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Loft Orbital is seeking a Cash Analyst to join its Finance team in Golden, Colorado. The role focuses on cash management and financial forecasting for a rapidly scaling aerospace company operating satellites and space infrastructure missions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Track customer receipts and supplier payments against forecast, identifying timing risks early
- Monitor daily cash positions across Loft's bank accounts, legal entities, and currencies
- Prepare weekly cash reporting, including weekly cash updates to founders and 13-week cash forecasts
- Take progressive ownership of the 13-week cash forecast, keeping it current with actuals and inputs from Accounting, FP&A, and program teams
- Support and progressively own analysis of cash burn, runway, and cash scenarios (e.g., delayed collections, hiring or capex changes)
- Analyze forecast-to-actual cash variances to improve forecast accuracy
- Support annual and multi-year cash projections with FP&A
- Work closely with Accounting and FP&A to ensure consistent methodologies and timely consolidated reporting
- Build strong relationships across the company (programs, Opex owners, leadership) and position Finance as a key business partner
- Support optimization and automation of cash management tools and processes, including increasing use of AI
- Work with distributed teams across the US and France
The ideal candidate is passionate about technology and understands how good finance enables business growth. You will have autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges within a close-knit, supportive team.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 1–3 years of relevant experience in Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Audit, or related analytical role
- High Excel proficiency
- Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy with financial data
- Curious, analytical mindset with willingness to understand the "why" behind numbers
- Proactive with ability to take initiative and propose process/tool improvements
- Ability to deliver on time and work autonomously under tight deadlines
- Team player with collaborative mindset, comfortable working across teams and time zones
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Nice to Haves:
- Hands-on experience with Claude
- Industry background in project-based or industrial environment (aerospace a plus)
- Exposure to bank reconciliations, payment processing, Accounts Payable, or Accounts Receivable
- Experience with ERP systems, NetSuite preferred
- Experience supporting international or multi-entity organizations
