Manager, Program Finance – Hardware Products

CHAOS Industries•El Segundo, CA

About The Position

CHAOS Industries is seeking a highly analytical and proactive Manager of Program Finance to own unit economics and product-level P&Ls across its hardware product lines. The role works across Program Management, Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, and Engineering, translating production and cost data into revenue, cost, and margin analysis that supports program decisions, pricing, and proposals. The position forecasts hardware bookings and revenue, builds and maintains product unit-economic models, monitors manufacturing costs and inventory, and develops financial models for pricing, proposals, sustainment, software revenue, sourcing, and capital equipment decisions. It also owns product-level P&L reporting and analysis of monthly and quarterly financial results for Finance and Operations leadership. CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022, has raised $1 billion in funding, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London. The company has more than 500 employees across five global offices. The stated base salary range is $140,000–$180,000, excluding bonus, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of corporate finance, financial planning, consulting, or analytical experience, ideally in a manufacturing or technology environment.
Working knowledge of standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory accounting.
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, including the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
High integrity, strong attention to detail, and commitment to operational excellence.
Advanced Excel modeling skills.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree in a finance-related discipline.
Background in manufacturing, hardware, or technology-driven production environments.
Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, and/or Datarails.

Responsibilities

Partner with program managers and the growth team to forecast hardware bookings and revenue, applying unit costs to forecast margins.
Build and maintain unit-economic models for each product line, including pricing, bills of materials, labor, overhead, and yield or scrap.
Monitor manufacturing operations to ensure production can fulfill demand; understand cost structure and production variances; and manage raw-material, work-in-process, and finished-goods inventory levels.
Partner with Mission Ops and Engineering to estimate the cost of maintaining fielded units and maintain pricing models for sustainment and software revenue.
Build financial models that support pricing and proposal efforts using defensible, auditable cost data.
Support make-or-buy, sourcing, and capital-equipment decisions with cost-benefit analysis.
Own product-level P&L reporting to Finance and Operations leadership, leading analysis of monthly and quarterly results, including variance explanations and financial performance trends.