Senior Finance Manager, Maneuver Dominance

Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 166,000-220,000 · 7+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026

At a glance

We are seeking an exceptional finance leader to own the P&L for a portfolio of our autonomous aircraft product lines on the MD Finance team.
This role will provide leadership, direction and management of product- and program-level finance teams as MD continues to rapidly scale, with full accountability for the top- and bottom-line performance of the products in their portfolio.
This person will oversee financial planning and analysis, program finance, strategic finance and pricing and is expected to recommend and execute on new strategies that drive both top- and bottom-line impact.

Own the end-to-end P&L for your product portfolio — top-line growth, gross margin, and capital allocation across the product life cycle.
Manage the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and oversee the preparation of product- and program-level financial reporting.
Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with forecasts, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
Partner with senior MD and corporate finance leaders to identify and implement ways to improve business performance and finance systems, tools and processes.
Build executive-level reporting and translate complex financial performance into clear, actionable insights that drive leadership decisions.
Get deep in the operations and support the team in creating bottoms-up, data-driven models to understand segmentation, pricing optimization, scenarios, and financial returns of our products and investments.
Own performance dashboards, alerting, and investigation into KPI health. Assess the impact of financial decisions on KPIs while developing strategies which drive demonstrable impact against these metrics.
Develop deep relationships with our customers (both internal and external) and oversee customer program reporting, monthly invoicing, and monthly financial status reporting.

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
7+ years of experience in financial analysis, modeling, and forecasting within an FP&A or consulting environment.
Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling and data analysis tools, and experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems (i.e. Anaplan, Netsuite, Oracle, Foundry).
Demonstrated ability to lead programs and strategic initiatives in a finance function.
Proven ownership of a full P&L at scale, ideally in a hardware, manufacturing, or otherwise capital-intensive product business.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
Must be security clearance eligible.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.