Expense Analyst

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Ashville, OH, Costa Mesa, CA · Finance & Accounting : Accounting : Accounting

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking an Expense Analyst to manage employee expenses and ensure policy compliance. The role involves auditing travel expenses, ensuring accurate coding, supporting month-end close, and responding to internal inquiries. While the company utilizes advanced AI and defense technologies, this specific role focuses on financial operations and compliance, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Review & audit company travel expenses in high volumes daily.
  2. Ensure policy compliance and accurate coding of expenses (project codes and GL categories).
  3. Audit expenses for non-compliance with Anduril policies, fraud, duplicate expense submissions, etc. ensuring that employees are using the company funds appropriately.
  4. Support with Month End close by tracking the number of open expenses that are waiting for manager approval or the employee to complete the expense in order to reduce the monthly accruals.
  5. Respond to internal messages/emails/Jira tickets in a timely manner - this role is customer support in nature.

Skills

Required

  • 1 years of experience with T&E reporting and processing
  • Proven ability to gather, analyze, and synthesize data from diverse and complex sources into actionable insights
  • Strong MS Excel skills
  • Critical-thinker and problem-solver
  • Customer-centered mindset
  • Team player - no task is beneath you
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • You have a strong bias for action and like to work with high autonomy
  • U.S. Person

Nice to have

  • Experience working with advanced AI platforms such as Claude, Palantir, or similar technologies is highly preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities