Senior Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst

CesiumAstro; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company stock options

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA/FSA

Job summary

CesiumAstro seeks a Senior FP&A Analyst for its Redondo Beach, CA team to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial planning. The role partners with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sales to deliver robust plans and analytics in a fast-growing startup environment.

You will build models, monitor variances, and develop dashboards that drive decisions and capital allocation across subsidiaries, including Jariet Technologies.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited university or college.
• 5+ years of financial planning experience, ideally in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• In-office position in Redondo Beach, CA.
• Experience developing and implementing financial budgets and forecasts.
• Ability to analyze data and synthesize complexity into clarity for decision-making.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and other departments.
• Enjoy wearing multiple hats in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Desire to contribute as the company grows with novel financial and business insights.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain financial models and detailed forecasts of future operations.
• Compare historical results against budgets and forecasts; perform variance analyses and identify improvements.
• Collaborate with Cesium Astro Finance Team, meeting deadlines and answering questions.
• Benchmark company data against industry peers and research key financial ratios.
• Evaluate ROI and capital allocation to optimize investments.
• Lead program budgets, EVMS, and ensure timely internal and external reporting.
• Assess potential programs and products for cost and profitability.
• Develop cost volumes, BOEs, and roll-ups for proposals (NREs/REs/materials).
• Prepare department budgets and forecasts and consolidate into corporate plans.
• Provide internal reports for executive leadership to support decision-making.
• Explore inorganic growth opportunities and map capex/investment plans.
• Generate three- to five-year financial forecasts.
• Extract Big Data sets and build analytics dashboards and metrics.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SQL

EVMS

Job description

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

This position is with Jariet Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of CesiumAstro. Jariet is developing breakthrough technologies to permit digital communications technology to be applied at micro/mm-Wave speeds using standard CMOS processes. Jariet is well positioned to provide ASIC products into emerging markets in multi-antenna beamforming communications systems and wireless infrastructure as well as digital deployments into microwave point-to-point links and radar systems. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are looking to add a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to our team. The position will be based in Redondo Beach, CA and will be supporting our subsidiary, Jariet Technologies. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about making an impact in a growing company, we would like to hear from you.

In this position, you will play a key role in supporting the overall financial health and direction of the company while simultaneously focusing on foundational business operations. You will be responsible for preparing budgets, developing forecasts, performing variance analyses, and project finance modeling. You will have the ability to affect change and collaborate with the entire team to exponentially grow both Jariet Technologies and Cesium Astro. Your contributions will play an essential role in supporting the companies through hyper-growth as you forecast the future while scaling both revenue and internal relationships.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creating, updating, and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of future operations.
• Comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analyses to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward.
• Working closely with the Cesium Astro Finance Team, meeting their deadlines and responding to questions.
• Researching key financial ratios of industry peers and benchmarking company data.
• Evaluating company financial data to ensure investments are the best use of capital by looking at return on investment (ROI) and comparisons with other ways the company could utilize cash.
• Leading program budgets/baseline controls, earned value management systems (EVMS), and ensuring all required finance inputs, including internal and external reporting, are prepared, reviewed, and submitted on time.
• Evaluating potential program and product opportunities to determine costs and profitability.
• Building out support processes for proposals that include, but are not limited to, developing cost volumes, basis of estimates (BOEs), and roll-ups of non-recurring efforts (NREs), recurring efforts (REs), and materials.
• Evaluating financials for each department and working with individual departments to prepare budgets and forecasts and consolidate into corporate budgets and forecasts.
• Preparing internal reports for executive leadership to support decision-making.
• Evaluating inorganic growth opportunities and mapping out capital and investment plans.
• Generating three- to five-year financial forecasts.
• Extracting Big Data sets and consolidating into useful analytics.
• Developing dashboards and key metrics to track the business and inform strategy.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited university or college.
• 5+ years of financial planning experience, ideally working in a fast-paced environment and meeting tight deadlines.
• Must be willing to work at or relocate to our Redondo Beach location, as this is an in-office position.
• Experience developing and implementing financial budgets and forecasts.
• Ability to analyze data and synthesize complexity into clarity for decision-making.
• Experience partnering cross functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and other departments.
• Enjoy the challenge of “wearing multiple hats” and working in a fast-paced and cross-functional environment.
• A desire to have a broader impact and make meaningful contributions as our small company grows by creating novel financial and business insights.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Experience with Defense contracts.
• Experience working in a start-up, high-growth, and venture-backed company.

$112,000 - $132,000 a year

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.