Senior Director of FP&A, Shield AI

• If you love building systems, simplifying complexity, and enabling speed, you’ll thrive here
• Mission‑driven, motivated by real impact
• A systems thinker who builds for durability and scale
• Calm, clear, and decisive under pressure
• Direct communicator who elevates decisions
• Automation‑oriented and relentlessly improving
• High integrity and comfortable with hard tradeoffs
• 12+ years in FP&A, Corporate or Strategic Finance
• Experience in high‑growth, complex environments (hardware + software or dual‑use a plus)
• Proven success building scalable forecasting and planning systems
• Hands‑on Anaplan implementation and ownership
• Deep experience in three‑statement modeling and linking operational drivers to financial outcomes
• Strong cash forecasting and liquidity planning skills
• Experience with working capital, inventory, government/milestone cash timing, and CapEx
• Systems mindset: automation > manual work
• Experience writing business requirements for technical teams
• Comfortable operating in dynamic, fast‑moving environments
• Experience with hardware production ramps and manufacturing scale

Desirable

• We’re building advanced autonomous systems for defense and commercial markets. Scaling this kind of company requires financial precision, strong operating systems, and fast, informed decision‑making
• We’re hiring a Senior Director of Corporate Finance to be the VP of FP&A’s right hand—a strategic operator who builds the forecasting engine, liquidity framework, and planning infrastructure that power the business
• This is a high‑ownership, high‑impact role
• You’ll work across hardware production, autonomous software, and multi‑year government programs where clarity on cash, cost, and scale is mission‑critical
• -Co‑run forecasting, planning, and executive reporting with the VP of FP&A
• -Lead monthly forecasts, annual planning, and multi‑scenario modeling
• -Build integrated three‑statement models tied to real operational drivers
• -Turn engineering plans, production ramps, and contract structures into financial clarity
• -Establish a simple, disciplined financial operating cadence
• -Lead cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning
• -Build rolling cash forecasts across working capital, inventory, supplier terms, milestone billing, and CapEx
• -Model program‑level cash curves and scale scenarios to flag risks early
• -Partner with Operations and Supply Chain on long‑lead procurement and capital deployment
• -Ensure every major decision reflects its cash impact
• Own Anaplan, ERP, CRM, BI, and financial data pipelines
• -Lead end‑to‑end Anaplan implementation and optimization
• -Replace manual work with automated workflows
• -Partner with Engineering and Data teams to build a unified, accurate financial data layer
• -Support Product, Engineering, Programs, and Operations on costs, investments, headcount, and program economics
• -Build program models aligned with hardware development and milestone-based revenue
• -Provide insights that drive action—not just reports
• -Build and mentor a high‑performance finance team
• -Set standards for modeling, analysis, and cross‑functional partnership
• -Foster clarity, ownership, and bias for action