Senior Manager, Corporate Finance (R5631)

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Posted 11 days ago

Finance Division

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This role involves leading the Corporate FP&A function by developing financial models, managing the Annual Operating Plan, and producing executive-level financial insights. You'll need extensive experience in FP&A for a publicly traded company, focusing on financial modeling and planning processes.

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Job Description

Job Description:

We build advanced autonomous systems for defense markets—complex hardware and software products that demand world-class financial modeling, rigorous planning, and the ability to turn complexity into clarity.

We seek a Senior Corporate FP&A Lead with deep 3 statement modeling experience, a strong corporate FP&A background in a publicly traded company, and a proven track record architecting and owning financial models and planning processes. You will serve as the analytical engine of Corporate FP&A: designing and owning the company’s fully integrated three statement and consolidated plan, leading the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), owning the company cash model, and producing Board- and Executive-ready outputs that shape decisions at the C-suite and Board level.

Candidates must bring elite modeling expertise, mastery of complex HW/SW planning and unit economics, end-to-end ownership of the full planning cycle (AOP, forecast, long-range plan), and comfort operating in a fast-paced, high growth environment. This role has a natural path to FP&A and finance leadership as the company scales.

Responsibilities

What you'll do:

Own and Build the Financial Model & Consolidated Plan

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.

Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) & Forecasting

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.

Own the Company Cash Model

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.

Drive Board & Executive Reporting

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.

Digitize & Scale Planning Infrastructure

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.

Partner Across the Company

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.

Who you are:

An analytical athlete with exceptional modeling intuition and attention to detail.

A structured, clear thinker who simplifies complexity without losing nuance.

Fast, accurate, and calm under pressure.

Curious, forward-looking, and driven to understand what truly moves the business.

A strong communicator who elevates decision quality across the company.

Mission-driven and energized by solving complex, high impact problems.

Why this role matters:

You will build and own the financial model and consolidated plan that define how the business is understood—internally, at the eStaff level, and at the Board. Your work will guide the AOP, capital allocation, cash strategy, investments, and long-range ambitions. This is Corporate FP&A at its highest level: high complexity, high visibility, high impact—and a direct path to FP&A and finance leadership.

Requirements

Required 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.

Preferred qualifications:

Familiarity with government contract economics, milestone based revenue, and program accounting.

Experience with equity / stock-based comp planning and share count and dilution modeling.

Exposure to manufacturing scale, supply chain dynamics, and hardware production cycles.

Experience implementing or scaling cloud-based planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, Pigment, Adaptive).

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Posted on: Sep 9, 2026
Job type: Full-time
Location: San Mateo, CaliforniaOn-site

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