# Senior Analyst, Finance & Business Operations

**Company:** [Northwood Space](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/northwood-space)
**Location:** Los Angeles, CA, California
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Financial Modeling, Boms, Cost Modeling, Excel, Scenario Analysis, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Costs, Infrastructure Costs, FP&A, Forecasting
**Posted:** 2026-04-29

> Builds and owns detailed cost models for ground station hardware, sites, and networks. Partners with engineering, supply chain, and operations to identify cost drivers, evaluate tradeoffs, and inform technical decisions. Requires 2-4 years experience and bachelor's degree.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and own detailed models for ground station hardware, including BOMs, component pricing, manufacturing, and deployment costs
- Develop cost models at the site and network level, including cost per antenna and cost per site
- Partner with engineering, supply chain, and operations to identify cost drivers and drive cost-down efforts across hardware and infrastructure
- Evaluate design and sourcing tradeoffs, providing clear cost implications to inform engineering decisions
- Support network deployment planning by modeling cost scenarios across different buildout strategies
- Track actuals vs. modeled costs and continuously refine assumptions based on real-world data
- Provide clear visibility into cost structure, risks, and opportunities to leadership

## Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, engineering, economics, or a related technical field
- 2-4 years of experience in engineering finance, FP&A, or business operations roles
- Experience building detailed bottom-up cost models (e.g., BOMs, manufacturing, or infrastructure costs)
- Ability to work closely with engineering and operations teams and understand technical systems
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to break down complex systems into key cost drivers

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with hardware, manufacturing, or supply chain environments
- Familiarity with capital-intensive systems (e.g., infrastructure, telecom, aerospace)
- Experience with headcount and operating expense planning in technical organizations
- Strong financial modeling skills, including scenario analysis and forecasting
- Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and drive decisions with incomplete data
- Strong communication skills, especially in translating cost insights into clear actions for technical and leadership teams

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