Finance Associate, Product

Finance Associate, Product

Costa Mesa, California, United States

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

The manufacturing finance team is responsible for overseeing the financial execution of our Global Manufacturing Organization. We are the intersection between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and finance as it relates to production; we leverage data and business relationships to drive towards the best financial outcome for Anduril. You get to partner with Anduril's functional and business leaders by providing key insights on demand signals, production attainment, resource allocation, and Product profitability.

About The Job

We are seeking a Manufacturing Finance Associate with 2-4 years of experience to join our Manufacturing Finance team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial modeling, experience in operations or hardware environments, and capable of building strong business relations with internal customers. This individual will directly own financials for a given product portfolio, guiding strategic decision-making, and optimizing financial performance. The successful candidate will play an active role in shaping strategy rather than functioning solely as a service provider – the deeper you go the better your results.

What You'll Do

• End to end financial management of production execution: including, but not limited to, headcount, cash/working capital, demand planning, standard costing, production attainment, and managing product margins.
• Establish transparency into material cost for existing and future Anduril products.
• Work cross functionally with Division Finance and Manufacturing Functional teams to own consolidation of Product Revenue and costing models, business case analyses, and decision making frameworks.
• Build novel financial frameworks for thinking through operational decisions, including but not limited to manufacturing, supply chain, etc.
• Support cross-functional teams with tradeoff studies to achieve sustainable unit economics.
• Develop complex financial models to assess various financial scenarios and support strategic initiatives.
• Adopt Standardized data model, but tailor to the needs of your respective Product portfolio
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline FP&A activities and enhance reporting accuracy.
• Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA or technical background (Engineering/Supply Chain/Operations) is a plus.
• You have 2-4 years of experience in manufacturing finance, business unit finance, management consulting, investment banking, or similar.
• You have a strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts.
• You have strong analytical aptitude. You intuitively think about problems in terms of numbers.
• You are comfortable communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work. This role can at-times require comms to large groups and senior leadership.
• You enjoy working at a place where no one minds if you leave early one day to go to an appointment or run an errand, but you also don't mind responding to Slacks in the evening while you're watching Netflix.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

US Salary Range

$98,000 - $130,000 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:

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.