Overview In this role you lead Maritime finance, guiding financial planning, forecasting, and program finance to enable rapid growth and improved performance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to translate data into actionable insights and scalable processes. You'll build and manage a dedicated finance group, own KPI dashboards, and communicate financial findings to executives. This position offers visibility in a fast-paced defense context with meaningful impact on top- and bottom-line results.
Compensation / Benefits- equity grants
- comprehensive benefits package
- health and recovery support
- competitive base salary
- top-tier benefits for full-time employees
- opportunity to work on defense technology at scale
Responsibilities- Partner with Maritime Business Line Leaders to provide financial leadership and fractional CFO-level support
- Manage forecasting, budgeting, and division/product/program financial reporting
- Analyze performance vs. forecasts, identify trends, and explain variances
- Collaborate with senior finance leaders to enhance systems, tools, and processes
- Develop executive-level reporting and present financial insights to senior management
- Build and scale a high-performing finance team with best practices and governance
- Own KPI dashboards, alerting, and investigation of KPI health
- Oversee customer program reporting, monthly invoicing, and monthly financial status reporting
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 5-10 years of finance experience in Defense, Large Manufacturing, or Government contracting
- 3-5 years in a leadership role
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, data analysis tools, and ERP systems (Oracle Fusion, Oracle EPM, Oracle ERP, Foundry)
- Proven track record of end-to-end ownership in a finance function
- Strong analytical curiosity and ability to dissect complex quantitative problems
- Excellent written and oral communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management
- Ability to work in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
- Authorized to work in the United States; security clearance eligible
- Intellectually curious
- Highly technical with emphasis on precision
- Critical thinker
- Excel advanced proficiency
- Financial modeling
- Data analysis tools
