Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis

About the Role

Air is seeking a VP of Financial Planning & Analysis to report directly to the CFO and help build, scale, and professionalize the company’s financial planning and analysis function. This is a highly visible, hands-on role for someone who can serve as a strategic partner to the CFO. The ideal candidate has the strategic finance skill set to support executive-level decision-making, but also the willingness and ability to build models, create reporting frameworks, partner with department leaders, and establish scalable FP&A processes from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Air’s FP&A function, including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, and financial analysis.
• Serve as a strategic and operational partner to the CFO, providing financial insight, analysis, and decision support across the business.
• Develop and maintain company-wide financial models, including revenue forecasting, headcount planning, expense modeling, cash planning, and scenario analysis.
• Partner with department leaders across Sales, Marketing, Product, Operations, G&A, and other functions to build budgets, track spend, evaluate ROI, and improve financial discipline.
• Lead budget vs. actual analysis and provide clear explanations of performance drivers, variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages for executive leadership, board/investor stakeholders, and internal business partners.
• Establish scalable FP&A processes, reporting cadences, templates, and tools that improve visibility, accountability, and decision-making across the company.
• Build KPI dashboards and performance metrics relevant to a growing SaaS business, including revenue, bookings, pipeline, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, cash usage, and department-level performance.
• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure financial reporting, actuals, and planning data are accurate, timely, and aligned.
• Support strategic initiatives, including growth planning, capital allocation, pricing analysis, hiring plans, new product investments, and operational efficiency projects.
• Help prepare Air for its next stage of growth by building finance infrastructure appropriate for a growth capital-backed, scaling SaaS company.
• Support future investors, board, and potential IPO-readiness initiatives by developing clean, consistent, and executive-ready financial reporting.
• Act as a finance business partner to functional leaders, helping them understand their numbers, manage budgets, and make better operating decisions.
• Help define the structure, systems, and talent needs of the FP&A function as the company grows.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• 8–12+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, investment banking, transaction advisory, or a related finance function.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related fields.
• Prior experience in a high-growth, private equity-backed, venture-backed, SaaS, technology, or similarly scaling business environment.
• Strong hands-on financial modeling skills, including the ability to build complex models from scratch in Excel and Google Sheets.
• Experience owning or heavily contributing to annual budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and recurring management reporting.
• Strong understanding of SaaS business drivers, revenue models, operating metrics, and departmental budgeting.
• Ability to work directly with senior executives and department leaders to translate business activity into financial plans, forecasts, and decision-support materials.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between accounting and FP&A, including how to use financial statements, general ledger data, and close results to drive forward-looking analysis.
• Ability to operate independently in a lean, fast-moving environment without relying on a large team or extensive pre-built infrastructure.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.

Desired Skills

• MBA strongly preferred.
• Background in public accounting, Big 4 audit/advisory, transaction advisory, investment banking, or a similar foundation before transitioning into corporate FP&A.
• Experience in SaaS, software, defense technology, government contracting, or national security-related technology environments.
• Experience supporting a company through significant growth, PE ownership, institutional investment, or pre-IPO readiness.
• Experience working with NetSuite, NetSuite Planning & Budgeting, Oracle PBCS, Adaptive, Anaplan, Planful, or similar planning/reporting tools.
• Exposure to board reporting, investor reporting, lender reporting, or executive-level financial packages.
• Experience building FP&A processes where limited structure previously existed.
• Strong business partnering experience with Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Operations, and/or G&A leaders.

This role is a full-time position located out of our office in Arlington, VA. This role may require up to 5% travel.

We firmly believe that past performance is the best indicator of future performance. If you thrive while building solutions to complex problems, are a self-starter, and are passionate about making an impact in global security, we’re eager to hear from you.