Role Description: 

We are seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to join our fast paced defense tech startup. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial modeling, balance sheet analysis, and executive reporting. You will play an instrumental role in driving the financial planning and analysis function, guiding strategic decision-making, and optimizing financial performance. 

Responsibilities: 

• Support cash flow forecasting and management efforts, ensuring liquidity and financial stability.
• Develop complex financial models to assess various financial scenarios and support strategic initiatives.
• Conduct thorough balance sheet analyses and report on key financial indicators.
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline FP&A activities and enhance reporting accuracy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare annual budgets, forecasts, and long-term financial plans.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses to inform financial and operational decisions that enable key initiatives
• Prepare materials for board / investor meetings
• Analyze current and past financial data and performance, preparing reports and projections based on this analysis.
• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
• Monitor and report on financial performance, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
• Lead the development of executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting tools, systems, and procedures.

 

Travel Expectations/Requirements: Occasional travel (expected to be in the 2-6 times per year range) for in person meetings and events. 

The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise. 

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• FP&A experience at a defense tech software company.
• Experience at a highly regarded financial institution that involved robust financial modeling (i.e., investment banking, growth / private equity, etc.)
• Strong expertise in cash flow management and working capital optimization.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and data analysis tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement initiatives in a finance function.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information in an understandable manner.

 

 

 

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States. 

Remote - USA$124,440—$163,408 USD

Who We Are

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.

What We Do

We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.

Who We Serve

Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.

What We Work On

• Kubernetes
• Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
• Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
• Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
• GitOps
• Containers