FP&A Analyst

CHAOS Industries • El Segundo, CA

18d • Onsite

About The Position

CHAOS Industries is hiring an FP&A Analyst to serve as a finance business partner to functional leaders, including leaders in Engineering, G&A, and Sales and Marketing. The role tracks spending, develops forecasts, and explains the factors driving financial results. Partner-area coverage may change as the company scales. The analyst owns forecast inputs from partner areas to the company-wide forecast, monthly variance reporting, monthly headcount cost reconciliation with People Ops, and partner reporting and dashboards built on the Datarails platform.

The role owns monthly forecast and budget-to-actual inputs for assigned partner areas and develops those areas’ inputs to the company-wide forecast and annual plan. It also tracks actuals against plan, identifies variances, and supports root-cause conversations with partners. The analyst prepares analyses and talking points for leadership and supports board and investor materials as needed.

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and develops defense products powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™). The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London. It has more than 500 employees across five global offices. The position is identified as onsite in the posting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related analytical role supporting forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Comfort with AI tools and identifying ways to automate manual work.
• Familiarity with finance systems, such as an ERP (e.g., NetSuite) and an FP&A planning tool (e.g., Datarails).
• Ability to work independently and carry projects forward with minimal direction.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, changing environment and managing multiple priorities.
• Exceptional business-partnering and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Aerospace, defense, or hardware/manufacturing finance experience.
• Familiarity with Foundry or similar data platforms.
• Exposure to international or multi-region financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional leaders on budget ownership, headcount and vendor-spend decisions, and resource tradeoffs.
• Translate current and past financial and operational data into clear recommendations for functional leaders.
• Build and maintain recurring analyses for assigned partner areas.
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline manual workflows and improve reporting accuracy.
• Own monthly forecast and budget-to-actual inputs for assigned partner areas.
• Develop partner-area inputs to the company-wide forecast and annual plan.
• Track actuals against plan, identify variances, and lead root-cause conversations with partners.
• Prepare analyses and talking points for leadership, and support board and investor materials as needed.
• Reconcile monthly headcount costs with People Ops.
• Build partner reporting and dashboards on the Datarails platform.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid for by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay.
• Flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA).
• Life insurance.
• Free daily lunch while working onsite and a fully stocked kitchen.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Casual dress code.
• Pre-IPO stock option grants.
• Relocation assistance.
• Annual bonuses are described as coming soon.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level