Senior Manager, Corporate Finance (R5631)

The role

This role leads Corporate FP&A at Shield AI, a defense-tech company. The job owns the integrated three statement and consolidated plan, leads the Annual Operating Plan, owns the company cash model, and produces Board and executive reporting.

What you will do

• Architect and maintain a fully integrated three statement model
• Own consolidated planning and line-item ownership, including equity planning
• Lead the Annual Operating Plan, including scenarios and driver-based forecasting
• Run the recurring forecast cycle and own forecast accuracy
• Build and own rolling cash flow forecasts and liquidity risk analysis
• Create Board of Directors and eStaff QBR materials and KPI dashboards
• Deliver plan-vs-actual analysis and variance drivers for executives
• Evolve planning from Excel into modern cloud-based planning tools
• Translate engineering, program and operations plans into financial impacts
• Partner with senior leaders on financial planning and strategy

Required qualifications

• 8 to 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
• Ownership of the company cash model and liquidity forecasting
• Exceptional Excel modeling capability, including multi scenario and driver-based forecasting
• Strong GAAP proficiency
• Ability to build Board- and executive-ready materials
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Systems-oriented mindset and comfort partnering with data and systems teams

Nice to have

• Familiarity with government contract economics, milestone based revenue and program accounting
• Experience with 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 such as Anaplan, Pigment or Adaptive

Benefits

• Bonus for full-time regular employees
• Equity for full-time regular employees
• Benefits package for full-time regular employees
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits
• Compensation depends on skill set, experience, licenses and certifications, and work location

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.