Strategic Finance Leader for Maneuver Dominance

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Strategic Finance Manager to own strategic finance for the Maneuver Dominance division. You will lead modeling, scenario analyses, and investment theses to guide MD’s investments and growth, reporting to the MD Head of Finance.

A background in high‑stakes financial analysis and team leadership is essential. The role combines hands-on modeling with leadership, focusing on capital allocation, IRAD investments, and framework

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field; MBA a plus.
• 6+ years in investment banking, private equity, venture capital, corporate development, or strategic finance, with a heavy modeling focus.
• Elite financial modeling skills — fluent in Excel and able to build complex, dynamic models from a blank sheet.
• Deep experience running scenario, sensitivity, and valuation analyses (DCF, NPV/IRR, and returns analysis).
• Proven ability to independently own and drive high- stakes strategic initiatives end to end.
• Experience leading or mentoring analysts, with the readiness to manage and grow a team.
• Strong business judgment — able to turn ambiguous strategic questions into structured analysis and clear recommendations.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, with the ability to make complex analysis accessible to executives.
• Exceptional PowerPoint skills for building executive‑ready decks under tight timelines.
• Intellectually curious, detail‑obsessed, and energized by hard quantitative problems in a fast‑moving environment.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic finance agenda for the division — setting priorities and driving all strategic finance initiatives end to end.
• Lead and grow the strategic finance team, starting with one direct report, mentoring and scaling the function as MD grows.
• Serve as the division’s go-to strategic finance partner for senior leaders and business line owners.
• Build and own sophisticated financial models to evaluate strategic initiatives, new programs, and capital investments from the ground up.
• Run complex, multi-variable scenario and sensitivity analyses to frame decisions and quantify risk, upside, and trade‑offs.
• Develop business cases and investment theses for major bets, translating ambiguous strategic questions into rigorous, defensible analysis.
• Track and report on the performance of MD’s strategic bets and high-IRAD investments, measuring returns against the original thesis.
• Partner with leadership on capital allocation — prioritizing investments and surfacing trade‑offs across the portfolio.
• Monitor program economics and unit costs, flagging where returns are diverging from plan.
• Support long‑range planning and strategic forecasting, connecting top‑down strategy to bottoms‑up financials.
• Partner with business line leaders on their highest‑priority strategic and financial questions, bringing the analytical firepower to answer them.
• Build the frameworks and dashboards that make investment performance and strategic progress visible to leadership.
• Translate complex models and analyses into clear, executive‑ready narratives and recommendations.
• Present findings to senior leadership, driving alignment on strategic and investment decisions.

Skills

Advanced financial modeling

Excel expert

Strategic thinking

Leadership & mentoring

Communication

Executive storytelling

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Economics/Engineering

MBA a plus

Tools

SQL

Python

BI tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Strategic Finance Manager to own strategic finance for the Maneuver Dominance division. You will lead modeling, scenario analyses, and investment theses to guide MD’s investments and growth, reporting to the MD Head of Finance.

A background in high‑stakes financial analysis and team leadership is essential. The role combines hands-on modeling with leadership, focusing on capital allocation, IRAD investments, and framework