Strategic Finance Manager

Job description

**About Array Labs** Array Labs builds advanced radar systems to help humanity understand and respond to changes across the physical world. We’re launching a coordinated fleet of radar satellites to create a high-resolution 3D map of the Earth – updated in real time – enabling faster, smarter decision-making for government and commercial organizations supporting disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical geopolitical intelligence. We design and build our satellites end-to-end, producing the world’s most advanced earth observation satellites. Our fleet will deliver unprecedented levels of accuracy, coverage, and responsiveness to power critical insights precisely where they’re needed most. **About the Job** Array Labs is looking for our first Finance hire to help us build and run the function from the ground up. You'll be responsible for the model, reporting, and planning cadence the company needs to scale, without creating unnecessary overhead for the team. You'll sit at the intersection of financial planning and strategic analysis, building a financial operating model that connects contracts, programs, manufacturing, and commercial plans into one clear view of revenue, margin, and cash. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role reporting to the COO. **Responsibilities** - Own the company financial model, connecting signed contracts, pipeline, program schedules, production, headcount, procurement commitments, capital expenditures, and operating expenses into a clear picture of revenue, margin, cash, and runway. - Translate contracts and pipeline into revenue, billing, and cash schedules, with consistent definitions for bookings, funded backlog, revenue, billings, and cash—rather than a single revenue line. - Build lightweight FP&A processes optimized for low organizational burden, including reporting cadences and variance analysis. - Design budget guardrails that let teams spend within plan without routine approval, while routing new headcount and material commitments to appropriate review. - Prepare financial materials and diligence responses in support of fundraising and investor relations - Build lightweight FP&A processes, including reporting cadences, variance analysis, and KPI tracking, optimizing for low organizational burden - Track actuals against forecast and surface variances with clear recommendations - Partner with the CEO and COO on resource allocation and strategic financial decisions - Serve as the primary liaison to external accountants, owning the financial outputs - Manage government contract invoicing **Basic Qualifications** - 7+ years in finance, including at least 3 in an operating FP&A, business-finance, or program-finance role, with time at an early-stage startup (Series A, B, or C) - Experience building a finance function, model, and/or reporting system from little to no existing structure. - Comfortable operating without a defined playbook in a fast-moving environment - Strong communicator; able to translate complex financial concepts and jargon for non-finance audiences **Preferred Skills & Experience** - Background in aerospace, defense, hardware, or deep tech - Familiarity with government contracting revenue or cost structures, including milestone-based or fixed-price mechanics - Familiarity with costed bills of materials, inventory, long-lead procurement, or program cost-at-completion. - Experience supporting or leading an early stage company fundraise, including preparing investor materials and financial diligence **Compensation & Benefits** Our hiring and compensation strategy is simple: find uncommonly good people and pay them uncommonly well. We offer high flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation. Final candidates can choose from three compensation mixes: low, medium, or high equity. Equity is a significant component of total compensation, and we aim to provide meaningful ownership for this role. Full-time employees also enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, a 401(k) with company match, commuter benefits, and more. **Interview Process** We will conduct interviews via Google Meet with the potential for an onsite visit; the typical process takes around 3-5 weeks to complete from start to finish. **Why Join Array** At Array Labs, deep technical expertise meets relentless impact. We prioritize curiosity over hierarchy and bold engineering over incremental gains. Our world-class team across hardware engineering, software, and aerospace works collaboratively to push boundaries and move fast. Our values: 1. Build What Matters: Create technology that serves customers and advances humanity 2. Innovate Together: Stay curious, collaborate openly, push boundaries as one team 3. Employee Centric: Put our people first with a culture of trust, respect, and opportunity 4. Join industry-leading experts to deliver unprecedented insights about our planet and build the future of Earth observation. **ITAR Requirements** To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. **Equal Opportunity Employer** Array Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of merit, competence, and job qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by gender, color, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender identity, veteran status, disability status, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know.