Sr. Manager, Strategic Finance & Business Operations

Vantor (Maxar Intelligence); Westminster (CO); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor in Westminster, CO seeks a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance and Business Operations to shape investments, drive budgeting, and partner with engineering, IT, facilities, and accounting to align capital with strategy.

You will build driver-based plans, forecast scenarios, and create AI-enabled tools to accelerate planning and reporting while delivering clear, actionable insights to leadership.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen required to meet eligibility and export control rules.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, accounting, strategic finance or related analytical role.
• MBA in Finance or Accounting may substitute; strong academic background plus three years of experience.
• Strong financial modeling skills and understanding of accruals, capitalization, depreciation and financial statements.
• Ability to distill large data into clear insights and actionable recommendations.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems or large datasets.
• Practical understanding of how AI can improve analysis and workflows.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Shape investment decisions with business cases behind capital projects and strategic investments.
• Model driver-based plans, forecasts, and scenarios to explore options before committing resources.
• Connect capital spending to execution with project owners across functions and accounting.
• Uncover opportunities to improve performance by analyzing headcount and expenses.
• Deliver analyses, dashboards, and presentations for executive discussions.
• Build AI-enabled tools to move manual workflows toward automation.

Skills

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

Data storytelling

Strategic finance

Communication with leadership

AI in finance

Initiative

Education

MBA in Finance or Accounting

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or related analytical field

Tools

Excel

Financial systems

BI tools

Job description

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Please review the job details below.

Vantor is hiring for a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance and Business Operations in our corporate office in Westminster, CO. The position requires working in office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and hybrid on Mondays and Fridays.

This is an opportunity to help shape where we invest, how we operate, and what we build next.

We’re looking for a curious, analytically strong finance professional who wants to work close to the business and see their recommendations put into action.
This role combines hands-on financial modeling, investment governance, and business partnership with the opportunity to modernize how finance works. You’ll take the initiative to improve the tools and processes behind planning and reporting, using automation, advanced analytics, and AI to drive greater productivity, accuracy, and clarity.

This role is for someone who enjoys getting into the details, questioning assumptions, and explaining what the business should do next.

What you’ll own:

• Shape investment decisions. Build the business cases behind capital projects and strategic investments. Challenge assumptions, weigh risks and returns, and recommend where to commit resources. Track outcomes to strengthen the next decision.
• Model what comes next. Build driver-based plans, forecasts, and scenarios that help leaders explore options before committing to them. Show how changes in spending, staffing, timing, and execution affect financial outcomes.
• Connect capital spending to execution. Partner with project owners across engineering, IT, facilities, and other business functions, along with accounting, to clarify project costs, improve capital tracking, and support sound capitalization decisions.
• Uncover opportunities to improve performance. Dig into headcount, operating expenses, and project spending to find what’s driving results. Surface emerging risks, identify opportunities, and work with business partners to turn recommendations into action.
• Bring a point of view to leadership. Translate complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations. Build analyses, dashboards, and presentations that focus executive discussions on the decisions that matter.
• Build better ways for finance to work. Move manual, Excel-heavy workflows into AI-enabled tools and purpose-built solutions. Take improvements from idea to implementation, making recurring analysis and reporting more accurate, efficient, and useful.

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizen
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, accounting, strategic finance, business operations, or a related analytical role, with demonstrated ownership of financial models and business recommendations.
• An MBA in Finance or Accounting will substitute as experience and we will consider candidates with a strong academic background plus three years of experience
• Strong financial modeling skills and a solid understanding of accounting fundamentals, including accruals, capitalization, depreciation, and how the financial statements connect.
• Ability to distill large volumes of financial and operational data into clear insights and well-supported recommendations, while making assumptions and uncertainty clear.
• Confidence working with business leaders, asking thoughtful questions, and constructively challenging assumptions.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with financial systems or large datasets.
• A practical understanding of how AI can improve financial analysis and workflows, with the initiative to test new approaches, validate outputs, and implement repeatable tools and processes that deliver measurable improvements.
• Initiative, attention to detail, and the ability to take an open-ended question through analysis, recommendation, and follow-through.
• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related analytical field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated success in a PE/PE-backed company and or start up envionment.

What success looks like:

Your work shapes where we invest and how we run the business. Leaders trust you to explain performance, clarify tradeoffs, and recommend action. You spot risks early, help teams turn opportunities into measurable results, and use AI-enabled tools to make planning and reporting faster and more insightful.

Pay Transparency:

To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role. 
The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $135,000.00 - $180,000.00 - $198,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

Benefits:

Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers
Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.

EEO Policy:

Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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