CareerPlan

Senior Finance Manager

Los Angeles, CAFull-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Partner with CFO and executive leadership to drive FP&A, strategic financial modeling, and business partnering for a defense aviation company building high-speed aircraft.

Role type

Senior Finance Manager (FP&A & Strategic Finance)

Builds

Financial models, forecasts, variance reports, and strategic analysis for hardware R&D programs.

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Hardware

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

FP&A leadership, strategic financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, hardware R&D lifecycle knowledge, cross-functional partnering, financial systems maturity

Preferred skills

Defense/aerospace/hardware experience, Adaptive Insights, Netsuite

Responsibilities

Lead annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasting and variance communication; support Board reporting and investor materials; model program costs, NRE, and capital expenditures; serve as strategic finance partner to functional teams; maintain dynamic models for scenario planning; mature internal FP&A processes and systems; align near-term resourcing with long-term strategic plans.