We’re hiring a Senior Manager, Corporate Finance to lead forecasting and Anaplan operations for Corporate FP&A and serve as the Finance Business Partner for all G&A functions. This is a high‑impact individual contributor role for someone who thrives in complex modeling, scalable process design, and cross‑functional partnership.
You will shape how we plan, forecast, and allocate resources for the teams that power the company’s growth.
What you'll do:
- Lead monthly forecasts, quarterly updates, and the annual planning cycle
- Build and maintain integrated three‑statement models for Corporate FP&A
- Translate headcount plans, operating initiatives, and investment decisions into financial impacts
- Support executive‑level reporting and Board materials
- Improve forecasting accuracy and the operating cadence across all G&A functions
- Serve as the Corporate Finance Anaplan owner—model builds, enhancements, and governance
- Replace manual work with scalable, automated workflows
- Partner with IT, Data, and Engineering to enhance financial data quality
- Help standardize processes across ERP, HRIS, procurement, and financial systems
- Support HR, IT, Legal, Finance, Facilities, and other G&A groups with planning and decision support
- Build capacity and headcount models in partnership with the People Team
- Support software procurement and vendor rationalization with the CIO organization
- Deliver insights that guide decisions—not just reports
Own Corporate Forecasting and Planning
Co‑Lead Anaplan and Financial Systems for Corporate FP&A
Be the Finance Partner to G&A
Required qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in Corporate Finance or FP&A
- Strong three‑statement modeling and forecasting skills
- Hands‑on Anaplan ownership or implementation experience
- Experience building scalable planning processes and systems
- Systems mindset with a focus on automation and simplification
- Proven ability to partner with senior leaders across functions
- Comfortable operating in fast‑paced, dynamic environments
- Experience writing clear business requirements for technical teams
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in aerospace, defense, robotics, hardware, or deep tech
- Familiarity with government contract structures and program accounting
- Experience supporting G&A and headcount‑driven planning
- Strong data fluency (dashboards, data models, integrations, unit economics)
Who you are:
- Mission‑driven and motivated by impact
- A systems thinker who builds for scale and durability
- Clear, calm, and structured under pressure
- A direct communicator who elevates decision‑making
- Automation‑oriented and constantly improving
- High integrity and comfortable with tradeoffs
Why it matters:
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in Corporate Finance or FP&A
- Strong three-statement modeling and forecasting skills
- Hands-on Anaplan ownership or implementation experience
- Experience building scalable planning processes and systems
- Systems mindset with focus on automation and simplification
- Proven ability to partner with senior leaders across functions
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Experience writing clear business requirements for technical teams
- Experience in aerospace, defense, robotics, hardware, or deep tech
- Familiarity with government contract structures and program accounting
- Experience supporting G&A and headcount-driven planning
- Strong data fluency (dashboards, data models, integrations, unit economics)
What the Team is Saying
Shield AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials describe excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside a mental‑health EAP. Site perks such as an onsite gym in DC and a gym discount in San Diego support a health‑focused offering.
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Retirement Support — Careers materials highlight a 401(k) with company match as part of the standard package. A Total Rewards overview emphasizes retirement features within a broader, transparent compensation view.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Compensation for in‑demand technical and senior go‑to‑market roles is described as competitive, with visible engineering ranges and top‑end packages. This points to meaningful upside tied to role, level, and scarce skills.
Shield AI Insights
What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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