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Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A)
Department: Finance
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Redondo Beach
Compensation: $120,000 - $150,000 / year
Description
As a Sr. Financial Analyst at Impulse Space, you will serve as a key member in the growing FP&A team at Impulse Space. This individual will play a critical role in assisting the Director of FP&A with implementing a new budgeting and reporting process. They will also be a key contributor and manager of the company’s 5-year integrated 3-statement financial model. The role will be extremely cross-functional, partnering with Manufacturing, Engineering, Test & other groups to really understand how to budget for and successfully execute the next phase of growth. They will provide functional leaders both detailed analysis and actionable business incites; the ideal candidate will be both analytically curios and operationally minded.
Responsibilities
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting responsibilities for groups including Manufacturing, Engineering & Test
- Understand and translate teams’ operational goals into financial forecasts and long-range planning scenarios
- Develop scenario models to support strategic decision making and roll-out company-wide
- Partner with leaders to understand cost drivers and resource needs (headcount, capital, and opex)
- Provide monthly reporting packages for leadership and provide business partners with actionable insights at both department and program levels
- Build dashboards and KPI frameworks to track performance against budget, forecast, and long-range plan
- Identify risks and opportunities to the financial plan and program targets
- Continuously improve the 5-year integrated 3 statement model and assist with Board of Directors materials prep
- Support ad hoc strategic analysis including fundraising, pricing, and investment decisions
- Be a champion for continuous improvement to data and systems
- Act as a trusted advisor and analytical extension of the Director of FP&A
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or investment banking
- Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis in a complex organization
- Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-financial stakeholders
- Advanced Excel modeling skills (must be highly proficient)
- Strong experience building and maintaining integrated 3-statement financial models
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 4+ years of demonstrated experience in aerospace, defense, hardware, manufacturing, or deep tech environments
- Completed MBA program
- Demonstrated experience with ERP systems and planning tools (NetSuite, Anaplan, Adaptive, etc.)
- Exposure to pre-IPO, high-growth startup environments
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.