Manager, Manufacturing Finance

True Anomaly • Long Beach, CA

9d • $130,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Senior Manager of Manufacturing Finance at True Anomaly, you will build and own the financial foundation for how we produce spacecraft and payloads at scale. This is a greenfield opportunity to establish the manufacturing finance function from the ground up, before production volumes ramp, and serve as a true thought partner to the business on the cost, capital, and operational decisions that will define how True Anomaly manufactures. You will start as an individual contributor and build a team around you as the function grows.

Requirements

• 8-12 years of finance experience with significant ownership of manufacturing, production, or operations finance
• Demonstrated experience building financial infrastructure for manufacturing or production operations, processes, tools, and cost frameworks
• Strong understanding of manufacturing cost structures including overhead rates, bill of materials, production variances, and capital expenditure planning
• Experience partnering closely with supply chain and procurement on financial governance and purchasing controls
• Familiarity with facility finance, capital planning, and the financial mechanics of scaling a production environment
• Strong FP&A foundation: bottoms-up forecasting, long-range planning, and variance analysis in an operations context
• Ability to serve as a credible, direct thought partner to operational leaders; comfortable having hard conversations with the business
• Aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing experience strongly preferred
• Experience at a high-growth or early-stage company a plus
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in a manufacturing finance role, ideally in a scaling production environment
• Working knowledge of standard costing, inventory valuation, and ERP cost accounting
• Experience managing finance analyst
• Familiarity with government contract cost accounting (FAR/CAS) and program based reporting
• Experience partnering with accounting on month end close, COGS, and inventory reserves
• Strong excel modeling skills with BI tools a plus

Responsibilities

• Own the financial planning, forecasting, and cost structure for all production operations including manufacturing overhead rates, facilities, capital expenditures, procurement, and manufactured and actual bill of materials, translating long-range plans into bottoms-up forecasts that reflect true manufacturing economics
• Serve as the primary finance partner to manufacturing, supply chain, and facilities leadership providing financial counsel, challenging assumptions, and ensuring business decisions are grounded in cost reality
• Establish the processes, tools, and governance frameworks that underpin manufacturing finance at True Anomaly including procurement oversight, capital spend controls, and production cost tracking
• Partner with Supply Chain on purchasing process and financial governance, ensuring high-value procurement decisions are made with appropriate financial rigor and visibility
• Develop and manage manufacturing overhead rate structures, ensuring accuracy and compliance with cost accounting standards
• Partner with FP&A and Program Finance to ensure alignment between production economics and enterprise financial planning
• Build and lead a team of manufacturing finance professionals as production volumes and organizational complexity grow
• Support pricing and proposal efforts by providing accurate and defensible production cost inputs for new business
• Lead financial analysis supporting vertical integration decisions, including build vs. buy trade studies, ROI modeling, and investment justification for in-house manufacturing capabilities
• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain on capacity and supply-demand planning, providing financial modeling and analysis to support production throughput decisions and resource allocation

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, with HSA/HRA options
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) for exempt employees, accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays
• Parental Leave
• Sick Leave
• Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees
• 401(k) retirement plan
• fitness reimbursement
• Dog Fridays
• Equity is included as part of our total compensation package, giving you an opportunity to share in the company’s success.

What This Job Offers

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