Head of Corporate Finance
$160k - $200k/yr
Senior
MBA
Hawthorne, CA, USA
In Person
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required
About the job
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Person pursuant to the EAR and ITAR definitions.
- Must be able to work in person at the Hawthorne, California facility.
- Must have at least 6 years of experience in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, or accounting; experience in manufacturing, hardware, aerospace, or defense is preferred within this requirement.
- Must have at least 2 years of experience working at a small business with fewer than 500 people or at a startup.
- Must have experience owning the monthly close process and producing accurate financial statements.
- Must have experience building and managing company budgets, including variance analysis and spend control.
- Must have experience with government contract accounting, including indirect rate structures and FAR-compliant cost accounting.
- Must have strong financial modeling skills in Excel or similar tools.
- Must have experience implementing or managing accounting systems and financial controls.
- Must be agile and flexible with changing requirements and comfortable with uncertainty and managing financial risk.
- Must have strong problem-solving skills and be able to deliver on ambitious schedules, including using unconventional or creative solutions when necessary.
- Must thrive in cross-functional organizations and demonstrate communication and collaboration skills.
Responsibilities
- Build the foundation of the company’s corporate finance function, including owning financial planning and analysis, managing accounting operations and the monthly close, building and maintaining budgets, tracking spend against plan, and establishing financial controls and systems for a scaling manufacturer.
- Support the business development and capture team with pricing, contract-term negotiation, and unit economics.
- Provide leadership with accurate, timely financial information for decision-making, and keep the company’s books ready for government contracts, audits, and future fundraising.
- Manage budgeting and variance analysis, cash flow, accounts payable and receivable oversight, payroll and equity administration coordination, government contract accounting and compliance, and outside accountants and auditors.
- Communicate financial needs and constraints to engineering, operations, and leadership.
- As the role grows, own the long-range financial model and company-wide forecasting; build investor-facing materials including board decks, financial projections, and fundraising data rooms; contribute to capital strategy and fundraising; create repeatable processes for forecasting, scenario planning, and investor reporting; and lead and grow the finance and accounting team.
Desired Qualifications
- CPA, CFA, or MBA.
- Experience setting up or maintaining DCAA-compliant accounting systems.
- Experience supporting venture-backed fundraising rounds from Seed through Series B or later.
- Experience building three-statement and long-range financial models.
- Experience preparing board materials and presenting financials to investors.
- Experience with cap table management and equity administration.
- Experience with manufacturing cost accounting, including unit economics, cost of goods sold, and inventory.
- Experience with ERP implementation in a scaling manufacturing environment.
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
- Demonstrated experience growing a finance or accounting team.
About the company
Hybron designs and manufactures carbon-fiber parts for aerospace and defense, focusing on high-speed, lower-cost production. Its process uses carbon fiber composites and high-pressure molding to create parts such as jet-engine compressor blades and 155mm artillery shells, with cycle times around 10–15 minutes after validation. The approach aims to deliver roughly five times cheaper production than traditional composites methods and to speed up manufacturing compared with metals. Hybron differentiates itself by pursuing large, high-volume parts (including munitions) and by securing significant contracts in Europe, along with a recent oversubscribed seed round to scale production—from thousands of tested parts to about 1,000 shells per month. The company’s goal is to qualify and ramp low-rate production toward these volumes and establish a broader footprint in aerospace and defense applications.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$25M
Headquarters
El Segundo, California
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- April 2026 closed $25M seed round funds hiring, manufacturing expansion, and production scale-up.
- Hybron has seven open roles in September 2026, signaling active buildout.
- Tectonic reported a $100M-$600M shell contract, giving Hybron a credible near-term demand anchor.
What critics are saying
- Hybron depends on one European munitions contract; any qualification delay hits 2026 revenue.
- Composite 155mm shells face battlefield validation, procurement scrutiny, and armor-penetration objections before scale.
- If 1,000 shells monthly slips, Hybron becomes a thinly funded prototype shop burning $25M.
What makes Hybron unique
- April 9, 2026 seed round validates Hybron’s fast-cycle carbon-fiber molding platform.
- CEO Brennan Lieu says Hybron replaces weeks-long composite workflows with minutes-long cycles.
- Hybron’s all-U.S. supply chain and aerospace-defense focus separate it from import-dependent rivals.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- 401(k) Company Match