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# Finance Manager at Furientis

- **Company:** Furientis
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/furientis/63141c27-0d4b-4800-93f0-0cad4ed6daf0

## Job description

America is critically deficient in production of defensive munitions- we currently produce shipborne interceptors in the few hundreds per year while our adversaries are producing offensive threats in the tens of thousands per year. Furientis was started to help solve this problem- introducing a new class of cost-effective, high production rate, interceptor missiles. We're seeking motivated individuals who internalize this problem and are eager to apply their past experience in similar industries (aerospace, defense, automotive/racing, robotics) and out of the box thinking to solve this problem for the US and its allies.

## About the Role

We are looking for a Finance Manager to be a hands-on financial partner to our engineers and senior leadership. You will own budgeting, forecasting, P&L management, capital planning, and financial analysis while building many of these capabilities from the ground up.

This is not a role where you inherit a finished FP&A machine. Some data will be messy, processes will be manual, and the right model or dashboard may not exist yet. You will need to figure out what the business needs, build it, and continuously improve it as the company grows.

You should be equally comfortable building a model yourself, challenging an investment decision, and creating a lightweight process where none existed before.

## What You'll Do

- Serve as the finance lead and strategic partner to engineers and senior leaders.
- Build and own the company's core budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes as the organization scales.
- Own financial models for P&L, headcount, operating expenses, capital investments, and long-range planning.
- Develop the KPIs, dashboards, and reporting leadership needs to understand business performance and make decisions.
- Lead capital planning and help evaluate major investments across facilities, equipment, infrastructure, and other company priorities.
- Turn incomplete or messy financial and operational data into useful analysis, identifying what matters rather than waiting for perfect information.
- Build business cases and help leadership make trade-offs across hiring, capital, operating spend, and strategic investments.
- Partner across engineering, operations, supply chain, facilities, and program management to understand cost drivers and improve financial performance.
- Build and improve finance systems, tools, and processes with an emphasis on automation, accuracy, and keeping the organization lightweight.
- Produce clear financial analysis and recommendations for executive leadership.

## Skills We're Hiring For

- B.A. or B.S. in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of FP&A, strategic finance, business finance, or related experience.
- Strong financial modeling skills and experience owning budgeting, forecasting, P&L analysis, and financial planning.
- Experience evaluating capital investments or managing capital planning is strongly preferred.
- Comfortable operating in a startup or similarly fast-moving environment where processes are incomplete and priorities change quickly.
- A builder's mindset. You can identify what is missing, create a practical first version, and improve it rather than waiting for perfect requirements.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to turn financial analysis into clear recommendations.
- Able to communicate effectively with executives as well as engineering, operations, and other non-finance teams.
- Highly analytical, resourceful, and comfortable working independently with imperfect information.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with financial planning, ERP, or business intelligence tools.

Bonus Points For

- Experience in aerospace and defense, manufacturing, technology, or another operationally complex startup environment.
- Experience building or scaling an FP&A or business finance function.
- Experience with facilities, infrastructure, or significant capital investment planning.
- Experience in a U.S. Government contracting environment, including familiarity with FAR and CAS.
- MBA, CPA, or advanced finance or accounting degree.
- Experience with Anaplan, NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, or similar systems.
- Experience introducing automation, AI, or modern data tooling into finance workflows.

Eligibility & Logistics Location: On-site at our Los Angeles, CA HQ; remote work is not available. Monthly weekend travel for test events and supplier engagements. Clearance: A clearance is not required for this position. Must be a U.S. Person. Equal Opportunity & Export Compliance Furientis is an equal-opportunity employer. To comply with U.S. export control laws, employment is contingent on eligibility to access export-controlled information.

## About Furientis

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Furientis is a defense technology startup building low-cost, production-scalable interceptor missile systems for the U.S. military.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-seed)
- **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, USA (operates out of a facility in Playa Vista, Los Angeles)
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Brody Franzen (CEO) and Aris Simsarian

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Aerospace & Defense / Defense Technology
- **Target customers**: U.S. military and defense organizations, particularly naval and ship-based interceptor procurement buyers
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We believe the future of warfare is dictated by production capacity, and our current system of manufacturing critical defensive munitions cannot meet demand." The company aims to build cost-effective defensive munitions at scale.

