Director of Finance, Platform
Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 191,000-253,000 · 10+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 191,000-253,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Director of Finance, Platform will lead financial planning, reporting, and cost strategy for Anduril's Rocket Motor Systems, HW Engineering, and Software Platform teams.
- This role acts as an internal finance business partner to platform leadership while managing P&L and investment planning for shared organizational capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Own financial planning, forecasting, and monthly/quarterly reporting, including budget development and variance analysis.
- Design and maintain the cost allocation and chargeback methodology for billing platform costs to Divisions and business lines.
- Build unit-economics and make-vs-buy analyses to quantify the value of centralized capacity.
- Develop capacity planning and prioritization frameworks to sequence competing demand across business units.
- Partner with Division finance leads and business leaders to communicate cost trends and variances.
- Build performance dashboards and KPIs such as unit cost, utilization, throughput, and cost trends.
- Develop ROI and payback analyses to support capacity investment decisions for equipment, facilities, and headcount.
- Collaborate with platform engineering and operations leadership on strategic decisions regarding insourcing, outsourcing, and capacity expansion.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including exposure to manufacturing, hardware engineering, or government contracting.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Experience building or operating cost allocation, shared-services, or chargeback models within a multi-business-unit organization.
- Strong financial modeling skills, including the ability to independently build unit-economics and make-vs-buy analyses.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with both technical/engineering leadership and finance peers.
- Advanced Excel and financial systems/ERP proficiency.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience in a shared-services, platform, or internal-supplier finance role.
- Familiarity with aerospace/defense manufacturing cost structures.
- MBA, CPA, or CFA.
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package
Workplace
- Role is based in Costa Mesa, CA.
Skills
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Planning
- Variance Analysis
- Cost Allocation
- Chargeback Methodology
- Capacity Planning
- Excel
