Lead Financial Analyst, Frontier Systems

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 JOBWe're seeking a Lead Financial Analyst to join our Frontier Systems finance team. This role is built for someone with a rigorous analytical background, e.g., investment banking, consulting, and/or corporate FP&A, who's ready to take on an operating role. The modeling and analysis you already do well will drive real program and business decisions. WHAT YOU’LL DOInfluence P&L Outcomes: Take end-to-end ownership of program financial analysis. You'll need to both track performance and understand the operational drivers behind it well enough to influence them.Be a Strategic Partner: Partner with program leadership and proposals teams on pricing strategy and forecasting, bringing insight and context to decisions on margin, cost, and risk.Tell the Story: Turn monthly forecasts and margin analysis into clear, insightful commentary for program and business-line leadership. You'll highlight the trends and risks that matter.Make the Case: Build the business cases behind investment, developing rigorous, well-structured models with defensible assumptions that hold up to scrutiny from finance and business-line leadership.Build for Scale: Identify opportunities to improve how we forecast, report, and capture cost across products and contracts, and build the processes and tools that keep forecasting and cost capture accurate as the business line scales. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS4+ years of experience in FP&A, investment banking, management consulting, or corporate financeRobust financial modeling and Excel skills, with strong quantitative and analytical horsepower Intellectually curious — you dig into the "why" behind the numbers and aren't satisfied stopping at variance explanations Bias-to-action – you are comfortable identifying and fixing gaps in process Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast, iterative pace Sharp written and verbal communicator, able to translate financial detail into a narrative leadership can act on Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSPrior experience in a program/product finance or corporate FP&A roleERP experience (Oracle, Foundry) DoD and/or tech industry experience US Salary Range$129,000—$150,000 USDThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. 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