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Salary: USD 253,000 - 336,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Director of Finance to lead financial operations for the Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) division, one of the company's largest and fastest-growing business units. This is a high-visibility role responsible for owning the P&L for Anduril's Autonomous Air Power business line.
You will lead and develop a high-powered finance team while partnering with business leaders to drive product and program profitability. The role operates at both strategic and operational levels: architecting sustainable financial models, shaping capital allocation, and embedding with division leaders to drive day-to-day financial rigor.
Key responsibilities include:
- Daily partnership with senior AD&S leaders to provide financial expertise and support
- Managing financial forecasting, budgeting, and business line/product/program-level financial reporting
- Owning financial oversight and management for a portfolio of large, complex, mission-critical programs
- Building and scaling a dedicated finance team through talent development and implementation of best practices
- Leading development of executive-level reporting and presenting financial insights to senior management
- Analyzing financial performance by comparing actual results with forecasts and investigating variances
- Collaborating with senior leadership to identify and implement improvements to business performance and finance systems
- Creating bottoms-up, data-driven models to understand segmentation, pricing optimization, scenarios, and financial returns
- Owning performance dashboards and KPI alerting; assessing impact of financial decisions on key metrics
- Developing relationships with internal and external customers; overseeing customer program reporting, invoicing, and monthly financial status reporting
AD&S is reshaping peer-to-peer conflict capabilities through next-generation collaborative combat aircraft (including the unmanned fighter jet Fury), advanced effects (such as the air-breathing cruise missile Barracuda), and autonomy software. The division is responsible for taking products from concept to full-rate production at scale and developing Lattice for Mission Autonomy, Anduril's premier software platform enabling autonomous systems collaboration.
Note: Per Anduril's expansion plans, this role is anticipated to relocate to Long Beach, CA beginning late 2027.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or relevant professional certification (CPA, CFA) preferred
- 15+ years of finance experience in Big Tech, Defense, Large Manufacturing, or Government contracting, with 3–5 years in a senior leadership position
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, data analysis tools, and experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems (Oracle Fusion, Oracle EPM, Anaplan, Foundry)
- Demonstrated track record of owning problems end-to-end in a finance function
- Intellectually curious with ability to understand the reasoning behind numbers
- Highly technical with emphasis on precision and accuracy; ability to rapidly dissect complex quantitative problems
- Critical thinker who considers problems from multiple angles to remove bias
- Results-oriented with willingness to do whatever it takes to complete the job
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills; ability to drive consensus through grounded arguments, interpersonal skills, and negotiation
- Creative problem-solver able to identify obstacles and present viable solutions
- Comfortable working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- Excited by large breadth of problems
- Confidence to execute in highly visible and accountable positions
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
- Must be security clearance eligible
