Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A

The role

This role manages financial planning and analysis for a portfolio of contracted customer programmes and internal R&D activities. You will also build the regional management reporting process for the UK, Europe, and Middle East from scratch.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day programme finance including EAC maintenance, actuals analysis, variance narrative, and monthly financial reporting.
• Be an effective finance business partner to cross-functional programme teams.
• Build and maintain programme forecast models and support the divisional forecast cycle.
• Support financial activities for UK-specific IRAD programmes.
• Build and operate the regional internal management P&L reporting process from scratch.
• Establish the monthly close and associated reporting timetable.
• Define and maintain regional performance KPIs.
• Produce performance narratives including actuals, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Own monthly data pulls from Foundry and Oracle EPM.
• Interface with international accounting managers on statutory, tax, and audit requirements.

Required qualifications

• ACCA or CIMA qualified (or equivalent chartered qualification).
• 3+ years of post-qualified experience across a broad range of finance disciplines.
• Programme finance experience including percentage-of-completion (PoC) revenue recognition and Estimates at Completion (EACs).
• Experience setting up finance processes from scratch or materially redesigning how things are done.
• Advanced Excel and Power Query skills.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, ideally Oracle.
• Strong PowerPoint skills for executive-level reporting and storytelling.
• Comfortable with AI tools and finding ways to automate manual work.
• SC clearance eligible (or willing to obtain).
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.

Nice to have

• Aerospace and defence finance experience.
• Experience with programme finance including EAC management, PoC accounting, and IRAD cost tracking.
• Prior experience in a scaling or start-up environment where finance infrastructure was being built for the first time.
• Familiarity with Foundry or similar data platforms.
• Exposure to international or multi-region financial reporting.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

Before you apply

• SC clearance eligible (or willing to obtain).
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening.

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company uses Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system, to power its family of systems.