Growth Finance Manager

Role Overview

The Growth Finance Manager owns the economics of how Hadrian wins work, sitting at the front end of every program, pricing the pursuit, shaping the deal, and structuring the partnerships and joint ventures. The Associate is the analytical center of that work, building models, structuring vehicles, and presenting to leadership.

What You Will Do

Drive strategic project work, develop and own dynamic financial models, create and present high-quality presentations, collaborate with internal teams, and serve as a partner to FP&A.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or venture capital, with a background in finance, business, economics, engineering, mathematics, or physics. They should have familiarity with A&D and advanced-manufacturing markets and experience working on complex products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related field
• 5-8 years in progressive Investment Banking, Private Equity, Corporate Development, Venture Capital, Hedge Fund experience
• Familiarity with A&D and advanced-manufacturing markets and the players in them.
• Prior PE, banking, corp dev, or VC experience, ideally in industrials, defense, or deep tech, or experience working inside a scaling manufacturing or hardware-focused company.
• Technical experience in an engineering capacity working on complex products such as aerospace & defense, medical devices, automotive, oil & gas, power
• Exposure to project finance and large-scale capital investment analysis (facility buildouts, infrastructure, capex-heavy programs).
• Experience drafting materials in deal negotiations (e.g., commercial contracts, term sheets, partnership proposals) with high attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of defense contracting and government cost accounting (FAR, CAS, DCAA, contract types) and how they shape deal economics.
• Enough understanding of advanced manufacturing technology (e.g., CNC, additive) to evaluate technical targets.
• Intermediate accounting knowledge and comfort building lightweight tooling/automation (e.g., VBA, Python, SQL) to scale analytical work.
• A network in the defense / space / manufacturing investor and operator ecosystem.
• Working knowledge of government contracting processes

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

Tagged as: Financial Modeling, Python, SQL