Financial Systems Analyst

About the role

This role manages financial systems, reporting, and forecasting across SpaceX product lines including AI, Connectivity, and Space. You will bridge the gap between technical teams and executive leadership to improve profitability and operational efficiency. The position demands ownership of end to end financial system integrity, ensuring data flows accurately between production, sales, and accounting. You will act as the primary liaison between engineering squads and the finance organization to translate complex technical builds into clear business metrics. Success in this role requires the ability to question existing logic, challenge assumptions in data models, and drive toward root cause analysis for variances. You will own the design of standardized reporting frameworks that enable the company to scale financial oversight without sacrificing detail. This is a critical position for aligning spend with strategic priorities in high growth environments.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Build standardized metrics and reporting tools using Power BI and Excel to provide consistent visibility into product line performance.
• Identify and resolve system gaps by collaborating with engineering, production, and sales departments to ensure data accuracy.
• Automate manual finance tasks to improve departmental productivity and reduce risk of human error in repetitive processes.
• Create tools for monitoring spending trends and team workload balancing to support capacity planning and forecasting accuracy.
• Perform deep-dive data analysis using SQL to support executive decision-making and validate assumptions behind major investments.
• Manage system maintenance, data integrity, and software bug fixes to sustain reliable financial infrastructure.
• Provide training to leadership and users on new system features to maximize adoption and minimize disruption during rollouts.
• Design and maintain tax system solutions for global sales, use, and value-added tax reporting to meet regulatory obligations.
• Partner with cross functional stakeholders to define, document, and enhance key performance indicators used for strategic reviews.
• Support scenario modeling and what if analysis to evaluate tradeoffs between alternative business strategies and resource allocations.
• Maintain documentation for data flows, transformations, and logic to ensure transparency and ease of auditing.
• Coordinate with procurement and operations to validate inputs used in financial models and avoid misalignment in reporting.
• Implement validation checks and reconciliation routines to detect anomalies before they escalate to executive levels.
• Lead initiatives to streamline month end close activities by optimizing system workflows and reducing manual interventions.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in finance, accounting, engineering, mathematics, computer science, or information systems.
• Minimum 1 year of professional or internship experience in finance, accounting, or business.
• Minimum 1 year of professional or internship experience using SQL and Excel.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to meet ITAR requirements.
• Ability to work onsite in Hawthorne, CA, including long hours and weekends as needed.
• Willingness to adhere to strict data governance policies and security protocols governing financial information.
• Demonstrated capability to manage multiple priorities in a fast moving environment while maintaining attention to detail.
• Comfort with navigating complex enterprise software systems and learning proprietary tools quickly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate technical findings to non technical audiences.
• Proven track record of delivering accurate reports on schedule under tight deadlines.
• Commitment to continuous improvement in processes and a mindset oriented toward scalable solutions.

Nice to have

• Proficiency with Power BI, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience with OLAP tools, statistical modeling, and forecasting complex non linear systems.
• Background in fast paced development environments.
• Knowledge of finance functions and cross functional process automation.

Practical notes

• Salary range: Level 1 ($85,000 - $100,000) or Level 2 ($100,000 - $130,000).
• Total rewards include potential stock incentives, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401(k), life insurance, short/long-term disability, paid parental leave, 3 weeks of vacation, and 10+ paid holidays.
• This is a strictly onsite position.