Finance Manager, Real Estate and Facilities

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM 

Anduril’s Corporate FP&A group is seeking a Finance Manager – Real Estate and Facilities to join our team and lead the financial strategy and execution of our current and future global real estate program. This is a Costa Mesa based role and not eligible for remote/hybrid work.

ABOUT THE JOB 

As the Finance Manager – Real Estate and Facilities, you will lead the financial strategy and execution of our global real estate initiatives across various office campuses and manufacturing facilities worldwide. You’ll balance creative design with operational needs, drive scalable solutions that align with our operational model, and manage key relationships with external partners and internal teams. This role is critical to developing innovative approaches to our unique real estate challenges.

The challenges you will encounter are innumerable and unpredictable, but you will be expected to take ownership of delivering the technical program solution by overseeing the strategic planning, development, and execution of real estate acquisitions and new construction projects. This role involves building and managing a team of professionals, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards in accordance with government regulations explicitly relevant to the defense industry.

Through strategic planning, project management, and real estate life cycle management this role will work directly with business leaders to execute on short- and long-term real estate strategies to build processes and tools allowing us to scale execution on future real estate activities. This position offers a central role in Anduril’s strategic growth planning and execution.

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Develop and implement a financial plan for our global real estate footprint that supports a distributed workforce and strategic manufacturing operations.
• Oversee and maintain active market research and current real estate portfolio analysis.
• Coordinate closely with our internal occupancy planning team to develop a thoughtful real estate leasing strategy that balances the short term and long-term needs of the business, incorporates HR and occupancy planning data, and aligns with broader company goals.
• Own key real estate tools and documents including updates to LOI and lease standards, sales forecasting, and pipeline management systems.
• Manage critical dates reports, working closely with accounting, finance and legal to accurately forecast activity, report on financial performance, validate and control vendor costs, and document all real estate transactions.
• Develop and manage project budgets and financial forecasts, ensuring cost-effective solutions while maintaining high design standards and timelines in accordance with industry regulations.
• Closely monitor and regulate on-going project expenditures, ensuring rigorous cost control measures are in place.
• Prepare financial reports and present to senior management and stakeholders.
• Meet regularly with business partners to understand real estate needs by team and by location.
• Develop and communicate clear business cases for the analysis, review, and financial approval of real estate projects.
• Develop and implement pipeline management tracking and mechanisms to scale and easily identify issues and potential opportunities.
• Draft and present Quarterly Business Reviews outlining progress to date and go forward strategy for global real estate at Anduril.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS [Heading 4]

• Proven track record of managing complex financial real estate projects globally, from strategy to execution.
• Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale construction projects in a retail and corporate environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative solutions for workplace design and location strategies.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams, consultants, and vendors, balancing collaboration with accountability.
• Strong financial acumen a