--- title: 'Finance & Operations Manager at Neros Technologies' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/finance-operations-manager-neros-technologies-ukraine-83pf8eg8dqk3' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Finance & Operations Manager at Neros Technologies - **Company:** Neros Technologies - **Location:** Ukraine - **Posted:** 2026-09-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerostechnologies/jobs/5231676007 ## Job description ## Who we are Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment. As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years. ## What you will be doing As Finance & Operations Manager, you will own day-to-day finance operations and business administration for our Ukraine team. You will help ensure that payments, budgets, documentation, and recurring administrative processes run accurately, on time, and with clear visibility. This is a hands-on individual contributor role for someone comfortable owning processes end-to-end, working with external service providers, and bringing structure to a fast-growing environment. ## Responsibilities - Own day-to-day financial operations, including payment planning, payment coordination, and cash flow visibility - Track budgets, actual spending, and operating expenses, helping the team maintain financial control as the business grows - Monitor accounts payable and accounts receivable and ensure financial commitments are tracked and followed through - Coordinate with external accounting and administrative service providers on accounting, documentation, payroll, and related recurring processes - Prepare regular financial and operational reporting to support management decision-making - Maintain contracts, financial documentation, registers, and recurring operational deadlines - Coordinate employee-related administration, including payroll inputs, benefits, insurance, and other recurring processes - Support the administrative side of employee onboarding and offboarding in coordination with internal teams and external providers - Identify gaps and inefficiencies in finance and administrative workflows and help improve them - Build and maintain clear processes, documentation, and SOPs within your area of ownership - Work closely with the Operations Lead and other teams in Ukraine and the US to support the growing Ukraine operation You should have the following - 3–5+ years of experience in finance operations, financial control, management accounting, finance & administration, or a similar hands-on role - Practical experience with budgeting, cash flow management, payment operations, and expense control - Good understanding of P&L and management reporting - Experience working with Ukrainian legal entities and local financial and administrative requirements - Experience coordinating with outsourced accounting or other external service providers - Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills and confidence working with financial data - High attention to detail, particularly when working with numbers, documents, and deadlines - Strong ownership mindset, you are comfortable independently managing your area and following things through to completion - Ability to prioritize multiple recurring and ad hoc tasks in a fast-moving environment - English at approximately B1+ level for written communication and collaboration with international colleagues ## Nice to Have - Experience in a startup, technology, defense tech, manufacturing, or other fast-growing environment - Experience with people or HR administration - Experience building finance or administrative processes from scratch - Familiarity with working across Ukrainian and international teams ## About Neros Technologies ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: A defense technology company building combat-proven, attritable drones and unmanned systems to deliver asymmetric advantage for Western military forces at scale. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States (El Segundo area) - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Soren Monroe‑Anderson (CEO) and Olaf Hichwa (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing - **Target customers**: U.S. Department of Defense (Army, Marine Corps), allied nations (Ukraine, UK), and NATO partners – B2G / government. - **Mission statement**: “Building unmanned superiority. At scale. In America.” The company was founded to onshore the manufacturing of drones critical to a modern arsenal and close the gap between design and deployment. ## Products & Services Neros designs and manufactures high-performance unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with a focus on first‑person view (FPV) attritable drones, ground control stations, radios, and supporting software. - **Archer Strike FPV**: A kinetic‑enabled FPV drone for lethal effects at range in contested environments. Combat‑proven, BlueUAS certified, and selected for the U.S. Army’s PBAS program. - **Archer**: General‑purpose FPV drone built for modular payloads and resilient communications; also available as the **Archer Fiber** variant (fiber‑optic control link for jamming resistance, launched Dec 2025 in partnership with Kela Technologies). - **Longbow / Crossbow**: Ground control stations – Longbow is a maximum‑range stationary GCS; Crossbow is a tactical GCS enabling electronic warfare resistance at range. - **APEX (Adaptive Payload Exchange)**: An open‑source drone‑to‑payload integration standard (released May 2026) with commitments from Northrop Grumman and others. - **Software**: Flight control, autonomy, and manufacturing‑support software. Custom flight computer with integrated sensor suite, designed for rapid iteration and software‑defined hardware. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding – **$120.9M** raised to date (Seed $10.9M, Series A $35M, Series B $75M) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Sequoia Capital (led Series B), Vy Capital, Cantos (led Seed); Kela Technologies (Archer Fiber), Northrop Grumman (APEX), DARPA (AI Grand Prix hardware provider) - **Growth Signals**: - Selected by U.S. Army for Purpose‑Built Attritable Systems (PBAS) program (one of three vendors) targeting up to 1M drones over two years. - 6,000‑unit export deal to Ukraine. - Established Neros Technologies UK with up to £10M investment over five years; manufacturing hub in Swindon. - Headcount growth: +355% YoY (approx. 75–88 employees); 52 active job postings as of mid‑2026. - Open‑sourced APEX standard to create ecosystem lock‑in. ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertically integrated U.S. manufacturing** with a secure, onshored supply chain – founded specifically to rebuild the American drone industrial base. - **Combat‑proven systems** (Ukraine, live‑fire testing) in high‑tempo electronic warfare environments. - **BlueUAS certified** – compliance with NDAA and U.S. government standards. - **Fiber‑optic control link** (Archer Fiber) that is immune to RF jamming – a unique differentiation in contested spectrum. - **Open‑source payload standard (APEX)** to drive adoption and ecosystem dependence. - **Rapid iteration culture** – “engineer at the speed of modern conflict” with continuous battlefield feedback. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale production**: CEO has publicly stated a target of 10,000+ drones per month; PBAS award and UK hub are key enablers. - **International expansion**: Establish sovereign manufacturing in the UK (Swindon) to supply British Armed Forces and NATO partners. - **Autonomy advancement**: Hiring Head of Autonomy, autonomy simulation engineers, and computer vision engineers to mature software‑defined capabilities. - **Ecosystem building**: Promote APEX as an industry standard to lock in partners and expand market reach. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Fast, hands‑on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.” Emphasizes extreme ownership, rapid iteration, and real‑world impact. Attracts talent from SpaceX, Anduril, Skydio, and Relativity Space. - **Work model**: On‑site in Torrance (CA), with a Tennessee office (Advanced Manufacturing) and Ukraine office. UK hub (Swindon) also hiring. Roles include engineering, manufacturing, autonomy, RF, IT, and business development. - **Notable perks / engineering culture**: Build products that are actually tested in combat; startup speed with mission‑focused seriousness; opportunity to shape the future of attritable drone warfare. Strong preference for builders, not watchers. ## Sources 1. [neros.tech](https://www.neros.tech/) 2. [Greenhouse Careers Page](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerostechnologies) 3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neros-tech) 4. [Built In Neros Technologies](https://builtin.com/company/neros-technologies) 5. 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