Senior Financial Analyst

Role Summary

Overland AI is seeking an analytical, strategic, and highly motivated Senior Financial Analyst to join our growing Finance team. This role is an opportunity to help build the financial foundation of one of the fastest-growing defense technology companies as we scale from startup to production.

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you'll partner closely with Finance and cross-functional teams across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Programs, Business Development, and Executive Leadership to provide the financial insights that drive company strategy. You'll help build and maintain financial models, support forecasting and long-range planning, analyze program performance, prepare executive reporting, and provide insights that enable informed business decisions.

This is a highly visible role with broad exposure across the business. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex problems, building scalable financial models, and translating data into actionable recommendations for leaders.

What You'll Do

• Support the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of company financial models supporting annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, long-range planning, and scenario analysis.
• Perform Budget vs. Actual (BvA) analysis across departments, programs, and projects, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Support company-wide forecasting, including revenue, operating expenses, headcount, cash flow, and capital planning.
• Develop executive dashboards and KPIs that improve visibility into financial and operational performance.
• Prepare monthly business reviews, executive reporting packages, board materials, and investor presentations.
• Partner closely with Accounting during month-end close to ensure accurate reporting and alignment between forecasts and actual financial results.
• Consolidate financial and operational data from multiple systems to improve reporting accuracy and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Perform sensitivity analyses and scenario modeling to support strategic planning and capital allocation decisions.
• Support the build bottoms-up financial models to evaluate investments, new initiatives, pricing strategies, and strategic business decisions.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis as needed.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting, improve financial processes, and build scalable planning infrastructure as the company grows.
• Support strategic finance initiatives, including fundraising, pricing analysis, customer proposal support, make-vs.-buy decisions, and M&A diligence as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related analytical field.
• 2–5 years of experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Consulting, or another highly analytical environment.

Desired Experience & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow modeling, and business performance analysis.
• Experience building complex financial models from scratch and presenting recommendations to leadership.
• Proven advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong proficiency to communicate financial insights through executive-ready presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Experience working with ERP systems and planning platforms such as NetSuite, Campfire, Adaptive, Anaplan, Pigment, Mosaic, or similar tools is preferred.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain financial concepts to technical and non-financial audiences.
• Familiarity with government contracting, supply chain, manufacturing, hardware companies, or defense technology environments is preferred but not required.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• High attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and continuous improvement.
• Location: The preferred location for this position is Seattle, WA.

Pay range

Financial Analyst: $105K – $120K annually

Senior Financial Analyst: $120K – $140K annually

Actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Overland AI believes in creating a work environment that you look forward to embracing every day. Benefits include:

• Equity compensation
• Best-in-class healthcare, dental and vision plans
• Flexible PTO
• 401k with company match
• Parental leave

This position may involve access to export-controlled technology. Employment is contingent on the ability to comply with U.S. export control laws.

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