IT, and Operations to coordinate integration activities and dependencies.
• Support the transition of acquired entities into corporate ERP, consolidation, planning, and reporting environments, including data mapping, cutover support, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Document and maintain end-to-end finance processes, standard operating procedures, control narratives, templates and roles and responsibilities for both newly integrated businesses and core finance functions.
• Assess existing acquired-business processes and controls, identify gaps relative to corporate standards, and drive remediation plans through completion.
• Establish and monitor internal controls that support financial accuracy, policy compliance, audit readiness, and effective risk management.
• Help standardize finance methodologies, templates, and toolkits across the segment to improve consistency, scalability, and training effectiveness.
• Facilitate process walkthroughs, working sessions, and training to support adoption of new systems, processes, and compliance requirements.
• Track integration risks, open items, and key decisions, escalating issues proactively to finance leadership when needed.
• Support internal and external audit requests by organizing documentation, explaining processes and controls, and coordinating responses across teams.
• Partner with finance leadership to capture lessons learned and refine the acquisition integration playbook for future transactions.
• Provide regular status updates, metrics, and analyses related to integration progress, process effectiveness, and control compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of finance operations, compliance, and integration priorities.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Change management

Effective communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field

MBA, CPA, CMA or other advanced degree

Tools

Oracle ERP

Hyperion

SAP

Costpoint

Unanet

Job description

AeroVironment seeks a Manager to lead pre- and post-financial integration of acquired businesses into our systems, processes, and controls. You will partner with Accounting, Operations, Contracts, HR, and IT to ensure smooth transitions without disrupting close, reporting, cash flow, or program execution.

You will own documentation and ongoing improvement of finance processes and internal controls, creating scalable, audit-ready ways of working.