Senior Strategic Finance Analyst, AD&S

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is hiring a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst for the AD&S division in Costa Mesa, CA. The role focuses on long-range financial modeling, investment analyses, and strategic transactions with relocation assistance offered. Office-based, five days a week.

The position supports cross-functional teams to drive growth, optimize the product portfolio, and evaluate government contract structures with a strong emphasis on accuracy and storytelling in executive presentations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategic/analytical finance roles.
• Strong ability to evaluate opportunities and risks in financials.
• Expert modeling and analytical skills.
• Distill complex financial information into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and storytelling when presenting data.
• Understanding of software, manufacturing, and government contract metrics.
• Passion for technology, production, and AI.
• Best-in-class attention to detail and accuracy.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to export controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Support divisional finance processes, including forecasting models for expansion and operations.
• Lead strategic project work: transactions, market research, new business models, and critical initiatives.
• Create high-quality presentations communicating AD&S financial performance.
• Translate business and cost drivers into key metrics for resource allocation and growth.
• Identify opportunities across P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet.
• Stay current on market trends and benchmarks.
• Collaborate with Program Engineering, Supply Chain, Accounting, and Finance to build fidelity in models.

Skills

Strategic finance

Financial modeling

Data storytelling

Executive communication

Business acumen

Attention to detail

U.S. export controls knowledge

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) division delivers platforms, systems, and integratedeffects across autonomous air vehicles and advanced munitions. Our autonomous systems are thecornerstone of these capabilities, and we continually strive to push the boundaries of the possiblein terms of range, autonomy, and mission capability.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are hiring a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst to help drive strategic decisions for AD&S across a variety of areas, including investment analyses, long-range business case modeling, strategic transactions, product portfolio construction, and supporting Air Dominance & Strikes M&A activities.

This role is based in our Costa Mesa, CA. We are in office 5 days per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Support critical divisional finance processes, including reporting and evolving our long-term forecasting models to support decision-making around expansion and operational strategies.
• Support strategic project work spanning transactions, critical investment trade-off analyses, market research, new business model evaluations, and other business critical initiatives.
• Create high-quality presentations for communicating AD&S’s financial performance.
• Distill our business and cost drivers into key metrics that underpin how we communicate financial performance, allocate resources, and plan for growth.
• Identify areas of opportunity across our P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet.
• Stay current on market trends and best-in-class financial performance benchmarks.
• Partner cross-functionally with Program Engineering, Supply Chain, Accounting, and Finance teams to build fidelity into our financial models.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, consulting, or another highly analytical role.
• A strong ability to critically evaluate opportunities and risks in financials.
• Expert modeling and analytical skills.
• An exemplary ability to distill complex financial information into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills and "story telling" ability when presenting data insights.
• An understanding of business models and metrics that are relevant to Anduril (i.e.software, manufacturing, and government contract structures).
• Strong enthusiasm about technology, production, and artificial intelligence.
• Best-in-class attention to detail and unwavering commitment to accuracy.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Per Anduril’s expansion plans, we anticipate this job will be based out of Long Beach, CA beginning late 2027.

US Salary Range

$146,000-$194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril’s total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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