FP&A Analyst
El Segundo, CAJob$88–120K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The FP&A Analyst partners with functional leaders to track spending, forecast results, and explain financial drivers. The role owns partner-area forecast and budget-to-actual inputs, monthly variance reporting, headcount cost reconciliation, and reporting dashboards. It also develops inputs for the company-wide forecast and annual plan, supports leadership and investor materials, and identifies process improvements as the company scales.
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Full job description
CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats. CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com. Role Overview: FP&A owns the long-range plan, the company-wide forecast, and the board and investor materials. As department count and spend grow with headcount, this role gives each partner area a dedicated finance partner. As an FP&A Analyst, you’ll serve as a business partner to functional leaders (e.g., Engineering, G&A and S&M leaders), tracking spend, forecasting, and explaining what’s driving the numbers. Coverage areas may change as the company scales. Ownership over:
- Rolling forecast inputs from partner areas to the company-wide forecast
- Monthly variance reporting for your partner areas
- Monthly headcount cost reconciliation with People Ops
- Partner reporting and dashboards, built on the Datarails platform
Responsibilities:
- Partner with functional leaders on budget ownership, headcount and vendor spend decisions, and resource tradeoffs
- Translate current and past financial and operational data into clear recommendations for functional leaders
- Build and maintain recurring analyses for partner areas
- Identify and implement process improvements to streamline manual workflows and enhance reporting accuracy
Areas of accountability:
- Own the monthly forecast and budget-to-actual inputs for your partner areas
- Develop your partner areas’ inputs to the company-wide forecast and annual plan
- Track actuals against plan, identify variances, and drive root-cause conversations with partners
- Prepare analysis and talking points for leadership, and support board and investor materials as needed
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
- 2+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related analytical role, supporting forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Comfortable with AI tools and finding ways to automate manual work
- Familiarity with finance systems (ERP such as NetSuite; FP&A planning tool such as Datarails)
- Can operate independently and carry projects forward with minimal direction
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment and managing multiple priorities
- Exceptional business partnering and communication skills with ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
Preferred Requirements:
- Aerospace, defense, or hardware/manufacturing finance experience
- Familiarity with Foundry or other similar data platforms
- Exposure to international or multi-region financial reporting
Why CHAOS?
- Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
- Additional benefits: 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
- Our Perks: Free daily lunch while you're working onsite, fully-stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, casual dress code
- Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
- Team Growth: 500+ employees and counting across 5 global offices
Salary Range: $88,000 - $120,000 The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
Recruiting Agencies: CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach. Unsolicited submissions will not be reviewed or compensated.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,666 open Financial Planning and Analysis jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$88–120K/yr
- California median$139–196K/yr206 salary ranges
- US median$110–173K/yr1,188 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is 38% below the California median midpoint ($169K) — in the lowest quarter of Financial Planning and Analysis salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 239 open Financial Planning and Analysis jobs in California and 1,666 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Financial Planning and Analysis postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,497 postings).
- Education
- 1,042 of the 1,666 open Financial Planning and Analysis jobs (63%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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