Sr. Financial Analyst
Hawthorne · USD 120,000-175,000 · 4+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 16, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Hawthorne
- Salary
- USD 120,000-175,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Sr. Financial Analyst will be instrumental in the development, tracking, forecasting, reporting, and accounting for all SpaceX projects.
- This is a key financial planning and analysis (FP&A) role with executive-level visibility driving spending and contract profitability for all of our product lines.
- The successful candidate will interface with all aspects of the company, including production, engineering, sales, program management, accounting, and executive management.
Responsibilities
- Lead forecast of key performance indicators (KPIs), including spending and resource requirements for assigned business groups, such as headcount, capital, and operating expenses
- Forecast future unit costs with cross-functional teams and track progress in achieving cost reduction targets
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses as needed to support operational decision-making, from new idea generation through to the implementation phase
- Perform a leading role on internal projects, working closely with peer organizations to understand key business issues and translate them into financial models and metrics
- Prepare and update capital expenditure and inventory cash forecasts
- Support product cost tracking and inventory analysis, including scrap, inventory obsolescence, and productivity efforts
- Develop and enhance tools to track revenue performance and incurred project costs every month
- Provide insight on revenue, spending variances, and department-level reporting to business partners
- Analyze and interpret financial data for use in management reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 4+ years of experience in an accounting, finance, or business role
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, or engineering
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, applied business statistics, and general modeling experience of complex non-linear systems
- Experience in a manufacturing or technology environment
- Familiarity with reporting, visualization, intelligence, and analysis tools (SQL, Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to regularly interface with executive management
- Experience with presenting analytical results in both verbal and written form across a multi-disciplinary organization
- Ability to frame unstructured and complex analytical problems for a broad audience
Benefits
- Company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Workplace
- This position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite full-time
- Hybrid and remote work will not be considered
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- SQL
- Power BI
- Tableau