Senior Manager, Financial Modeling- FP&A

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Financial Modeling- FP&A to serve as the cornerstone of IonQ’s long-range financial modeling function. This is a high-impact role designed to own, enhance, and administer core financial models — someone who can take complexity, pressure, and uncertainty and redirect it into clear, rigorous financial insight.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain IonQ’s centralized long-range integrated financial model (3-statement: income statement, balance sheet, cash flow), serving as the single source of truth for all forward-looking financial planning
• Design and execute rigorous scenario analysis and sensitivity stress-testing frameworks to evaluate the financial impact of key business drivers, market conditions, and strategic decisions
• Lead capital burn forecasting and runway modeling, providing the CFO and executive team with clear visibility into IonQ’s liquidity position under multiple operating scenarios
• Partner with FP&A, Corporate Development, and Investor Relations teams to ensure model outputs are accurate, auditable, and presentation-ready for board, investor, and lender audiences
• Build and continuously refine modular model architecture that allows for rapid scenario updates as business conditions evolve
• Establish and document modeling standards, assumptions libraries, and version control protocols to institutionalize best practices across the finance organization
• Translate complex model outputs into clear executive narratives and visual materials for senior leadership and external stakeholders
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities embedded in financial data, communicating findings with clarity and urgency to relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvements in IonQ’s planning systems and tooling, including potential integration with FP&A platforms such as Pigment, Onestream, or Adaptive

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related analytical field
• 5–8 years of progressive financial modeling experience, with a strong preference for backgrounds in investment banking, private equity, or hedge funds
• Expert-level command of 3-statement integrated financial modeling, including the mechanical and conceptual relationships between the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement
• Demonstrated mastery of scenario analysis and sensitivity stress-testing, with the ability to model complex interdependencies and non-linear outcomes
• Deep experience in financial modeling including: fixed asset runoff, stock-based compensation modeling, treasury management, and percentage-of-completion revenue modeling
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; ability to build from scratch, audit, and refactor institutional-grade financial models
• High degree of intellectual independence — comfortable driving analytical work from ambiguous inputs with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated resilience and composure in fast-moving, high-pressure environments with significant market or operational volatility

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a financial modeling analyst or associate at an investment bank, private equity firm, or transaction diligence consulting
• Exposure to capital markets transactions (follow-on equity, convertible notes, debt financings) and the associated financial modeling and diligence workstreams
• Familiarity with FP&A platforms such as Pigment, OneStream, or Adaptive Insights
• Experience supporting investor relations or corporate development functions, including earnings preparation and board-level materials
• Familiarity with BI and data visualization tools such as Power BI
• Interest in and aptitude for learning technical subject matter in deep-tech or quantum computing industries
• CFA charterholder or progress toward the CFA designation