Growth Finance Associate
$130k - $197k/yr
Mid, Senior
Washington, DC, USA+3 moreMore locations: San Francisco, CA, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Torrance, CA, USA
In PersonRelocation support may be provided in certain situations, based on business need.
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A
No H1B Sponsorship
About the job
Requirements
- 2–5 years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity or growth equity, private credit, management consulting, corporate development, and/or strategy and operations.
- Ability to build a complex financial model from a blank page, including cash flow forecasting and scenario analysis.
- Ability to carry ambiguous, cross-functional work through to a decision independently.
- Ability to communicate complex analysis concisely in writing and verbally so senior leaders can act on it.
- High ownership and curiosity about how physical things are made, comfort being wrong in public, and ability to iterate quickly.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent work streams without dropping any of them.
- U.S. Person status is required because the position requires access to export-controlled data.
Responsibilities
- Build and own financial models for major capital decisions, including factory builds, new capability investments, and program-level spend, with scenario modeling, cash flow forecasting, and spend projections.
- Own end-to-end financial evaluation of individual investments, including ROI, payback period, cash impact, and trade-offs across cost, schedule, and scope.
- Support corporate development and capital markets work across M&A, carve-outs, equity investments, and joint ventures, from market research and target screening through diligence, structuring, and modeling.
- Act as the financial counterpart to engineering, manufacturing, and program leadership by bringing visibility, structure, and accountability to initiatives.
- Maintain forecasts and consolidated budgets aligned with accounting frameworks, operational milestones, and program timelines.
- Provide real-time insight into program performance by surfacing risks, opportunities, and trade-offs early enough for action.
- Analyze labor productivity, machine utilization, throughput, and unit cost performance to assess factory economics.
- Translate analysis into executive- and board-facing materials.
- Improve reporting, forecasting processes, automation, and data infrastructure by identifying and fixing gaps.
- Work across Production Operations, Engineering, Program Management, Special Projects, Automation, Accounting, Legal, and Investor Relations.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in capital-intensive industries such as aerospace and defense, advanced manufacturing, automotive, semiconductors, energy, or data centers.
- Project finance, capital project analysis, or large-scale infrastructure and high-dollar investment work.
- M&A due diligence, transaction structuring, carve-outs, transaction advisory, or restructuring experience.
- Exposure to program management or large-scale project delivery.
- Experience in a high-growth or PE/VC-backed environment.
- Working knowledge of government contracting processes and procedures.
- NetSuite or comparable ERP experience.
About the company
Hadrian manufactures precision components for aerospace and defense companies through automated factories. Customers buy parts from prototype through production, reserve dedicated manufacturing and inspection cells, or engage Hadrian to design and operate factories for their products. Its Opus platform interprets technical designs and coordinates manufacturing and inspection, combining software with factory equipment and trained operators. Production services run in Hadrian facilities or within customer facilities, depending on the engagement. Its Atlas service manages procurement from vetted suppliers, extending the offering to parts sourced outside its factories.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$2.3B
Headquarters
Torrance, California
Founded
2020
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Leadership compensation is disclosed: the Los Angeles Head of Qualification role targets $150,000 to $220,000 in salary.
- Technician onboarding supports expansion: Hadrian says Opus trains new factory technicians in 30 days or less.
- Technical mentorship is part of the job: Mesa systems administrators coach technicians and analysts while owning factory platforms.
What critics are saying
- External procurement adds dependencies: Atlas manages orders across a vetted supplier network through delivery.
- Factory IT demands incident response: Mesa systems administrators work onsite and handle failures at dawn or on Saturdays.
- Training relies on accurate records: the workforce systems role maintains documentation, skills tracking, and compliance content for production readiness.
What makes Hadrian unique
- Factory software spans production: Opus interprets designs and automates manufacturing and inspection.
- Customers commission operating capacity: Hadrian supplies dedicated production cells and designs and operates complete factories.
- Qualification has its own function: the Head of Qualification owns first-article verification through customer source approval.
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Benefits
- Substantial equity grants
- Healthcare, vision, dental, & life Insurance
- Stipends for relocation, home office and/or flights to LA
- Exposure to Tier 1 VCs & Angel Investors
- If you leave to start your own company, we'll invest and help you fundraise