Senior Finance Manager, Air Dominance Programs

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Equity grants

Professional growth

Job summary

Anduril Industries in California seeks a Senior Finance Manager to own end-to-end financial leadership for a portfolio of government contracts within the AD&S line. You’ll set the operating cadence and scale processes, tooling, and talent to support rapid growth across air vehicle programs.

The role requires 8–10+ years in finance (P&L, FP&A, or operational finance) in manufacturing or hardware, with strong unit economics and experience in EAC forecasting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 8–10+ years of progressive finance experience with P&L ownership, FP&A, or operational finance in a manufacturing, hardware, or production environment.
• Strong command of unit economics, COGS, inventory dynamics, and working capital in a product business.
• Experience building and owning financial plans: budgets, long-range forecasts, and monthly rhythm.
• Ownership of EAC development and forecasting discipline with proactive risk actions.
• Advanced modeling skills and a systems mindset; fluent in Excel; ERP/reporting improvements.
• Track record leading cross-functional work with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and leadership.
• Working knowledge of government contracting fundamentals (FAR/DFARS) and partnership with Contracts/PM.
• Eligible to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own program financial performance for a portfolio of government contracts; drive outcomes from award to closeout.
• Lead EAC and forecast governance; set standards and track risks and opportunities.
• Partner with PM and Contracts on CLIN structure, funding, burn, and reporting.
• Lead monthly FP&A forecasting process; understand program changes driving financials.
• Drive margins, COGS, inventory, and working capital insights with Ops/Supply Chain.
• Own planning deliverables (AOP/LRP) for portfolio; align to leadership commitments.
• Support baseline management and prepare content for reviews and audits.
• Build scalable processes, models and tooling for increasing program volume.
• Deliver narratives and memos for AD&S leadership and Corporate Finance.
• Hire, mentor analysts; set analytic quality standards and governance.

Skills

P&L ownership

FP&A

Operational finance

Unit economics

EAC forecasting

Excel modeling

ERP systems

Cross-functional leadership

Gov contracting knowledge

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA (preferred)

Tools

Deltek Cobra

Microsoft Project

ERP systems

Job description

Anduril Industries in California seeks a Senior Finance Manager to own end-to-end financial leadership for a portfolio of government contracts within the AD&S line. You’ll set the operating cadence and scale processes, tooling, and talent to support rapid growth across air vehicle programs.

The role requires 8–10+ years in finance (P&L, FP&A, or operational finance) in manufacturing or hardware, with strong unit economics and experience in EAC forecasting.