Director of Product & Engineering Finance

Job Summary

The Finance team at Aurora is seeking a Director, Product & Engineering Finance to lead the team responsible for budgeting, forecasting, business planning, management reporting, and business analytics for the Software, Hardware, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing functions. This role requires a highly-driven finance leader with experience in deep tech, physical AI, manufacturing, hardware, automotive, aerospace, heavy industrial, or other similar industries.

About the Role

Lead the team responsible for budgeting, forecasting, business planning, management reporting, and business analytics for the Software, Hardware, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing functions. Quickly become a trusted Finance Business Partner to senior leadership teams for each of these departments, helping to enhance financial discipline and accountability. Expertly manage complex financial data sets demonstrating strong executive presence, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence leadership decision making. Partner with peers to design and drive strategic initiatives, such as multi-year autonomy hardware development and vehicle manufacturing operations, by working cross-functionally with stakeholders, providing rigorous analysis, and sound financial recommendations. Develop financial models and conduct deep, data-driven analyses to frame and inform strategic objectives and track performance to expectations. Improve the engineering teams' ability to forecast capital requirements across multiple generations of product, identifying risk & opportunities to achieving targets. Recommend strategies to optimize the deployment of capital and resources to efficiently meet or exceed targets.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive work experience currently serving as the finance lead for a large, complex hardware or technology business with multi-year capital commitments
• Significant experience in deep tech, physical AI, manufacturing, hardware, automotive, aerospace, heavy industrial or other similar industries
• Deep understanding of Hardware and Software development cycles, including experience supporting engineering in the transition from R&D to commercial scale
• Track record of building world-class finance teams and driving business and financial outcomes, as measured on margin improvement, working capital efficiency, forecast accuracy, and execution of cost-reduction initiatives
• Experience driving adoption of AI to enhance FP&A workstreams; understanding of the rapidly evolving landscape of tools and a passion for proactively incorporating AI to increase the pace and quality of execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and proven ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to an executive audience in a succinct, clear manner
• Degree in Finance or related quantitative field such as Business, Economics, Math, or Statistics. Engineering degrees also considered
• Familiar with advanced Financial tools and systems (e.g. Pigment, NetSuite, Coupa, Plex, Oracle, SAP)

Desirable Qualifications

• CPA (or international equivalent), CFA, or MBA preferred
• Expert-level GSuite skills, particularly Google Sheets, Google Docs and Google Slides
• Pigment, Netsuite and/or Coupa experience is a plus

Benefits

Aurora offers a competitive base salary range of $189,000 - $274,500 per year, with an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits. Aurora operates in a hybrid work environment where employees are expected to be in the office at least 3 days per week. Aurora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in the job application process. Aurora is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in the job application process. For California applicants, information collected and processed as part of your application and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Aurora’s California Employment Privacy Policy.