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# Head of Finance at Loft Federal

- **Company:** Loft Federal
- **Location:** Arvada, CO
- **Compensation:** $180k–$230k
- **Posted:** 2026-07-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/loftfederal/jobs/5151443008

## Job description

## About Loft Federal

Loft Federal is committed to delivering the U.S. national security space community a fast, affordable, and streamlined pathway to orbit. As a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc., we specialize in providing mission-ready space infrastructure with unmatched efficiency.

At Loft, we empower our team with autonomy, ownership, and bold problem-solving opportunities while fostering a tight-knit, supportive environment. We believe that diversity, inclusivity, and community are the foundation of an open and innovative culture. We value kind, collaborative, and mission-driven teammates who excel in problem-solving and communication—because great solutions come from great teams.

Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

Loft Federal is seeking a Head of Finance to serve as the business-unit finance lead and operating partner to the Federal GM.

This role will help scale Loft Federal as an operating business. The Head of Finance will build the financial operating system, improve decision discipline, create executive visibility, and help leadership connect strategy, growth, program execution, staffing, cash, and margin. The role will also be responsible for developing the Federal finance function as the business scales.

Final title and leveling will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience and demonstrated operating depth. Likely leveling ranges from Director to Senior Director with proven business-unit finance leadership in government contracting, aerospace, defense, space, or national security technology.

The Head of Finance will partner directly with Federal leadership, Growth, Programs, Engineering, Contracts, Legal, Accounting, and Corporate Finance.

## Why This Role Matters

Loft Federal is building a business that requires financial command at the same pace as technical and mission execution. This role will help translate federal demand, program commitments, engineering capacity, pricing decisions, and cash timing into a clear operating picture.

The person in this seat will have direct influence on how Loft Federal scales, which opportunities it pursues, how programs are priced and managed, and how leadership allocates capital, people, and execution bandwidth.

## What You Will Own

- Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning for Loft Federal.
- Build and maintain financial visibility across bookings, revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, cash, backlog, pipeline conversion, and resource requirements.
- Establish a reliable monthly and quarterly business-unit financial operating cadence.
- Partner with Program Managers and Engineering leaders to track EACs, ETCs, burn rates, labor utilization, program margin, material costs, subcontractor spend, and variance drivers.
- Support pricing strategy and proposal development for T&M, FFP, cost-plus, OTA, IDIQ/task order, subcontract, and other government contracting structures.
- Improve financial rigor around spacecraft, payload integration, software, mission operations, and services programs.
- Partner with Contracts and Accounting on revenue recognition, invoicing, funding status, period of performance, contract type, and compliance requirements.
- Support indirect-rate planning, cost allocation, labor planning, and cost accounting discipline appropriate for a growing federal business.
- Build cash-flow forecasts and working-capital visibility tied to contract milestones, invoicing, collections, vendor payments, and program execution.
- Develop executive reporting for Federal leadership, Corporate leadership, and board-level discussions.
- Provide decision support for hiring plans, IRAD priorities, facility investments, security investments, BD campaigns, and program commitments.
- Identify financial risks early and drive corrective action with business leaders.
- Build scalable finance processes, dashboards, and controls that improve decision quality without slowing execution.

What Success Looks Like

- Loft Federal leadership has a clear, trusted view of bookings, revenue, gross margin, cash, backlog, pipeline conversion, and resource needs.
- Program margins are visible, reviewed, and actively managed.
- Forecasts become more accurate and more useful for decision making.
- Proposal pricing is disciplined, defensible, and tied to execution reality.
- Leadership can see where the business is making money, consuming cash, carrying risk, or overcommitting resources.
- Corporate Finance and Federal operations have a clean operating bridge.
- Finance becomes an operating partner to the business, not a reporting function after the fact.

Required Qualifications

- U.S. citizenship required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, FP&A, program finance, business operations, or financial planning roles.
- Experience supporting government contracting, aerospace, defense, space, national security technology, complex hardware, complex software, or similar program-based businesses.
- Strong understanding of program financial control, EACs, ETCs, burn rates, margin analysis, revenue timing, backlog, pipeline conversion, and cash forecasting.
- Working knowledge of federal contract types, including T&M, FFP, cost-plus, IDIQ/task order, OTA, and subcontract structures.
- Experience building or improving finance processes, operating cadences, reporting packages, dashboards, or financial controls in a scaling organization.
- Ability to assess finance team capacity and determine when additional finance headcount, systems, or process maturity is justified.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and executive reporting skills.
- Ability to partner directly with general managers, program leaders, engineering leaders, business development, contracts, accounting, and executive leadership.
- Strong financial modeling, analytical, and executive reporting skills.
- Ability to operate in a scaling business where systems, processes, and data are still maturing.
- High ownership, sound judgment, and willingness to engage in the operating details.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in space systems, spacecraft, payloads, mission software, mission operations, satellite manufacturing, or national security space.
- Experience building or leading a small finance team.
- Experience in venture-backed, private-equity-backed, or high-growth technology environments.
- Experience with FAR/DFARS, DCAA/DCMA expectations, CAS awareness, indirect-rate structures, government property cost implications, and contract compliance environments.
- Experience with ERP, planning, CRM, and reporting systems such as NetSuite, Workday Adaptive Planning, Salesforce, Jira, Deltek, Costpoint, Unanet, or similar platforms.
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or relevant advanced degree.
- Active Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
- Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
- Relocation assistance when applicable

Per Colorado law, we are required to disclose the base compensation range for this role. This range is intentionally wide as we assess individuals based on their unique abilities and experience to find the best fit for our needs. Ultimately, your compensation will be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

In addition to a competitive salary and [benefits](https://loftfederal.com/careers/) package, you will find a truly remarkable culture guided by transparency and collaboration and work that is challenging and meaningful. We can't wait to meet you and see what you may add to our team!

