Senior Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst

About CesiumAstro CesiumAstro builds and delivers space communications systems—at scale. We design, engineer, and manufacture software-defined radios, phased array payloads, and fully integrated satellites that enable real-time, multi-beam, multi-user connectivity across space-based and airborne networks. Our systems are built for mission-critical applications and designed to adapt on orbit. As a vertically integrated manufacturer, CesiumAstro brings RF, digital processing, and satellite integration together under one roof, enabling rapid production, consistent performance, and repeatable delivery. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with operations in Colorado, California, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, CesiumAstro is building the communications infrastructure modern missions depend on. We’re hiring. Explore open roles at CesiumAstro.com/careers.

CesiumAstro

Connect. Detect. Defend.

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CesiumAstro.com

501-1,000 employees

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Austin, Texas

2017

Privately Held

30k LinkedIn followers

Raised $655.2M

• Creating, updating, and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts
• of future operations.
• Comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing
• variance analyses to explain differences in performance and make improvements
• going forward.
• Working closely with the Cesium Astro Finance Team, meeting their deadlines
• and responding to questions.
• Researching key financial ratios of industry peers and benchmarking company
• data.
• Evaluating company financial data to ensure investments are the best use of
• capital by looking at return on investment (ROI) and comparisons with other
• ways the company could utilize cash.
• Leading program budgets/baseline controls, earned value management systems
• (EVMS), and ensuring all required finance inputs, including internal and
• external reporting, are prepared, reviewed, and submitted on time.
• Evaluating potential program and product opportunities to determine costs and
• profitability.
• Building out support processes for proposals that include, but are not
• limited to, developing cost volumes, basis of estimates (BOEs), and roll-ups
• of non-recurring efforts (NREs), recurring efforts (REs), and materials.
• Evaluating financials for each department and working with individual
• departments to prepare budgets and forecasts and consolidate into corporate
• budgets and forecasts.
• Preparing internal reports for executive leadership to support
• decision-making.
• Evaluating inorganic growth opportunities and mapping out capital and
• investment plans.
• Generating three- to five-year financial forecasts.
• Extracting Big Data sets and consolidating into useful analytics.
• Developing dashboards and key metrics to track the business and inform
• strategy.

Required

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited university or
• college.
• 5+ years of financial planning experience, ideally working in a fast-paced
• environment and meeting tight deadlines.
• Must be willing to work at or relocate to our Redondo Beach location, as this
• is an in-office position.
• Experience developing and implementing financial budgets and forecasts.
• Ability to analyze data and synthesize complexity into clarity for
• decision-making.
• Experience partnering cross functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing,
• Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and other departments.
• Enjoy the challenge of “wearing multiple hats” and working in a fast-paced
• and cross-functional environment.
• A desire to have a broader impact and make meaningful contributions as our
• small company grows by creating novel financial and business insights.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.

Preferred

• Experience with Defense contracts.
• Experience working in a start-up, high-growth, and venture-backed company.
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• $112,000 - $132,000 a year
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• CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not
• limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work
• experience, education/training, and key skills.  Full-time employment offers
• include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health,
• dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

• Company stock options
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• HSA
• FSA
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plans