Manufacturing Program Finance Lead

Hadrian Automation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

401k

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to accelerate American manufacturing. The Finance team partners with Manufacturing Operations, Program Management and Automation to steer program economics from contract signing to at-rate production.

You will own baselines, forecasts, and spend, shaping the financial plan and collaborating with central FP&A to align with company goals. This is a hands-on finance role on mission-critical capital projects.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years in FP&A or related finance roles.
• Experience with manufacturing or capital projects is a plus.
• Strong communication with technical teams.
• Ability to read BOMs and construction schedules for forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Be the dedicated finance partner to leaders and engineers on Hadrian’s programs, from contract award to at-rate production.
• Own program budgets, baselines, and EACs. Turn contracted economics into a working budget for capex, headcount and operating costs.
• Track and challenge capital spend from approved budget through commissioning.
• Build bottoms-up cost models from engineering inputs and new systems.
• Evaluate in-flight decisions such as scope changes, equipment substitutions, scheduling, and make-vs-buys.
• Build and own the view of each program’s financials; work with Accounting to code and capitalize costs.
• Spend time on the factory floor and in engineering reviews.
• Prepare materials for planning cycles, business reviews, and leadership updates.
• Provide feedback and data to Growth Finance and Capital Markets so contracts and financing are properly structured.

Skills

FP&A

Project finance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Excel

Cost modeling

Attention to detail

Stakeholder comms

Tools

SQL

NetSuite

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to accelerate American manufacturing. The Finance team partners with Manufacturing Operations, Program Management and Automation to steer program economics from contract signing to at-rate production.

You will own baselines, forecasts, and spend, shaping the financial plan and collaborating with central FP&A to align with company goals. This is a hands-on finance role on mission-critical capital projects.