Financial Analyst, Acquisition Integration & Controls at AeroVironment in Simi Valley, CA

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Worker Type Regular Job Description Summary Reporting to finance leadership, the Financial Analyst supports the pre- and post-close financial integration of acquired businesses into corporate and segment systems, processes, controls, and reporting routines. This role serves as a hands-on analyst across Finance while partnering with Accounting, FP&A, Program Finance, Operations, Contracts, HR, and IT to help ensure acquired businesses transition smoothly into enterprise standards without disrupting close, reporting, or day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate combines strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting skills with organization, cross-functional coordination, and process discipline. This position helps translate integration requirements into practical analyses, trackers, documentation, and follow-through that support scalable, audit-ready ways of working. Primary Success Factors Integration Execution - Finance integration activities, milestones, and follow-up actions are tracked accurately and completed on time with minimal disruption to operations. Financial Analysis and Reporting - Integration-related analysis, variance reporting, budgets, forecasts, and status updates are timely, accurate, and decision-useful. Process Documentation and Controls – Prepare procedures, desktop instructions, and supporting control documentation and make sure they are complete, current, and aligned to corporate standards. Cross-Functional Partnership - Strong collaboration across finance and business teams helps resolve issues, maintain momentum, and support effective change adoption. Continuous Improvement - Lessons learned are captured and converted into stronger templates, trackers, reporting tools, and repeatable integration practices. Position Responsibilities Support the finance integration workstream for acquired businesses by maintaining plans, trackers, issue logs, and status reporting across close, reporting, controls, policies, and systems. Assist with preparing financial analysis, budgets, forecasts, and reporting in support of acquisition integration, business planning, and management decision making. Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Program Finance, Tax, Treasury, Contracts, HR, IT, and Operations to coordinate integration activities, dependencies, and required deliverables. Assist with transitioning acquired entities into corporate ERP, consolidation, planning, and reporting environments, including data gathering, mapping support, cutover preparation, and post-go-live stabilization. Review, analyze, and interpret financial and operating data to develop observations, preliminary recommendations, and variance explanations for management. Prepare recurring and ad hoc presentations, monthly reporting packages, metrics, and management updates related to integration progress, open items, financial risks, and key decisions. Document finance processes, standard operating procedures, desktop instructions, templates, and roles and responsibilities for newly integrated businesses and related finance activities. Assess acquired-business processes and controls, identify gaps relative to corporate standards, and support remediation actions through closure. Support month-end close and audit readiness activities by organizing documentation, responding to information requests, and coordinating process or control evidence across stakeholders. Help standardize finance methodologies, templates, trackers, and reporting tools to improve consistency, scalability, and training effectiveness across future integrations. Facilitate working sessions, process walkthroughs, and follow-up actions to support issue resolution, change adoption, and continuous improvement. Perform other duties as assigned in support of finance operations, compliance, and acquisition integration priorities. Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience) Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field, or equivalent combination of