Head of Corporate Finance

About This Role

Leading the financial planning engine for a rapidly scaling defense company is the core of this role, which involves owning Corporate FP&A and the operating rhythms that connect the financial model to strategic priorities. This position sits at the intersection of corporate finance, division finance, and the C-suite, translating company details into a clear narrative and providing leadership with financial data and analysis for decision-making. It is an operating and decision-making role that influences capital deployment, program pursuit, R&D initiatives, and production capacity.

Responsibilities

• Own Anduril's financial model, including the annual operating plan and the forecast rhythm across every business unit and functional organization
• Partner closely with Anduril's CFO and senior finance leadership on major strategic and tactical decisions
• Hire, lead, and develop a team of FP&A and business-partner finance professionals across corporate and the business units
• Turn the plan into headcount, capital, and cash targets that leaders can manage against, and hold the organization accountable to them
• Collaborate with Production Finance on capacity decisions, including facility build-outs, tooling, automation, long-lead inventory and capital requirements
• Build Board and investor materials, including quarterly reporting packages, KPI dashboards, and the narrative behind variance to plan
• Run a monthly C-suite business review that management uses to make decisions and drive meaningful changes in the business
• Partner with Accounting on the close, Treasury on liquidity, and Division Finance on business operating rhythms
• Raise the standard of financial rigor across the company, including preparing the organization for the reporting and forecasting discipline of a public company

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including FP&A leadership at a company scaling through significant revenue and headcount growth
• Ownership of a full planning cycle, including long-range planning, annual operating planning, and rolling forecasts for a business of meaningful complexity
• Strong command of hardware/product economics, including unit cost, gross margin, inventory and working capital, and the cash implications of building physical products
• Experience preparing materials for and presenting to senior management, including the C-suite, Board of Directors, and institutional investors
• Track record of hiring and developing finance teams and replacing manual processes with durable, scalable systems
• Proven ability to operate as a strategic business partner across engineering, manufacturing, and G&A organizations, earning trust and influencing decisions before they are made
• Fluency in the underlying financial detail, with the ability to build models when needed and defend key assumptions