Financial Planning and Analysis Senior Analyst

YOUR MISSION

True Anomaly's Finance team is seeking a sharp, analytically driven FP&A Senior Analyst to support financial planning, budgeting, and analysis across the business, with a particular focus on R&D budgets and capital expenditure planning. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role embedded at the intersection of engineering, program management, and finance, where your work directly shapes how we plan, forecast, and invest against our technology roadmap and broader company strategy.

As an FP&A analyst, you'll partner cross-functionally to drive core FP&A processes — budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting — while serving as a key financial partner to engineering and product leadership on how R&D and capital investment decisions tie back to business objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Core FP&A

• Key contributor to FP&A planning cycles including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning at the company, business unit, and program level

• Build and maintain financial models for the business, including revenue forecasting, cash flow projections, headcount planning, and scenario analysis

• Conduct variance analysis against budget and forecast, identifying key drivers and communicating insights to stakeholders and leadership

• Support preparation of enterprise- and program-level financial reporting for internal leadership and external stakeholders

• Partner cross-functionally with program finance, program managers, and operations to provide forward-looking insights on financial performance across the business

• Leverage and help improve FP&A tools and data pipelines to increase the speed and accuracy of budgets, forecasts, and financial models

R&D Budget & CAPEX Planning

• Own the financial planning, tracking, and forecasting of R&D budgets across engineering programs, ensuring spend aligns with technology roadmap priorities and company strategy

• Build and maintain multi-year CAPEX plans for spacecraft manufacturing, test infrastructure, and facilities, partnering with engineering and operations to prioritize investment against capacity and strategic needs

• Own and create standardized facilities OPEX forecast for multiple sites

• Develop frameworks to evaluate ROI and payback on capital investments and R&D initiatives, translating engineering priorities into financial business cases for leadership

• Track actuals against R&D and CAPEX budgets, conduct variance analysis, and provide clear, actionable insight to engineering and executive stakeholders on spend trends and risks

• Partner with engineering leads to build bottoms-up budget requests and headcount plans that connect R&D investment to product and program milestones

• Support capitalization vs. expense determinations for R&D and software development costs in coordination with accounting

QUALIFICATIONS

• 4–10 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or accounting, with demonstrated ownership of budgeting, forecasting, or variance analysis processes

• Strong financial modeling skills in Excel; comfortable working with large, complex datasets

• Experience building or managing budgets tied to engineering, R&D, or capital projects, with the ability to translate technical priorities into financial plans

• Demonstrated ability to run or support planning cycles (annual budget, quarterly forecast) from build to close-out, including variance analysis and reporting to leadership

• Ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike, including engineering leadership

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience in the U.S. defense, aerospace & defense, or government contracting sector

• Experience at an early-stage or growth-stage defense technology or hardware company

• Familiarity with capitalization policies for R&D and internally developed software (ASC 350-40 / ASC 730)

• Exposure to building or maintaining ROI/business case frameworks for capital investment decisions

• Curiosity about and openness to AI-enabled tools that improve financial modeling, budgeting, or reporting workflows

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary:  $90,000 - $150,000

• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.

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