Senior Analyst, Finance & Business Operations

Location

Torrance, CA

Full time

Finance

About Northwood
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Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in locations around the globe with real impact, we want you at Northwood.

Role:

Northwood is looking for a Senior Analyst, Finance & Business Operations to define and drive the cost structure of our global ground network.

You will work directly with engineering, supply chain, and operations to understand what it costs to build and deploy our systems - from individual sites to the entire network. You will develop and maintain detailed cost models, identify cost drivers, and help guide design and deployment decisions to ensure the network scales efficiently.

This role is deeply embedded in technical decision-making and will directly influence how our hardware and infrastructure are designed and deployed.

Responsibilities:

• Build and own detailed cost models for ground station hardware, including BOMs, component pricing, manufacturing, and deployment costs
• Develop cost models at the site and network level, including cost per antenna and cost per site
• Partner with engineering, supply chain, and operations to identify cost drivers and drive cost-down efforts across hardware and infrastructure
• Evaluate design and sourcing tradeoffs, providing clear cost implications to inform engineering decisions
• Support network deployment planning by modeling cost scenarios across different buildout strategies
• Track actuals vs. modeled costs and continuously refine assumptions based on real-world data
• Provide clear visibility into cost structure, risks, and opportunities to leadership

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, engineering, economics, or a related technical field
• 2-4 years of experience in engineering finance, FP&A, or business operations roles
• Experience building detailed bottom-up cost models (e.g., BOMs, manufacturing, or infrastructure costs)
• Ability to work closely with engineering and operations teams and understand technical systems
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to break down complex systems into key cost drivers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hardware, manufacturing, or supply chain environments
• Familiarity with capital-intensive systems (e.g., infrastructure, telecom, aerospace)
• Experience with headcount and operating expense planning in technical organizations
• Strong financial modeling skills, including scenario analysis and forecasting
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and drive decisions with incomplete data
• Strong communication skills, especially in translating cost insights into clear actions for technical and leadership teams

Additional Information:

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.

Northwood Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Northwood Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.