Senior Lead, FP&A

Responsibilities

Own and Build the Strategic Financial Model

• Architect and maintain a fully integrated, scalable three-statement model grounded in unit economics, operational drivers, and industry benchmarks.
• Lead the Long Range Plan (LRP), including scenario modeling, sensitivities, and valuation frameworks.
• Translate production ramps, R&D investments, contract timing, government milestones, and go-to-market strategy into financial outcomes.
• Deliver investor-grade valuations, strategic insights, and Board-ready narratives.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of risks, opportunities, capital needs, and strategic inflection points.

Digitize and Scale Modeling Infrastructure

• Partner with data engineering and systems teams to evolve modeling from Excel into modern cloud-based planning tools.
• Design modular, scalable model architectures and use Excel where it provides meaningful analytical leverage.
• Integrate automation and analytics to improve clarity, reduce manual work, and increase decision velocity.

Analyze the Business Like an Investor

• Benchmark peers across defense, autonomy, robotics, aerospace, and industrial technology.
• Build competitor profiles, KPI benchmarks, and market analyses that inform strategy.
• Develop perspectives on unit economics, efficiency, scale, profitability, and capital allocation.
• Support M&A modeling, valuation, synergy analysis, and diligence.
• Provide strategic insights beyond the numbers.

Lead Cash Flow and Liquidity Modeling

• Build rolling cash flow forecasts across working capital, inventory, milestone payments, production cycles, and capital expenditures.
• Model government contract payment timing, production curves, and program cash profiles.
• Identify liquidity risks early and support capital allocation and financing strategies.

Partner Across the Company

• Work with the VP of FP&A, CFO, CEO, and senior leaders on forward-looking financial strategy.
• Translate engineering, program, and operations plans into financial impacts.
• Connect short-term forecasting with the long-range plan.
• Present insights that accelerate execution and improve decision quality.
• Own forecast accuracy and improve results with each actualized quarter.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience, including significant experience in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, or equity research.
• Direct strategic finance leadership experience in a publicly traded company.
• Deep aerospace and defense industry exposure, including defense, aerospace, autonomy, robotics, industrial technology, or complex hardware/software.
• Experience owning scalable three-statement models, long-range planning, valuations, sensitivities, and unit economics.
• Exceptional Excel modeling capability, including multi-scenario three-statement modeling, beat-and-raise frameworks, and driver-based forecasting.
• Strong GAAP proficiency and command of financial statement mechanics.
• Ability to distill complex financial and technical information into clear insights for executives, Boards, and investors.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments with high accuracy and sound judgment.
• Systems-oriented mindset and comfort partnering with data and systems teams.

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with government contract economics, milestone-based revenue, and program accounting.
• M&A experience, including modeling, valuation, and diligence.
• Exposure to manufacturing scale, supply chain dynamics, and hardware production cycles.

Compensation

• Salary range: $160,000–$240,000.