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Finance Manager, Mission Readiness

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-25

Core

End-to-end financial management for strategic mission readiness, including headcount, cash/working capital, capital investment, and financial analysis to support operations footprint.

Role type

Senior Finance Manager (Manufacturing/Operations)

Builds

Financial frameworks for operational decisions, executive-level reporting, and decision-making support for product portfolios.

Domain

Defense technology / Manufacturing Finance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Financial modeling, variance analysis, scenario modeling, Earned Value Management (EVM), Excel proficiency, quantitative analysis, process improvement

Preferred skills

MBA, technical background (Engineering/Supply Chain/Operations), experience in manufacturing finance, business unit finance, management consulting, or investment banking

Technologies

Salesforce, Coupa, Anaplan, Palantir Foundry

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end financial management for strategic planning; establish transparency into headcount productivity; work cross-functionally to drive consolidation of business case analyses; build novel financial frameworks for operational decisions; perform in-depth quantitative analyses including trend analysis and root-cause investigations; support tradeoff studies to achieve sustainable unit economics; develop complex financial models to assess scenarios; identify and implement process improvements to streamline FP&A activities; lead development of executive-level reporting and present insights to senior management.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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