Finance Manager, Anduril Industries
$114-171k
More information about location
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hardware and software for national security
Open for applications
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$114-171k
More information about location
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- Being a value-add partner is crucial the success of this position
- Active financial management, thinking outside the box, and pushing financially focused deliverables into the business will be imperative to the long-term success of Anduril
- The ideal candidate has a strong analytical and collaborative mindset, a solid understanding of financial and operational analysis, excellent modeling and data visualization skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- BA/BS with 5-8 years of prior experience in FP&A, preferably in a Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, or Tech environment
- Intellectually curious - you seek to understand the why behind the numbers
- Highly technical - you value precision and accuracy when it comes to your work, and you can rapidly dissect complex quantitative problems
- Critical thinker - you consider problems from all angles to remove bias
- Results-oriented - you will do whatever it takes to ensure success. You ground your contributions in real customer and business impact and prioritize your time to maximize speed-to-impact
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills. You drive consensus through grounded arguments, interpersonal skills, and negotiation skills
- Creative problem-solver - able to identify obstacles and present viable solutions
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
- Excited by large breadth of problem
- Comfort in designing and analyzing experiments, preferably in a business context
- Ability to work autonomously, meet tight deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment under pressure
- Prior experience with Anaplan, Netsuite, or Oracle is preferred
What the job involves
- This role will report to the Director, FP&A, and will play a critical role in providing financial and operational insights to various Business Units within Anduril
- This role has the unique opportunity to be an influential business partner to Senior Leaders within the organization and help fuel further success in this hypergrowth phase of the company
- Optimizing profitability through strategic decision making, as well as active P&L Management with Senior Partners will be amongst the daily duties of this Role
- Just as Anduril is investing in the next generation of autonomous aircraft and defense capabilities, the Finance organization is constantly rethinking how to leverage cutting edge tech to push the boundaries of a typical support org
- This role will directly enable Anduril’s vision to revolutionize defense tech, as well as provide best in industry capabilities, insights, and support for Senior Leadership
- Serve as the finance lead and strategic business partner for multiple Business Units GMs and their teams, thoroughly understanding business needs in order to recommend and drive forward key initiatives
- Offer financial support and performance analysis to a multitude of internal stakeholders. This includes collaborating with everyone from Engineers to Execs, to provide clarity on operational performance, formulating, tracking, and managing budgets and associated KPIs to drive desirable financial outcomes
- Drive the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process through the establishment of timelines and targets, collection of investment details, creation of operating budgets, and development of key review materials
- Perform activities that drive efficient planning and execution of financials and resource analysis (FTE's) across various functions, including but not limited to engineering operations, supply chain, program management, sustainment, business finance, and /or planning/scheduling
- Support forecast model maintenance and build bottoms up, data driven models to understand segmentation, pricing optimization, and financial impact analysis
- Identify business opportunities, formulate hypotheses, and conduct in-depth analyses which illuminate opportunities to drive further success
- Own performance dashboards, alerting, and investigation into KPI health. Assess the impact of new product features on KPIs while developing strategies which drive demonstrable impact against those same metrics
- Serve as an advocate for your business partners, helping them to present investment cases and facilitate trade-off discussions where necessary
- Assist in development and maintenance of Excel models and Anaplan dashboards for periodic financial reporting, forecasting, and planning
- Customer program reporting as required, including but not limited to monthly invoicing, monthly financial status reporting, and input into annual incurred cost proposal process
- Assist with the implementation of financial systems and process improvements to enhance reporting capabilities and data accuracy
- Support the preparation of financial reports and presentations for executive leadership and external stakeholders
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a Series E funding round in 2022 led by Valor Equity Partners. This funding was used for research and development of its autonomous defense products, such as the Roadrunner, a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vehicle that can take off and land vertically. Variants of the Roadrunner include defensive warhead armed interceptors which are the first drone weapons that can be retrieved after deployment. The company has also expanded to Australia where it is working in tandem with the Australian Defence Force to improve its military technology and infrastructure and is recruiting talent worldwide to support its rapidly growing portfolio of defense projects.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2024
$1.5bn
SERIES F
Dec 2022
$1.5bn
SERIES E
Total funding: $3.7bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
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Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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