YOUR MISSIONAs the Senior Manager of Manufacturing Finance at True Anomaly, you will build and own the financial foundation for how we produce spacecraft and payloads at scale. This is a greenfield opportunity to establish the manufacturing finance function from the ground up, before production volumes ramp, and serve as a true thought partner to the business on the cost, capital, and operational decisions that will define how True Anomaly manufactures. You will start as an individual contributor and build a team around you as the function grows.
RESPONSIBILITIES- Own the financial planning, forecasting, and cost structure for all production operations including manufacturing overhead rates, facilities, capital expenditures, procurement, and manufactured and actual bill of materials, translating long-range plans into bottoms-up forecasts that reflect true manufacturing economics
- Serve as the primary finance partner to manufacturing, supply chain, and facilities leadership providing financial counsel, challenging assumptions, and ensuring business decisions are grounded in cost reality
- Establish the processes, tools, and governance frameworks that underpin manufacturing finance at True Anomaly including procurement oversight, capital spend controls, and production cost tracking
- Partner with Supply Chain on purchasing process and financial governance, ensuring high-value procurement decisions are made with appropriate financial rigor and visibility
- Develop and manage manufacturing overhead rate structures, ensuring accuracy and compliance with cost accounting standards
- Partner with FP&A and Program Finance to ensure alignment between production economics and enterprise financial planning
- Build and lead a team of manufacturing finance professionals as production volumes and organizational complexity grow
- Support pricing and proposal efforts by providing accurate and defensible production cost inputs for new business
- Lead financial analysis supporting vertical integration decisions, including build vs. buy trade studies, ROI modeling, and investment justification for in-house manufacturing capabilities
- Partner with Operations and Supply Chain on capacity and supply-demand planning, providing financial modeling and analysis to support production throughput decisions and resource allocation
QUALIFICATIONS- 8-12 years of finance experience with significant ownership of manufacturing, production, or operations finance
- Demonstrated experience building financial infrastructure for manufacturing or production operations, processes, tools, and cost frameworks
- Strong understanding of manufacturing cost structures including overhead rates, bill of materials, production variances, and capital expenditure planning
- Experience partnering closely with supply chain and procurement on financial governance and purchasing controls
- Familiarity with facility finance, capital planning, and the financial mechanics of scaling a production environment
- Strong FP&A foundation: bottoms-up forecasting, long-range planning, and variance analysis in an operations context
- Ability to serve as a credible, direct thought partner to operational leaders; comfortable having hard conversations with the business
- Aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing experience strongly preferred
- Experience at a high-growth or early-stage company a plus
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE- Prior experience in a manufacturing finance role, ideally in a scaling production environment
- Working knowledge of standard costing, inventory valuation, and ERP cost accounting
- Experience managing finance analyst
- Familiarity with government contract cost accounting (FAR/CAS) and program based reporting
- Experience partnering with accounting on month end close, COGS, and inventory reserves
- Strong excel modeling skills with BI tools a plus
COMPENSATION- Base Salary: $130,000 - $200,000
- 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.
This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.
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