Growth Finance Manager

The role

The Growth Finance Manager will own the economics of how the company wins work by pricing pursuits and structuring partnerships. You will build financial models for unit economics, capacity, and capex requirements to determine program viability. You will also structure partnership and joint venture economics and present recommendations to leadership.

What you will do

• Drive strategic project work spanning transactions, capital markets, and market research
• Develop and own dynamic financial models and analyses
• Create and present high-quality Exec and Board-facing presentations
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Legal teams
• Partner with FP&A to align Special Projects and M&A models
• Build complex financial models from a blank page
• Carry ambiguous, cross-functional work to a decision
• Compress complex analysis into actionable recommendations for senior leaders
• Manage several concurrent work streams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related field
• 5-8 years in progressive Investment Banking, Private Equity, Corporate Development, Venture Capital, Hedge Fund experience
• Familiarity with A&D and advanced-manufacturing markets and the players in them
• Technical experience in an engineering capacity working on complex products such as aerospace & defense, medical devices, automotive, oil & gas, power
• Exposure to project finance and large-scale capital investment analysis
• Experience drafting materials in deal negotiations
• Working knowledge of defense contracting and government cost accounting (FAR, CAS, DCAA, contract types)
• Understanding of advanced manufacturing technology (e.g., CNC, additive)
• Intermediate accounting knowledge
• Comfort building lightweight tooling/automation (e.g., VBA, Python, SQL)
• A network in the defense / space / manufacturing investor and operator ecosystem
• Working knowledge of government contracting processes

Nice to have

• Prior PE, banking, corp dev, or VC experience, ideally in industrials, defense, or deep tech, or experience working inside a scaling manufacturing or hardware-focused company
• Experience in Manufacturing, Systems, Automation, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Industrial Engineering

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the

About the company

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. They help aerospace and defense companies build mission-critical systems faster and at lower cost.