Business Unit Controller, Spacecraft - #1406599

About Firefly Aerospace

Come be a part of the 21st Century Space Race. At Firefly, we are focused on the leading edge of space systems progression. Our company is committed to providing economical and convenient access to space for small payloads through the design, manufacture, and operation of reliable launch vehicles and spacecraft. To get there, we are looking for incredibly passionate, bright, and determined people to join our team.

Summary

The Business Unit Controller, Spacecraft is the primary financial business partner to the Launch division. This role works in partnership with business operations managing and driving all financial processes and providing hands-on financial and analytical support. This individual will participate in day-to-day and monthly financial operations forecasting and reporting activities, including leading the forecast and financial review, the annual operating plan, business analytics, process improvements, cost reduction and cash savings, manufacturing variance analysis, inventory and/or manufacturing issues and ad-hoc projects. This is a hands-on, in-depth analysis role intended to drive decisions to improve efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with key stakeholders cross-functionally (Operations, Business Development, Engineering) to develop deep understanding of investments, business drivers, costs and revenue
• Lead the annual operating plan and regular forecast process
• Provide support to the monthly budget vs actual analysis
• Support capital budgeting process including business case development, financial analysis and return on investment
• Support business leaders with innovative financial analyses, ROIs, and present compelling, data-driven insights to help the business make more informed investment decisions
• Identify and track key performance metrics pertaining to business operations, competitors, benchmarking, etc.
• Be very technology savvy and implement process improvements and tools to improve the consistency and effectiveness of our Finance team
• Protect the organization’s value by maintaining confidentiality
• Become a trusted advisor to your business partners
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• 5-10 years of progressive work experience in financial planning & analysis, accounting, investment banking, consulting, and/or corporate finance
• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or finance related field
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong financial and business modeling skills with experience in building financial models
• Excellent analytical abilities, problem-solving skills and business acumen
• Self-starter with the ability to pivot and successfully adapt in a constantly changing environment
• Ability to work under pressure within short time constraints and in a complex high growth organization
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent project and time management abilities
• Strong ability to find the signal from the noise
  
  

Desired

• CPA/MBA
• Exposure to business intelligence tools
• Cost accounting experience
• Financial reporting experience
  
  

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.