Finance Director, AD&S

As Finance Director for Fury youll own the financial strategy planning and execution for a program that spans R&D flight test production ramp and fielded operations often simultaneously. Youll be a true partner to the program managers engineering leads and Autonomous Airpowers leadership team translating technical and schedule realities into financial plans that enable speed rather than slow it down. This is not a back-office role youll be embedded with the program team making real-time trade-off decisions shaping proposals and building the financial infrastructure for a program thats scaling rapidly under significant internal and external scrutiny.

In this role you will serve as the senior financial leader for the Fury product and related programs responsible for EACs funding profiles revenue recognition and margin management across all active contracts and internal investments. Build and maintain program financial models that account for a fast-moving development timeline production learning curves and evolving customer requirements. Partner with program managers on monthly and quarterly reviews variance analysis and risk/opportunity identification owning the narrative behind the numbers. Lead proposal pricing and cost volume development for new Fury contracts including competitive bids negotiations and contract modifications. Stand up and mature earned value management (EVM) processes appropriate for the programs scale and contract types balancing rigor with Andurils pace. Coordinate with Andurils Corporate Finance FP&A Accounting and Government Operations teams to ensure Furys financials roll up cleanly and that program-level decisions align with company-level objectives. Recruit develop and lead a growing team of program finance analysts and cost estimators as the program scales.

The Autonomous Airpower business line within Andurils Air Dominance & Strike division is building the unmanned fighter jet Fury. Fury is a high-performance software-defined combat aircraft designed to be produced at scale and operated in contested environments. The Fury product and related programs sit at the intersection of rapid hardware development cutting-edge autonomy and a production ramp that in many ways looks more like a tech product launch than a traditional defense acquisition. This role puts you at the financial helm of one of the most consequential programs in modern defense.

• Daily partnership with Senior Leaders within AD&S to bring first class financial expertise and support to the business.
• Manage the processes for financial forecasting and budgets and oversee the preparation of business line product and program level financial reporting.
• Own the financial oversight and management for a portfolio of large complex and mission-critical programs
• Manage and scale a dedicated team in line with the needs of the business by developing and hiring best-in-class talent and implementing best practices and tools to ensure a well-controlled yet flexible finance organization.
• Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management.
• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with forecasts highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
• Work with senior AD&S and corporate finance leaders to identify and implement ways to improve business performance and finance systems tools and processes.
• Get deep in the operations and support the team in creating bottoms-up data-driven models to understand segmentation pricing optimization scenarios and financial returns of our products and investments.
• Own performance dashboards alerting and investigation into KPI health. Assess the impact of financial decisions on KPIs while developing strategies which drive demonstrable impact against these metrics.
• Develop deep relationships with our customers (both internal and external) and oversee customer program reporting monthly invoicing and monthly financial status reporting.

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field; MBA or relevant professional certification (CPA CFA) is a plus.
• 15 years of finance experience working for Big Tech Defense Large Manufacturing or Government contracting with 3-5 years in a senior leadership position.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel financial modeling and data analysis tools and experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems (i.e. Oracle Fusion Oracle EPM Anaplan Foundry).
• Demonstrated track record of owning problems end-to-end in a finance function.
• Intellectually curious - you seek to understand the why behind the numbers.
• Highly technical - you value precision and accuracy when it comes to your work and you can rapidly dissect complex quantitative problems.
• Critical thinker - you consider problems from all angles to remove bias.
• Results-oriented - you will do whatever it takes to get the job done.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills. You drive consensus through grounded arguments interpersonal skills and negotiation skills.
• Creative problem-solver - able to identify obstacles and present viable solutions.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving ambiguous environment.
• Excited by large breadth of problems.
• Confidence to execute in highly visible and accountable positions.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be security clearance eligible.

Per Andurils expansion plans we anticipate this job will be based out of Long Beach CA beginning late 2027.

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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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