Manager of Program Finance, CHAOS Industries

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 5+ years of corporate finance, financial planning, consulting, or analytical experience, ideally in a manufacturing or technology environment
• Working knowledge of standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory accounting
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• High integrity, strong attention to detail, and a commitment to operational excellence
• Advanced Excel modeling skills

Desirable

• We are seeking a highly analytical and proactive Manager of Program Finance to own unit economics and product-level P&Ls across our hardware product lines. This role sits at the intersection of Program Management, Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, and Engineering, turning production and cost data into the revenue, cost, and margin analysis that the leadership team relies on program decisions, pricing, and proposals
• Partner with the program managers and growth team to forecast hardware bookings and revenue, applying unit costs to get to forecasted margins
• Build and maintain unit economic models for each product line — pricing, BOMs, labor, overhead, yield/scrap
• Monitor manufacturing operations to ensure production is in line to achieve builds necessary to fulfill demand, understand cost structure and production variances, and manage inventory levels (raw material, WIP, and finished goods)
• Partner with Mission Ops and Engineering to estimate the cost of maintaining fielded units and to maintain pricing models for sustainment and software revenue
• Build financial models to support pricing and proposal efforts with defensible, auditable cost data
• Support make/buy, sourcing, and capital equipment decisions with cost-benefit analysis
• Own product-level P&L reporting to Finance and Operations leadership, leading analysis of monthly and quarterly results, including variance explanations and financial performance trends