Director of Finance

Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will work in a matrixed organization supporting the CFO and executive management teams. You'll work directly with the CFO to provide strategic, operational and transaction support, analysis, monitoring, management, and controls. This will include leading the timely production of strategic/operational plans. You must be able to thrive in a fast-paced and adaptive team environment that is developing innovative technology with an impact on broad industrial and commercial markets.

To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the FP&A function. Develop and standardize financial planning and analysis models and templates that can be utilized across the company. Ensure financial and business processes and controls are audit ready. Support CFO as needed in preparing monthly financial reporting for management and Board of Directors.
• Manage various finance-related processes such as the quote-to-cash cycle, treasury function, and AR & AP functions.
• Manage relationships with managed service provider (MSP) and other third-party vendor relationships, including contract negotiations, active review and analysis of budget/spend, facilitate new purchases and ensure effective utilization of existing products/services.
• Manage contract administration and other financial administration functions.
• Proven technical, quantitative and critical-thinking skills, high level of independent judgment, initiative and creativity to identify and clearly communicate strategic analyses and key performance drivers to senior management.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering or a technical field; an MBA is preferred.
• 8+ years of related experience, preferably in analytical finance roles such as corporate finance, investment banking, FP&A, or equity analysis.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, in-depth understanding of financial statements and the ability to build pro forma financial analyses for business planning, as well as various scenario and sensitivity analyses.
• Willingness to handle both highly strategic and tactical responsibilities.
• Strong ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams and develop strong working relationships across all levels of the company.
• Willingness to work on site in Irvine, CA.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.