FP&A Director

Description

• Design and deliver monthly reporting packages that answer key operational questions and drive strategic insights
• Build consistent and timely departmental P&L views with variance analysis and trend identification
• Create program-level financial views that track prototype development, production units, and overhead
• Develop month‑over‑month and year‑to‑date trend analysis across all business units
• Translate complex financial results into clear narratives for leadership and the Board
• Support quarterly board materials and investor updates
• Support regular reporting across treasury yields and cash management strategy
• Deliver monthly budget vs. actual variance reporting with actionable insights for internal and external stakeholders
• Lead monthly rolling forecast process to update outlook based on current business trajectory
• Support annual budget process including bottoms‑up planning and scenario modeling
• Create self‑service dashboards that enable department heads to monitor their performance
• Conduct sensitivity analysis on key business drivers and help leadership understand trade‑offs
• Support strategic decision‑making around hiring pace, capital deployment, and investment priorities
• Evaluate make‑vs‑buy decisions and provide financial perspective on build‑out plans
• Marry schedule progress with spend on long‑lead procurement to assess schedule risks
• Develop unit economics models for microreactor products, tracking cost evolution from prototype through commercial production
• Define and track key performance indicators across engineering, operations, and G&A functions
• Build KPI dashboards with weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting cadence
• Partner with operations to track metrics that connect financial performance to operational execution
• Partner with supply chain and operations on procurement planning and spend analysis
• Work with engineering leads to understand program timelines and resource requirements
• Collaborate with accounting to ensure data quality and alignment on reporting
• Support HR on headcount planning and organizational design decisions

Requirements

• 8+ years finance experience, with 4+ years in FP&A or strategic finance roles
• Demonstrated experience building FP&A infrastructure from scratch
• Experience at a high‑growth company navigating significant scale and complexity
• Strong financial modeling skills; comfortable working with ambiguity and imperfect data
• Track record of cross‑functional partnership, particularly with operations and technical teams
• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate financial concepts for non‑finance audiences
• Hardware, manufacturing, or aerospace/defense industry background
• SQL or BI tool proficiency (Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
• Experience building or leading a team
• Builder mentality: creates from scratch rather than waiting for perfect systems
• Strategic thinking: sees beyond the numbers to understand business implications
• Operational mindset: understands that finance should enable faster, better decisions
• Technical credibility: can earn trust with engineers and operations leaders
• Comfortable with ambiguity: thrives in early‑stage environments where playbooks don't exist
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish the mission
• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo headquarters

Benefits

The compensation package includes a base salary, substantial equity grants, and a comprehensive benefits suite. Radiant provides extensive medical, vision, dental, and life coverage, a 401(k)‑style plan, paid parental leave, daily catered meals, flexible PTO, and a remote workday allocation. Employees enjoy a vibrant headquarters near the Pacific Ocean, team‑bonding events, and a culture that values builder mentality and strategic thinking.

• Substantial incentive stock plan for all full‑time employees
• 100% premium coverage for base Silver level medical plan (employee) and 50% for dependents; Platinum plans available
• Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and dependents
• 100% premium coverage for top‑tier vision plan; 50% for dependents
• 100% premium coverage for top‑tier dental plan (including orthodontia); 50% for dependents
• Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA benefits (employee‑contributed)
• 8 weeks paid parental leave for all parents; additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees
• Daily catered lunch, free snacks and drinks
• Flexible PTO policy and remote workday allocation
• Company and team‑bonding events, happy hours, in‑person camaraderie
• Beautiful El Segundo headquarters close to the Pacific Ocean

Training + Development

Interview process

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Security clearance