Finance Manager

Array Labs
Array Labs

Accounting & Finance

Redwood City, CA, USA

USD 120k-170k / year + Equity

Posted on May 4, 2026
About Us

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 Finance Manager to help us build and run the FP&A function from the ground up. You'll be the first dedicated finance hire, responsible for establishing 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 – reporting cadences, variance analysis, KPI tracking – optimized for low organizational burden
  • 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; own the financial outputs, not the accounting work
  • Manage government contract invoicing

Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ 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 financial 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 aerospace, defense, or deep tech
  • Exposure to government contracting revenue or cost structures
Compensation & Benefits
Our hiring and compensation strategy is simple: find uncommonly good people and pay them uncommonly well.
We offer high flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation. Final candidates can choose from three compensation mixes: low, medium, or high equity. Equity is a significant component of total compensation, and we aim to provide meaningful ownership for this role.
Full-time employees also enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, a 401(k) with company match, commuter benefits, and more.
Interview Process
We will conduct interviews via Google Meet with the potential for an onsite visit; the typical process takes around 3-5 weeks to complete from start to finish.
Why Join Array
At Array Labs, deep technical expertise meets relentless impact. We prioritize curiosity over hierarchy and bold engineering over incremental gains. Our world-class team across hardware engineering, software, and aerospace works collaboratively to push boundaries and move fast.
Our values:
  1. Build What Matters: Create technology that serves customers and advances humanity
  2. Innovate Together: Stay curious, collaborate openly, push boundaries as one team
  3. Employee Centric: Put our people first with a culture of trust, respect, and opportunity
  4. Join industry-leading experts to deliver unprecedented insights about our planet and build the future of Earth observation.
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Array Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of merit, competence, and job qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by gender, color, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender identity, veteran status, disability status, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know.

120000 - 170000 USD a year

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