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Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Finance

Anduril· Finance & Accounting : Finance : Finance
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Costa Mesa, CA$99k - $130kFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Senior Financial Analyst focusing on workforce planning, modeling, and reporting within Anduril's Corporate FP&A team to drive strategic headcount decisions and optimize investments in people.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Workforce Planning & Analysis: Lead building structure for enterprise headcount planning and forecasting in a hypergrowth defense technology environment
  • Develop labor cost models and scenario analysis to support rapid scaling across Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations
  • Align workforce investments with business strategy, growth objectives, and government contract requirements
  • Support ad-hoc analysis on workforce trends, hiring velocity, and organizational evolution
  • Workforce Financial Management & Reporting: Track cost-per-hire, labor efficiency metrics, and workforce costs aligned to contract vehicles and program budgets
  • Analytics & Insights: Build workforce cost analytics and benchmarking against defense, aerospace, and high-growth tech companies
  • Analyze productivity metrics: revenue per employee, ACV per employee, department ratio analysis
  • Track industry ratios for Departments in SG&A, Manufacturing, and Engineering functions
  • Model workforce composition and efficiency across program types (production, R&D, customer-funded, IRAD)
  • Conduct organizational design analytics and turnover cost analysis
  • Data Systematization & Automation: Systematize workforce data to establish single source of truth for all reporting across a rapidly scaling organization
  • Collaborate with HR, IT, and Finance to ensure data integrity
  • Drive automation and analytics to surface business trends and scaling challenges
  • Implement workforce reporting tools that support corporate and government reporting requirements
  • Planning, Budgeting & Compliance: Lead annual headcount and compensation planning cycles
  • Own merit increase, promotion budgeting, and contingent workforce spend management
  • Model workforce ramp scenarios for new contract wins and production scaling
  • Executive Reporting & Business Partnership: Create workforce financial models, headcount reports, and executive reporting
  • Prepare business case analysis for workforce investments and new program staffing
  • Lead monthly enterprise presentations to business partners and senior leadership
  • Partner with HR, FP&A, Program Management, and business leaders across functions
  • Serve as subject matter expert on workforce financial drivers and defense industry workforce trends

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA/MS or professional certification (CPA, CFA, CMA) is a plus
  • 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, workforce planning, or FP&A; experience in high-growth technology, defense, aerospace, or government contracting preferred
  • Strong understanding of workforce planning, human capital analytics, and HR financial metrics
  • Experience with government contract cost accounting (FAR/DCAA) and labor allocation principles highly desirable
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and data analysis tools
  • Experience with HRIS systems (Workday, Rippling, Greenhouse, ChartHop) and ERP systems (Oracle EPM, Foundry)
  • Proven ability to manage workforce finance in hypergrowth or scaling organizations
  • Strong data governance and automation capabilities; ability to establish "single source of truth" reporting
  • Exceptional business partnering and communication skills with ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
  • Thrives in ambiguity and comfortable building frameworks from the ground up
  • Proven track record managing multiple priorities in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States

Skills

Required:Strategic workforce planningLabor cost modelingFinancial modelingData governance

Benefits

  • Benefits package (comprehensive and competitive)
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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