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Job Description

 

Summary

Reporting to finance leadership, the Financial Analyst supports the pre- and post-close financial integration of acquired businesses into corporate and segment systems, processes, controls, and reporting routines. This role serves as a hands-on analyst across Finance while partnering with Accounting, FP&A, Program Finance, Operations, Contracts, HR, and IT to help ensure acquired businesses transition smoothly into enterprise standards without disrupting close, reporting, or day-to-day operations.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting skills with organization, cross-functional coordination, and process discipline. This position helps translate integration requirements into practical analyses, trackers, documentation, and follow-through that support scalable, audit-ready ways of working.

Primary Success Factors

• Integration Execution - Finance integration activities, milestones, and follow-up actions are tracked accurately and completed on time with minimal disruption to operations.
• Financial Analysis and Reporting - Integration-related analysis, variance reporting, budgets, forecasts, and status updates are timely, accurate, and decision-useful.
• Process Documentation and Controls – Prepare procedures, desktop instructions, and supporting control documentation and make sure they are complete, current, and aligned to corporate standards.
• Cross-Functional Partnership - Strong collaboration across finance and business teams helps resolve issues, maintain momentum, and support effective change adoption.
• Continuous Improvement - Lessons learned are captured and converted into stronger templates, trackers, reporting tools, and repeatable integration practices.

Position Responsibilities

• Support the finance integration workstream for acquired businesses by maintaining plans, trackers, issue logs, and status reporting across close, reporting, controls, policies, and systems.
• Assist with preparing financial analysis, budgets, forecasts, and reporting in support of acquisition integration, business planning, and management decision making.
• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Program Finance, Tax, Treasury, Contracts, HR, IT, and Operations to coordinate integration activities, dependencies, and required deliverables.
• Assist with transitioning acquired entities into corporate ERP, consolidation, planning, and reporting environments, including data gathering, mapping support, cutover preparation, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Review, analyze, and interpret financial and operating data to develop observations, preliminary recommendations, and variance explanations for management.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc presentations, monthly reporting packages, metrics, and management updates related to integration progress, open items, financial risks, and key decisions.
• Document finance processes, standard operating procedures, desktop instructions, templates, and roles and responsibilities for newly integrated businesses and related finance activities.
• Assess acquired-business processes and controls, identify gaps relative to corporate standards, and support remediation actions through closure.
• Support month-end close and audit readiness activities by organizing documentation, responding to information requests, and coordinating process or control evidence across stakeholders.
• Help standardize finance methodologies, templates, trackers, and reporting tools to improve consistency, scalability, and training effectiveness across future integrations.
• Facilitate working sessions, process walkthroughs, and follow-up actions to support issue resolution, change adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of finance operations, compliance, and acquisition integration priorities.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 2 - 5 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, FP&A, program finance, accounting, project controls, or related business functions.
• Experience preparing financial analysis, budgets, forecasts, reconciliations, or reporting packages that support management decision making.
• Experience with ERP and financial reporting or planning systems such as Oracle, Hyperion, SAP, Costpoint, Unanet, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, and work effectively in a fast-paced team environment.

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions integration, finance transformation, system implementations, or other cross-functional change initiatives preferred.
• Experience in FP&A, government contracting, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, or another highly regulated environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of internal controls, audit support, FAR, DFARS, CAS, or related compliance requirements preferred, as applicable to the business.
• Experience using Oracle EBS, Hyperion, or related Oracle finance applications preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to compile, analyze, interpret, and present financial information clearly to multiple levels of management.
• Process-oriented mindset with the ability to turn requirements into practical documentation, trackers, and repeatable workflows.
• Collaborative, proactive approach with strong ownership of assigned work products and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office or hybrid environment and use standard office equipment on a regular basis.
• Required to sit and stand for extended periods and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel periodically to acquired business sites, corporate offices, or integration workshops as needed.
• U.S. person status may be required for access to export-controlled information or government-related programs, depending on business need.

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The salary range for this role is:

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits:  AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.  For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit:  http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply.  NO agencies please.

About AV:

AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.

We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.

Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian—but we’re not building history, we’re building what’s next.

If you're ready to build technology that matters—with speed, scale, and purpose—there’s no better place to do it than AV.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

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