Senior Finance Manager

Saronic Technologies•Austin, TX

About The Position

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to serve as the finance lead for its shipbuilding products. The role owns the full product P&L and the economics of moving early-stage IRAD investments into funded programs. The manager will build financial models, operating cadence, controls, and reporting for the products, and act as a trusted financial advisor to leadership with a strong understanding of the product portfolio. This is a builder role in a fast-growing company. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with limited structure, establishing processes from scratch, and owning decisions end to end, from business case through program execution. The position also leads and scales the finance team supporting the product, establishes standards for financial analysis and communication, and develops the systems and processes needed in partnership with Finance Operations and Accounting. The role requires 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including full P&L ownership, people leadership, defense or government contracting fluency, program finance depth, hardware or manufacturing finance experience, and a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. The job description lists prolonged desk and computer work, occasional standing and walking, office-equipment use, visual work, occasional reaching or bending, and occasional lifting of items up to 20 pounds. If based in the United States, the role requires access to export-controlled information or items and U.S. Person status.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive finance experience, including 3+ years owning a full P&L for a business unit, product line, or program portfolio.
Experience hiring, developing, and managing finance professionals, with the ability to build and lead a finance team as the business scales.
Hands-on experience taking IRAD or internally funded development through to funded contracts or programs.
Proven experience serving as financial advisor to a GM, business unit leader, or program executive.
Defense or government contracting fluency, including FAR/DFARS, Cost Accounting Standards, indirect rate structures, cost-plus versus fixed-price versus OTA economics, and audit readiness.
Program finance experience with EAC, earned value, milestone and progress billing, and multi-year cash forecasting for long-cycle hardware.
Hardware or manufacturing finance experience.
Strong financial modeling skills, including the ability to build models and present them to executives and customers.
Ability to think structurally, operate amid ambiguity, build processes from scratch, and prioritize in a fast-moving environment.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
If the role is based in the United States, U.S. Person status is required for access to export-controlled information or items.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a defense technology startup or scale-up, building finance processes from scratch and working without a mature back office.
Exposure to Other Transaction Authority (OTA) and rapid-prototyping contract vehicles.
Familiarity with ERP and planning tools such as NetSuite and Foundry.

Responsibilities

Own the full P&L for shipbuilding defense technology product lines, including revenue, cost of sales, IRAD spend, overhead allocation, contribution margin, and cash.
Own product-line forecasting and annual and long-range planning, and explain performance against plans.
Build and maintain the KPI set and monthly operating review used by leadership.
Build business cases for IRAD efforts, covering required investment, path to a funded program, win probability, expected margin, and payback.
Track IRAD spending against technical milestones and make recommendations to leadership.
Partner with Engineering and Program Management to define funding gates and financial milestones for moving IRAD efforts into funded programs.
Serve as senior finance partner to product-line leaders and represent the product in corporate planning, capital allocation, and board-level reporting.
Analyze and advise on make-versus-buy decisions, capacity and capital investment, hiring pace, and bid/no-bid decisions.
Translate program execution and portfolio performance into clear recommendations for leadership.
Establish and own estimate-at-completion reviews, earned value, and milestone and progress billing on funded programs.
Own program risk and opportunity tracking and the resulting margin analysis.
Own program cost baselines and change control, including award budgets, re-baselines, scope changes, and current, defensible estimates to complete.
Own product capital planning for tooling, facilities, and test assets, and support capital requests with finance leadership.
Manage working capital on long-cycle builds with manufacturing finance, progress-payment timing, and cash forecasting.
Partner with Accounting on program setup, rate structures, and cost allocation.
Hire, develop, and lead the finance team supporting the product as the business scales.
Set standards for analysis, forecasting, and financial communication across the team and broader product organization.
Build the required systems, processes, and reporting in partnership with Finance Operations and Accounting.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical insurance; Saronic pays 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums.
Dental and vision insurance; Saronic pays 100% of the basic-plan premium for employees and 80% for dependents.
Generous paid time off and holidays.
Paid maternity and paternity leave.
Competitive salary with opportunities for performance-based bonuses.
401(k) plan with company match.
Stock options.
Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
Discounted pet insurance options, including a 24/7 telehealth helpline.
Free lunch benefit and unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office.