FP&A Senior Analyst / Senior Analyst Estimating & Pricing

YOUR MISSION 

True Anomaly's Finance team is seeking a sharp analytically driven FP&A Senior Analyst / Analyst with a focus on estimating and pricing to support our growing portfolio of spacecraft software and payloads. This is a high-impact high-visibility role embedded at the intersection of business development program management and finance where your work directly shapes how we compete for and win critical space superiority contracts. 

As an FP&A analyst you'll partner cross-functionally on both how we win new business (proposal cost builds pricing strategy) and how we run the business (forecasting variance analysis and financial reporting) across a mix of government contract types and emerging commercial opportunities.  

What You'll Do 

• Build and maintain cost estimates and pricing models for government proposals across fixed-price cost-plus and T&M contract structures incorporating labor materials subcontractors and indirect rates 

• Develop and refine wrap rate and indirect rate structures (fringe overhead G&A) to support competitive and compliant pricing 

• Partner with business development and program managers to craft pricing strategies that balance competitiveness with financial sustainability across hardware (spacecraft payloads) and software (AI/SaaS) offerings 

• Support cost and price analyses to inform bid strategy and internal resource planning 

• Assist in building and maintaining financial models for new and existing programs and products including revenue forecasting cash flow projections and scenario analysis 

• Key contributor to FP&A planning cycles including annual budgeting quarterly forecasts and variance analysis at the program and business unit level 

• Support preparation of each enterprise- and program-level financial reporting for internal leadership and external stakeholders 

• Partner cross-functionally with program finance program managers and operations to provide forward-looking insights on contract performance and pipeline conversion 

• Help develop pricing frameworks for software and service offerings including recurring revenue licensing and usage-based models where applicable 

• Leverage and help improve FP&A tools and data pipelines to increase the speed and accuracy of estimates and financial models 

Required Qualifications 

• 2–4 years of experience in FP&A cost estimating pricing or program finance within the U.S. defense aerospace & defense or government contracting sector 

• Strong financial modeling skills in Excel; comfortable working with large complex datasets 

• Proficiency in indirect rate structures and wrap rate development including fringe overhead and G&A 

• Hands-on experience building cost estimates and price-to-win models for government proposals 

• Understanding of government contract structures: cost-plus (CPFF CPIF) firm fixed price (FFP) and time & materials (T&M) 

• Ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Working knowledge of FAR/DFARS and the financial implications of compliance in cost estimating and pricing 

• Experience pricing or modeling hardware + software hybrid programs (e.g. a platform with an embedded software/AI component) 

• Familiarity with ASC 606 revenue recognition and its application to both government contracts and software/SaaS models 

• Exposure to SaaS licensing or usage-based revenue models in a defense or dual-use technology context 

• Familiarity with DCAA audit requirements and cost accounting standards (CAS) 

• Experience at an early-stage or growth-stage defense technology company 

• Curiosity about and openness to AI-enabled tools that improve financial modeling estimating or reporting workflows 

COMPENSATION 

• Base Salary: 
  • $115000-$165000

• Equity + Benefits including Health Dental Vision HRA/HSA options PTO and paid holidays 401K Parental Leave  

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills education location and experience.  

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS 

• Work Location— We observe a hybrid work environment and expect four days per week in office at the Company’s Denver CO Headquarters or Long Beach CA hub 

• Work environment—The work environment; temperature noise level inside or outside or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job. 

• Physical demands—The physical demands of the job include bending sitting lifting and driving. 

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application please follow the directions below.  

What We Do

Space was once the quietest place in the universe. Now it's crowded contested and confrontational.  We are True Anomaly: the only defense company focused exclusively on space defense. Founded in 2022 by ex-U.S. Space Force members True Anomaly designs and builds advanced systems for space superiority: agile and powerful spacecraft platforms mission software engineered for unmatched command and control and payloads tailored for precision sensing and effects.    True Anomaly is headquartered in Centennial CO with regional offices in Colorado Springs CO Long Beach CA and Washington D.C.  We are hiring and seeking exceptional talent to join True Anomaly from any technical industry or background to bring unique talents perspective and solutions. If you embrace complexity lead instead of follow showcase integrity over ego take ownership for outcomes and measure success by impact we want to hear from you.

Why Work With Us

True Anomaly exists to enable a secure stable and sustainable space environment for the US its allies and partners. We design and build spacecraft and software solutions for space superiority. If you are ready to contribute to the future of space defense we’d love to hear from you.

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