Salary Range $180,000—$230,000 USD

## Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action

Loft Federal is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility & Accommodations

If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability when applying for an open position, please contact us at recruiting@loftfederal.com for assistance.

We Hire for Talent, Not Just Resumes

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet about 60% of the qualifications, women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they meet 100% of the listed criteria. At Loft Federal, we value diverse perspectives, respectful debate, and people who challenge assumptions. If you’re excited about a role but don’t meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Third-Party Recruiters & Agencies

No outside recruiters, please. Loft Federal does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, staffing agencies, or third-party recruiters. We will not pay fees for candidates submitted without a signed agreement in place.

## About Loft Federal

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Loft Federal is the U.S. national security and government business of Loft Orbital, delivering integrated mission payloads, onboard processing, secure interfaces, and operational execution for U.S. Government and allied space missions.
- **Entity Type**: Private – wholly owned FOCI-mitigated subsidiary of Loft Orbital (itself a private company)
- **Headquarters**: Arvada, Colorado, United States (also has facilities in Golden, CO)
- **Founded**: 2022 (Loft Orbital founded 2017)
- **Founders**: N/A (subsidiary of Loft Orbital; Loft Orbital was founded by Pierre-Damien Vaujour and Antoine de Chauveron)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing – National Security Space
- Target customers: U.S. Government (DoD, Intelligence Community, NASA), allied governments, prime contractors
- Mission or purpose statement: “We turn spacecraft into mission assets” – combining commercial space speed with federal security requirements to deliver operational advantage from orbit.

## Products & Services
- **VAULT (Onboard Processing & Autonomy)**: Edge processing, scheduling, tasking, and mission execution logic that enables autonomous decision-making in contested and bandwidth-limited environments.
- **Moving Target Indication (MTI)**: Detection and tracking of moving targets through tasking, edge processing, and data fusion, with secure handoff into government systems.
- **Orbital Reconnaissance & Battlespace Awareness (ORB)**: Persistent custody, behavior characterization, and bounded operational response in contested space environments.
- **Responsive Space Platforms (RSP)**: Rapidly deploy, adapt, and update capabilities for emerging mission needs using the same satellite hardware to maximize flight heritage and reduce risk.
- **Missile Warning & Tracking (MW)**: Detect, track, characterize, and support early warning, custody, and response timelines.
- **Tactical ISR**: Deliver actionable intelligence on compressed timelines using a full mission loop of sense, decide, act.
- **Secure Handoff & Mission Systems Integration**: End-to-end integration of payloads, buses, communications, and mission operations with security for government and allied partners.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private subsidiary)
- **Key Metric**: 14+ operational space vehicles launched, 28+ more in production; 25+ distinct customer payloads flown across commercial and government missions.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Loft Orbital (parent company); recent contract win: Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ contract (announced Dec 2025); Douglas Loverro appointed Chairman of the Board (Sep 2025); NASA Flight Opportunities IV payload host.
- **Growth Signals**: New leadership hires in growth (Chris Daywalt), strategy (Mark Mueller), and engineering (Scott Perry); facility expansion in Arvada for classified readiness; 3 active job postings with a 50% quarterly increase in hiring activity.

## Competitive Advantages
- **FOCI-mitigated structure** allows a commercial space company to serve classified national security missions while hiring only U.S. citizens.
- **Commercial satellite bus flight heritage** (identical hardware for every mission) reduces technical risk and cost – a trusted model for government customers.
- **Full mission loop capability** from sensing and processing to secure handoff and operational response, all within a single integrated package.
- **Autonomy-centric approach** (VAULT) enables edge processing in contested, bandwidth-limited environments – a key differentiator for modern space warfare.

## Strategic Focus
- Growing federal market capture and customer engagement (hiring Senior Directors for Intelligence Community business development).
- Expanding payload integration and mission systems engineering capabilities for missile warning, tracking, and tactical ISR.
- Scaling classified operations with a new Arvada facility and “FCL-ready” posture.
- Deepening partnerships with primes and government agencies to win larger IDIQ contracts and mission prime roles.

## Why Work Here
- **Purpose-driven work**: Directly contribute to national security space missions – every role supports “operational advantage from orbit.”
- **Technical depth**: Teams focus on autonomy, secure software, edge processing, payload integration, and space systems – opportunity to work at the cutting edge of space and defense tech.
- **Small, mission-focused team** (~20 employees) with access to the broader Loft Orbital enterprise (300+ staff) – offers both startup agility and corporate resources.
- **Security clearance eligibility**: Company is FOCI-mitigated and hires only U.S. citizens; many roles require or support clearance processing.
- **Recent leadership hires** from Palantir, Blue Canyon, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Ball Aerospace – strong peer network.
- **Office presence**: Based in Arvada, Colorado (Denver metro) with facilities in Golden; likely on-site due to classified work, though remote/hybrid not explicitly stated.
- **Notable perks**: Not publicly detailed, but typical for defense space contractors include competitive compensation, clearance bonuses, and mission-related travel.

## Sources
1. [loftfederal.com – Home](https://loftfederal.com/)
2. [loftfederal.com – About](https://loftfederal.com/about.html)
3. [loftfederal.com – Careers](http://loftfederal.com/careers.html)
4. [LinkedIn – Loft Federal](https://www.linkedin.com/company/loft-federal)
5. [Loft Federal – About (alternate)](https://loftfederal.com/about/)

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