Finance Manager, SG&A Finance
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What you need
- 7+ yrs FP&A or corporate finance experience
- 2+ yrs managing or leading a finance team
- Experience as finance business partner to SG&A functions
- Strong understanding of SG&A cost structures and workforce planning
- Ability to synthesize complex financial data for executives
What you'll do
- Serve as finance business partner to SG&A departments
- Own enterprise headcount planning and forecasting
- Develop labor cost models and workforce ramp plans
- Drive SG&A budget ownership and variance analysis
- Lead and develop a team of analysts
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE JOB
As a Finance Manager of SG&A Finance, you will serve as a strategic finance partner to corporate functions while owning the enterprise-level view of labor and workforce planning. You will drive SG&A financial performance through business partnership, management reporting, and the financial inputs that support annual budgeting and long-range planning. You will manage a team of analysts and set the standard for how SG&A spend—particularly our investment in people—is planned, measured, and optimized across the enterprise.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Serve as a finance business partner to SG&A departments, providing financial guidance, spend visibility, and decision support to functional leaders
- Own enterprise headcount planning and forecasting, building the frameworks and processes that scale with a hypergrowth defense technology company
- Develop and maintain labor cost models, scenario analysis, and workforce ramp plans to support scaling across all functions
- Drive SG&A budget ownership and variance analysis, partnering with department leads to manage spend and identify efficiency opportunities
- Build workforce cost analytics and benchmarking against defense, aerospace, and high-growth tech peers, including productivity metrics such as revenue per employee, ACV per employee, and department ratio analysis
- Align workforce investments with business strategy, growth objectives, and government contract requirements
- Systematize workforce data to establish a single source of truth, partnering with HR, IT, and Finance to ensure data integrity and drive automation
- Own annual headcount and compensation planning cycles, including merit increase, promotion budgeting, and contingent workforce spend management
- Create executive-level financial models and reporting across SG&A and workforce; lead monthly presentations to business partners and senior leadership
- Lead and develop a team of analysts, setting expectations and creating room for growth
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related field, with at least 2 years managing or leading a team
- Experience as a finance business partner to corporate or SG&A functions
- Strong understanding of SG&A cost structures, workforce planning, and how corporate costs connect to divisional and program performance
- Experience designing financial reporting, planning processes, or allocation models at an enterprise level
- Ability to synthesize complex financial data into clear narratives for executive audiences
- Experience with financial planning systems, ERP platforms, and enterprise data management
- Proven ability to operate with significant autonomy in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Experience with government contract cost accounting (FAR/DCAA) and labor allocation principles
- Background in defense, aerospace, or government contracting
- Familiarity with workforce benchmarking, cost allocation methodologies, and organizational design analytics
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
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No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
- Please always verify communications:
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Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
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What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to [email protected]. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
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By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
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About Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced autonomous systems and software for national security. Their Lattice platform integrates sensors, autonomous systems, and data to provide situational awareness and threat response across air, land, sea, and space domains.
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