Director of Finance
Accounting & Finance
Redwood City, CA, USA
USD 150k-200k / year + Equity
Array Labs is building the world’s most advanced earth observation satellites.
Traditional satellite imagery is flat, slow, and expensive. Array is different. We're developing a coordinated fleet of radar satellites that creates a continuously updated, high-resolution 3D view of the Earth, in any weather, day or night.
We design and build our satellites end-to-end, from the hardware in orbit to the software we use to process the data on the ground.
Our goal is to give government and commercial organizations, in disaster response, defense, infrastructure and environmental monitoring, telecommunications, and beyond, a faster, clearer picture of a changing world, allowing them to act with greater speed, confidence, and precision.
About the Job
Array Labs is looking for a Director of Finance to help us build and run the FP&A function from the ground up. You'll establish the infrastructure we need to scale, without creating unnecessary overhead for the team. This role sits at the intersection of financial planning, strategic analysis, and investor relations support, and reports directly to the COO.
Responsibilities
- Own the company financial model, including revenue forecasts, headcount planning, cash flow, and scenario analysis
- Prepare financial materials and diligence responses in support of fundraising and investor relations
- Build lightweight FP&A processes optimized for low organizational burden, including reporting cadences, variance analysis, KPI tracking
- Partner with the CEO and COO on resource allocation and strategic financial decisions
- Track actuals against forecast and surface variances with clear recommendations
- Serve as the primary liaison to external accountants, owning the financial outputs, not the accounting work
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years in FP&A or strategic finance, including time at an early-stage startup (Series A, B, or C)
- Experience building or inheriting a finance function with little to no existing structure
- Able to build and own a company operating model from scratch
- Comfortable operating without a defined playbook in a fast-moving environment
- Strong communicator; able to translate complex financial situations and jargon for non-finance audiences
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience supporting an early stage company fundraise, including preparing investor materials and financial diligence
- Background in investment banking, consulting, aerospace, defense, or deep tech
- Exposure to government contracting revenue or cost structures
- Build What Matters: Create technology that serves customers and advances humanity
- Innovate Together: Stay curious, collaborate openly, push boundaries as one team
- Employee Centric: Put our people first with a culture of trust, respect, and opportunity
- Join industry-leading experts to deliver unprecedented insights about our planet and build the future of Earth observation.
150000 - 200000 USD a year