Head of Finance

The role

The Head of Finance will serve as the business-unit finance lead and operating partner to the Federal GM. This person will build the financial operating system, improve decision discipline, and help scale Loft Federal as an operating business.

What you will do

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning for Loft Federal.
• Build and maintain financial visibility across bookings, revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, cash, backlog, pipeline conversion, and resource requirements.
• Establish a reliable monthly and quarterly business-unit financial operating cadence.
• Partner with Program Managers and Engineering leaders to track EACs, ETCs, burn rates, labor utilization, program margin, material costs, subcontractor spend, and variance drivers.
• Support pricing strategy and proposal development for various government contracting structures.
• Improve financial rigor around spacecraft, payload integration, software, mission operations, and services programs.
• Partner with Contracts and Accounting on revenue recognition, invoicing, funding status, period of performance, contract type, and compliance requirements.
• Support indirect-rate planning, cost allocation, labor planning, and cost accounting discipline.
• Build cash-flow forecasts and working-capital visibility tied to contract milestones and program execution.
• Develop executive reporting for Federal leadership, Corporate leadership, and board-level discussions.

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, FP&A, program finance, business operations, or financial planning roles.
• Experience supporting government contracting, aerospace, defense, space, national security technology, complex hardware, complex software, or similar program-based businesses.
• Strong understanding of program financial control, EACs, ETCs, burn rates, margin analysis, revenue timing, backlog, pipeline conversion, and cash forecasting.
• Working knowledge of federal contract types, including T&M, FFP, cost-plus, IDIQ/task order, OTA, and subcontract structures.
• Experience building or improving finance processes, operating cadences, reporting packages, dashboards, or financial controls in a scaling organization.
• Ability to assess finance team capacity and determine when additional finance headcount, systems, or process maturity is justified.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and executive reporting skills.
• Ability to partner directly with general managers, program leaders, engineering leaders, business development, contracts, accounting, and executive leadership.
• Ability to operate in a scaling business where systems, processes, and data are still maturing.
• High ownership, sound judgment, and willingness to engage in the operating details.

Nice to have

• Experience in space systems, spacecraft, payloads, mission software, mission operations, satellite manufacturing, or national security space.
• Experience building or leading a small finance team.
• Experience in venture-backed, private-equity-backed, or high-growth technology environments.
• Experience with FAR/DFARS, DCAA/DCMA expectations, CAS awareness, indirect-rate structures, government property cost implications, and contract compliance environments.
• Experience with ERP, planning, CRM, and reporting systems such as NetSuite, Workday Adaptive Planning, Salesforce, Jira, Deltek, Costpoint, Unanet, or similar platforms.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or relevant advanced degree.
• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
• Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
• 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
• 401(k) plan and equity options
• Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
• Fully paid parental leave: 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
• Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
• Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
• Relocation assistance when applicable

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

About the company

Loft Federal is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc. that specializes in providing mission-ready space infrastructure to the U.S. national security space community.