Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Anduril is looking for a Strategic Financial Analyst to join our dynamic growing finance team located in our Costa Mesa Office! The Strategic Finance Analyst will help drive forward looking pricing activities, portfolio product analysis, cost structure analysis, market situational awareness, and resource allocation decisions. The Finance team will rely on the Strategic Financial Analyst to develop, grown, and sustain strong collaborate relationships with internal Anduril stakeholders and as well as external stakeholders. The Strategic Financial Analyst will support Anduril’s rapid growth and most important decisions with analytical insight and strategic and tactical recommendations which drive the long-term success of our business. You’ll communicate your findings to senior leadership and partner with others to operationalize the hypotheses and takeaways. This role requires a strong interest in puzzle solving, ability to recognize patterns, and cross-functional partnership (Data, Marketing, Product, Growth, and Engineering) to drive decision-making. Identify business opportunities, formulate hypotheses, and conduct in-depth analyses which illuminate opportunities to drive Current’s success. Recommend new initiatives and strategies which drive a bottom-line impact. Design customer-facing experiments and partner with peers to develop solutions and assess go-to-market feasibility. Develop post-launch monitoring and optimization plans.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Conduct analyses and develop strategies which drive a demonstrable impact on Current’s KPIs.
• Own performance dashboards, alerting, and investigation into KPI health. Assess the impact of new product features on KPIs.
• Collaborate with data and product to translate a/b tests into forecasted profit and unit-economic impact.
• Support forecast model maintenance and build bottoms up, data driven models to understand segmentation, pricing optimization, and financial impact analysis.
• Identify business opportunities, formulate hypotheses, and conduct in-depth analyses which illuminate opportunities to drive Current’s success. Recommend new initiatives and strategies which drive a bottom-line impact. Design customer-facing experiments and partner with peers to develop solutions and assess go-to-market feasibility. Develop post-launch monitoring and optimization plans.

HERE'S WHO YOU ARE:

• Intellectually curious - you seek to understand the why behind the numbers.
• Highly technical - you value precision and accuracy when it comes to your work, and you can rapidly dissect complex quantitative problems.
• Critical thinker - you consider problems from all angles to remove bias.
• Results-oriented - you will do whatever it takes to ensure success. You ground your contributions in real customer and business impact and prioritize your time to maximize speed-to-impact.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills. You drive consensus through grounded arguments, interpersonal skills, and negotiation skills.
• Creative problem-solver - able to identify obstacles and present viable solutions.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
• Excited by large breadth of problem areas
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Business, or related field
• Comfort in designing and analyzing experiments, preferably in a business context.
• Financial modeling skills (Excel, Google Sheets)
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.