Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, Shield AI

• You excel at building dynamic, accurate, scalable 3‑statement models grounded in unit economics and operational drivers
• You’ve lived in Excel—investment banking, PE, hedge funds, equity research—and you bring a forward‑looking mindset around leveraging cloud tools, automation, and analytics to elevate what modeling can do
• If you’re a top‑tier modeler who loves understanding what drives a business and telling its story through numbers, you’ll thrive here
• Analytical athlete with elite attention to detail
• Clear, structured thinker with strong modeling intuition
• Fast, accurate, and comfortable under pressure
• Curious and forward-looking—always asking “why?”
• Strong communicator who elevates decision quality
• Mission-driven and energized by complex, meaningful problems
• 8+ years in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, equity research, or elite financial services
• Best‑in‑class Excel modeler: integrated 3‑statement models, valuations, sensitivities, unit economics, scenario analysis
• Experience analyzing defense, aerospace, autonomy, robotics, industrial tech, or HW/SW companies
• Strong command of unit economics and driver-based forecasting
• Experience building LRPs and enterprise valuation frameworks
• Deep cash flow and liquidity modeling expertise
• High proficiency with financial statements and GAAP mechanics
• Systems mindset—comfortable partnering with data/systems teams
• Thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments

Desirable

• We’re building advanced autonomous systems for defense and commercial markets
• Scaling a business like this requires world‑class financial modeling, a deep understanding of how complex hardware + software companies create value, and the ability to turn complexity into clarity
• We’re hiring a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance to be the VP of FP&A’s analytical right hand and the architect of our long‑range financial model
• This is the analytical engine of Strategic Finance, with a natural path to Investor Relations as the company scales
• You'll own and build the fully integrated 3‑statement model based on unit economics, KPIs, and industry benchmarks
• -Lead the long‑range plan (LRP) and multi‑scenario modeling
• -Tie operational drivers—production ramps, R&D, contract timing, GTM—to financial outcomes
• -Build valuation frameworks, sensitivities, and investor‑grade outputs
• -Maintain a forward‑looking view on risks, opportunities, and strategic drivers
• -Partner with data engineering and systems teams to evolve models from Excel to modern cloud-based planning tools
• -Build modular, scalable structures where Excel is used only for high‑value analysis
• -Use analytics and automation to reduce manual modeling and increase clarity
• -Benchmark peers in defense, autonomy, robotics, aerospace, and industrial tech
• -Build competitor profiles, KPI benchmarks, and market analyses
• -Develop a POV on unit economics, efficiency, scale, and profitability
• -Support M&A modeling, valuation, and diligence
• -Provide clear, strategic insights—not just numbers
• -Build rolling cash forecasts across working capital, inventory, milestone payments, and CapEx
• -Model hardware cycles, government payment timing, and program cash curves
• -Identify liquidity risks early and shape capital allocation decisions
• -Work directly with the VP FP&A, CFO, and CEO on forward-looking financial questions
• -Translate engineering, program, and operations plans into financial impacts
• -Connect short-term forecasting to the LRP
• -Present insights that drive decisions and accelerate execution