## Products & Services
- **F 1.0 Interceptor Missile System**: A low-cost interceptor missile architected for an annual production volume of 1,000 units per factory. Designed to counter low-cost threats (drones, cruise missiles) that are expensive to stop with legacy systems. Uses automotive-style materials and assembly processes, commercial off-the-shelf components, and in-house solid rocket motors to achieve a cost of ~$250,000 per missile versus the $1–$5 million normally spent per interceptor.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (Private, early-stage)
- **Key Metric**: $5M total funding raised (Pre-Seed round, announced May 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Silent Ventures (lead), Bessemer Venture Partners, Multiball Capital, SV Angel, Humba Ventures, BVVC, Liquid 2 Ventures, MVP Ventures, Channel 39 Ventures, Vanderbilt University, Gaingels. Angel investors include founders of Anduril, Armada, and Erebor.
- **Growth Signals**: Emerging from stealth with $5M pre-seed; completed six flight tests and ten static-fire tests within its first six months; named a finalist in the Office of Naval Research Tactical Missile Innovation Challenge; actively hiring with 4+ open roles; projected "significant demonstrations" later in 2026.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Design for manufacturing from day one**: Unlike legacy primes that spend a year on modeling before building hardware, Furientis runs four-week design cycles with monthly flight tests—a "build fast, test often" approach.
- **In-house solid rocket motor production**: Most primes outsource this critical component, creating supply chain bottlenecks. Furientis makes its own, giving it control over the most constrained piece of the supply chain.
- **Cost advantage**: Target price is ~$250,000 per missile vs. $1M–$5M for incumbent systems from primes like Lockheed Martin, enabled by automotive-style materials, off-the-shelf components, and simplified assembly.
- **Production scalability**: Designed from scratch for a throughput of 1,000 units per year per factory, addressing the core national security bottleneck of ammunition production capacity.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale production**: Move from prototype flight testing to initial production tooling and build-out of a 9,000-square-foot Los Angeles factory.
- **Team expansion**: Actively hiring elite engineers across opto-mechanical, perception hardware, and finance roles to accelerate development.
- **Demonstrate to the Navy**: Use ongoing flight tests and the ONR challenge to secure a production contract with the U.S. Navy.
- **Prove the thesis**: Continue monthly flight tests to validate the cost and performance of its interceptor system.

## Why Work Here
- **High-impact mission**: Work directly on solving a critical U.S. national security shortage—the ability to produce defensive munitions at the volumes needed to counter modern threats.
- **Fast-paced engineering culture**: Four-week design cycles, monthly flight tests, and a "build and break things" mentality that contrasts with slow, traditional defense primes.
- **Elite team and mentorship**: Leadership includes veterans of Virgin Galactic, Virgin Orbit, and Castelion (a hypersonics startup that raised $350M). Advisors/investors include founders of Anduril and Armada—among the most successful modern defense startups.
- **On-site in Los Angeles**: Roles are on-site in the Playa Vista / El Segundo area. The office is notably located in Lenny Kravitz’s former studio.
- **Early-stage equity**: Joining at pre-seed stage ($5M raised) provides significant ownership potential for early engineers alongside a small, tight-knit team (11-50 employees).
- **Active hiring**: As of mid-2026, open roles include Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer, Perception Hardware Integration Engineer, and Finance Manager.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/furientis)
2. [Fortune (Exclusive launch article)](https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/furientis-missiles-defense-anduril-military-drone-interceptors/)
3. [PitchBook](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/894465-28)
4. [Fusion42 Profile](https://scout.fusion-42.com/startups/ff72fe16-9489-4f67-ae18-a3c6dd66edd4)
5. [Clera](https://www.getclera.com/companies/furientis)

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