Senior Director, Hivemind Finance

About the role

Shield AI, a venture-backed defense-tech company, is looking for a Senior Director of Hivemind Program Finance to lead the finance activities of its Hivemind program in support of project execution. The role reports to the Vice President of Finance, Program Finance Aircraft & Product and sits within the program finance leadership team. It is a high-visibility position in a fast-paced environment, with the expectation of partnering with engineering, operations and product leaders to deliver financial intelligence.

Key responsibilities

• Advise Hivemind Program Management leadership on all financial matters and build collaborative relationships so all parties succeed financially.
• Partner with the Hivemind VPGM and leadership team as a collaborative thought leader.
• Mature the processes, policies, templates and tools used in program finance.
• Establish methods of execution that enable sustainable growth through continuous improvement.
• Lead cross-functional improvements that contribute to the success of the broader finance organization (Accounting, Operations Finance, FP&A).
• Strengthen the framework so programs achieve Orders, Revenue, EBITDA and Cash goals.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree with 10-15 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, corporate finance, program business management or FP&A.
• 8+ years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry.
• Located in the DC area (Crystal City, Arlington, VA).

Required skills

• Financial Planning & Analysis, program controls, pricing, earned value management, budgets and rates, ERP transformations, accounting, FAR compliance.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, cost accounting and government contract structures (T&M, CPFF, FFP).
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling, data analysis, Power BI and data visualization.
• Ability to present complex financial data to non-financial stakeholders.

Preferred: experience in a rapidly growing company or after M&A, support of manufacturing or software businesses, non-conventional USG procurement modeling, MBA or related master's degree, exposure to Microsoft Fabric, Power Query, DAX, ERP systems such as Costpoint and planning tools such as Anaplan.