Senior Manager of Finance

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At Boom, we’re building supersonic aircraft that make the world dramatically more accessible. To do that, we need to make sure every dollar we spend accelerates the mission—and that’s where you come in.

We’re looking for a Senior Manager of Finance who thrives in ambiguity, drives results independently, and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves. You’ll help shape our financial strategy and ensure resources are aligned to our biggest technical priorities. If you’re excited about working in a fast-paced startup environment where your insights directly influence program outcomes—you’ll fit right in.

In this role, you will: 

• Dive deep into financial data, uncovering trends, variances, and untapped opportunities to influence leadership budgeting decisions. 
• Conduct in-depth cost analysis, pinpoint inefficiencies, and propose creative solutions to maximize profitability and optimize resource allocation.
• Proactively identify financial risks and create unique strategies to protect the company’s bottom line, ensuring full compliance with industry standards.
• Build and refine financial models that drive strategic decision-making, forecast growth, and empower business leaders with actionable insights.
• Design and implement best-in-class forecasting processes, ensuring resource efficiency through meticulous budget management and expense analysis
• Perform demanding economic analysis and studies in the areas of rates of return, working capital requirements, current vs. prior pro forma cash position, all-in cost analyses of strategic alternatives, and impact of governmental requirements. 

The Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor, Master or Doctorate degree in Finance.
• Experience in leading the development, management, and strategic oversight of budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial objectives.
• Deep understanding and experience with the flow of financial information within accounting systems.
• Track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams and leaders to develop forecasts, budgets, analyze variances, and ensure seamless resource allocation.
• Ability to dive into complex technical and quantitative material with ease, translating it into meaningful financial insights. 
• Clear communicator with a sharp analytical mindset—you know how to make numbers tell a story.
• Comfortable building models from scratch and iterating fast in ambiguous situations.
• Experience as a finance lead or individual contributor in a startup, especially Series A–C.
• Demonstrates a strong work ethic and ambition, complemented by effective collaboration skills in a team setting.
• Excels in a high-energy, independent, and challenging work environment.

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience in a start-up environment operating with a very small FP&A team
• Hands-on experience with financial management of key projects, guiding them from initial budgeting and forecasting to financial performance tracking and reporting. 
• Disposition to drive ownership of spend decisions and budget and forecast variances to the business, while supporting with insightful and timely financial information - making it easy for budget owners to decipher the cause of key variances.
• Deep knowledge of key accounting principles, with demonstrated experience in preparing budgets and forecasts on both a cash and GAAP basis, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

We’re hiring at multiple levels of experience—whether you’re early in your career or bring decades of expertise, we’d love to hear from you.

Compensation

The Base Salary Range for this position is $132,000 - $167,000 per year. Actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Boom’s total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include long term incentives/equity, a flexible PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits.

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.

ITAR Requirement

To conform to U.S. Government aerospace technology export regulations (ITAR and EAR), applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR here.

Boom is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. 

Want to build a faster future? Come join Boom.