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Financial Data Operations Engineer at Anduril in Costa Mesa, CA
Job Description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril's Data & Operations team is focused on combining our internal data analytics with operational processes and business systems to make insights actionable. You will collaborate with stakeholders and drive partnerships across the company to improve decision making and optimize outcomes. Your work will directly increase the velocity of the organization by becoming an expert on our most critical workflows such as staffing, supply chain, manufacturing, and field sustainment.
We're looking for analysts and builders who are seeking a role at the intersection of high impact and high collaboration across organizations and systems. Ideally you are passionate about the next generation of defense technology and are looking to become a technical expert.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build sophisticated Finance tools and templates - Create Excel-based solutions, data integrations, and AI-powered workflows that eliminate manual data gathering and entry while driving more efficient and accurate finance processes
- Integrate Finance workflows with data platforms - Collaborate with our Analytics team to connect finance processes directly into our data platform, ensuring end-users have easy access to clean, reliable data
- Drive user adoption and enablement - Support Finance users through office hours, bootcamps, and training on best practices to enable efficient forecasting, self-serve financial data access, and application development
- Proactively identify automation opportunities - Seek out Finance problems that can be solved with data and work with the organization to make it a reality
- Become a trusted resource for Anduril leadership in helping them run their organizations more effectively
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of experience in a finance, operations, or data analysis role; ideally building financial models with large-scale data integrations
- You are motivated by our mission. We are working to solve the biggest problems in defense
- Deep understanding of data stack tools: Databricks or Palantir Foundry or dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau, Dagster
- You thrive in cross-functional projects that have a heavy combination of technical requirements and user-focused workflows
- You are empathetic: you are eager to see the world from your users' perspective
- You're energized by business impact & a self-starter: you love to drive the direction of ambiguous projects
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Prior FP&A, financial modeling, or forecasting experience in the Defense sector: you have an insider’s understanding of Finance workflows and painpoints
- Experience with AI/LLM-powered tooling and automation in a production environment
- Change management experience: you’ve launched tools that required user adoption, training, and iteration based on feedback
- Experience operating in SOX compliant data platforms
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
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No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
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Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
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What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
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By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.