Financial Analyst

Location: Huntington Beach, CA

Worksite: On-site

Job Type: Full-time

Compensation: $95,000 – $105,000 annually

Company Overview
Our client is an established aerospace and defense manufacturer specializing in advanced manufacturing, precision machining, and engineered solutions for complex aerospace, defense, and mission-critical industrial applications. The company is focused on operational excellence, innovation, financial discipline, and long-term strategic growth.

Position Summary
The Financial Analyst will support financial planning, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and operational analysis for a growing aerospace and defense manufacturing organization. This role will work closely with finance, operations, and leadership teams to analyze financial performance, manufacturing costs, operational metrics, and business trends.

The Financial Analyst will help improve visibility into labor, inventory, overhead, margins, production trends, and overall financial performance. This position requires strong Excel skills, financial modeling ability, and the ability to communicate financial insights clearly to operational and executive teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses.
• Analyze operational, manufacturing, and financial performance metrics.
• Develop financial models, dashboards, and KPI reporting tools.
• Support monthly financial reporting and management reviews.
• Conduct labor, inventory, overhead, cost, and margin analyses.
• Partner with operations leaders to evaluate performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Monitor production trends, cost drivers, and operational efficiencies.
• Assist with strategic planning, forecasting, and business planning initiatives.
• Support reporting automation, ERP enhancements, and process improvement projects.
• Prepare executive-level reports, presentations, and financial summaries.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data used for reporting and analysis.
• Provide financial insight to support data-driven business decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• 3+ years of financial analysis, FP&A, or related finance experience.
• Manufacturing or aerospace industry experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.
• ERP and reporting system experience.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, finance, and leadership teams.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to translate financial data into practical business insight.

Preferred Background

• Aerospace, defense, manufacturing, precision machining, or complex engineered products.
• Experience with labor, inventory, overhead, cost, and margin analysis.
• Experience supporting monthly close, forecasting, budgeting, and management reporting.
• Exposure to ERP systems, reporting automation, KPI dashboards, or operational finance.

Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a hands-on Financial Analyst with strong FP&A and manufacturing finance experience. This person should be comfortable working with operational data, analyzing cost drivers, building financial models, and partnering with business leaders to improve financial performance. The right candidate will be analytical, detail-oriented, and able to present financial information in a clear and useful way.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.