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Senior Manager, Corporate Finance (R5631)

Shield AI· Finance Division – FP&A
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San Mateo, CA$170k - $250kFull Time EmployeePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Corporate FP&A Lead responsible for designing and owning the company’s fully integrated three-statement model, leading the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), owning the cash model, and delivering Board- and Executive-ready outputs to shape decisions at the C-suite and Board level.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and maintain a fully integrated, scalable, three statement model grounded in operational drivers, unit economics, and industry benchmarks.
  • Own consolidated planning and end-to-end line-item ownership across the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow—including equity planning (stock-based comp, share count, dilution, and equity roll-forward).
  • Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), including scenario modeling, sensitivities, and driver-based forecasting.
  • Translate production ramps, R&D investments, contract timing, government milestones, and GTM strategy directly into financial outcomes.
  • Maintain a forward-looking view of risks, opportunities, capital needs, and strategic inflection points.
  • Own the AOP process end to end—calendar, templates, driver frameworks, consolidation, and executive review.
  • Partner with functional and business leaders to build bottoms-up budgets that reconcile to top-down targets.
  • Run the recurring forecast cycle, connecting short-term forecasting with the long-range plan.
  • Take full accountability for forecast accuracy, improving results with each actualized quarter.
  • Build and own rolling cash flow forecasts across working capital, inventory, milestone payments, production cycles, and CapEx.
  • Model government contract payment timing, production curves, and program cash profiles.
  • Identify liquidity risks early and support capital allocation and financing strategies.
  • Own the creation of Board of Directors and eStaff QBR materials—narratives, financial packages, and KPI dashboards.
  • Translate complex financial and operational results into clear, executive-ready insights.
  • Deliver Board-ready outputs including plan-vs-actual analysis, variance drivers, and strategic context.
  • Partner with data engineering/systems teams to evolve planning from Excel into modern cloud-based planning tools.
  • Design modular, scalable model architectures; use Excel only where it provides meaningful analytical leverage.
  • Integrate automation and analytics to improve clarity, reduce manual work, and increase decision velocity.
  • Work closely with senior leaders on forward-looking financial planning and strategy.
  • Translate engineering, program, and operations plans into financial impacts.
  • Develop a point of view on unit economics, efficiency, scale, profitability, and capital allocation.
  • Present insights that accelerate execution and elevate decision quality.

Qualifications

  • 8–10 years of experience, including significant time in corporate FP&A.
  • Direct FP&A experience in a publicly traded company.
  • Proven ownership of scalable three statement models, AOP and LRP development, consolidated planning, and line-item ownership (including equity planning).
  • Ownership of the company cash model and liquidity forecasting.
  • Exceptional Excel modeling capability; fluent in multi scenario three statement modeling, beat-and-raise frameworks, and driver-based forecasting.
  • Strong GAAP proficiency and command of financial statement mechanics.
  • Demonstrated ability to build Board- and executive-ready materials and distill complex financial and technical information into clear insights for executives and the Board.
  • Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments with high accuracy and strong judgment.
  • Systems-oriented mindset; comfortable partnering with data and systems teams.

Skills

Required:Three-statement financial modelingAOP & long-range planningCash flow forecastingGAAP proficiencyBoard-ready storytelling

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Benefits
  • Equity
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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