Sr. Finance Manager

About Array Labs

Array Labs builds advanced radar systems to help humanity understand and respond to changes across the physical world. 

We’re launching a coordinated fleet of radar satellites to create a high-resolution 3D map of the Earth – updated in real time – enabling faster, smarter decision-making for government and commercial organizations supporting disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical geopolitical intelligence. 

We design and build our satellites end-to-end, producing the world’s most advanced earth observation satellites. Our fleet will deliver unprecedented levels of accuracy, coverage, and responsiveness to power critical insights precisely where they’re needed most.

About the Job

Array Labs is looking for our first Finance hire to help us build and run the function from the ground up. You'll be responsible for the model, reporting, and planning cadence the company needs to scale, without creating unnecessary overhead for the team. You'll sit at the intersection of financial planning and strategic analysis, building a financial operating model that connects contracts, programs, manufacturing, and commercial plans into one clear view of revenue, margin, and cash. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role reporting to the COO.

Responsibilities

• Own the company financial model, connecting signed contracts, pipeline, program schedules, production, headcount, procurement commitments, capital expenditures, and operating expenses into a clear picture of revenue, margin, cash, and runway.

• Translate contracts and pipeline into revenue, billing, and cash schedules, with consistent definitions for bookings, funded backlog, revenue, billings, and cash—rather than a single revenue line.

• Build lightweight FP&A processes optimized for low organizational burden, including reporting cadences and variance analysis.

• Design budget guardrails that let teams spend within plan without routine approval, while routing new headcount and material commitments to appropriate review.

• Prepare financial materials and diligence responses in support of fundraising and investor relations

• Build lightweight FP&A processes, including reporting cadences, variance analysis, and KPI tracking, optimizing for low organizational burden

• Track actuals against forecast and surface variances with clear recommendations

• Partner with the CEO and COO on resource allocation and strategic financial decisions

• Serve as the primary liaison to external accountants, owning the financial outputs

• Manage government contract invoicing

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years in finance, including at least 3 in an operating FP&A, business-finance, or program-finance role, with time at an early-stage startup (Series A, B, or C)

• Experience building a finance function, model, and/or reporting system from little to no existing structure.

• Comfortable operating without a defined playbook in a fast-moving environment

• Strong communicator; able to translate complex financial concepts and jargon for non-finance audiences

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Background in aerospace, defense, hardware, or deep tech

• Familiarity with government contracting revenue or cost structures, including milestone-based or fixed-price mechanics

• Familiarity with costed bills of materials, inventory, long-lead procurement, or program cost-at-completion.

• Experience supporting or leading an early stage company fundraise, including preparing investor materials and financial diligence