FP&A Manager in Escondido, California at One Stop Systems Inc

Job Title: FP&A Manager

Company: One Stop Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSS)

Headquarters Location: Escondido/San Diego, CA

Why Join Us? At One Stop Systems, we are committed to innovation and excellence. Join our team and contribute to cutting-edge projects in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Company Overview:

One Stop Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSS) is a San Diego-based publicly traded technology company and global leader in enterprise class compute solutions for AI/ML, sensor fusion, and autonomy at the demanding ‘edge.’ OSS designs and manufactures the highest performance compute and storage products that enable these rugged AI, sensor fusion and autonomous mobile capabilities without compromise. These hardware and software platforms bring the latest enterprise class data center performance and technology to the harsh and challenging applications, whether they are on land, sea or in the air.

OSS products include ruggedized servers, compute accelerators, flash storage arrays, and storage acceleration software. These specialized rugged and compact products are used across multiple industries and applications, including commercial autonomous applications, as well as aircraft, drones, ships, and vehicles within the defense industry.

The company has annual sales in excess of $60 million, is profitable, cash flow positive, enjoys a solid cash position without domestic debt and has target growth plans in excess of 20% a year. Our markets have significant tail winds being driven by the high priority within the DOD to add AI and/or Autonomous capabilities throughout the military theater as well as strong economic pull within the commercial segment. The market opportunity for OSS types of products is expected to grow to over $2 billion in size.

Compensation & Benefits:

Position Overview:

The FP&A Manager serves as a strategic financial leader, driving profit optimization, commercial strategy, business planning and forecasting, and capital allocation across our business. The FP&A Manager will own the end-to-end corporate financial planning, budgeting, and rolling forecast processes. This role will be the premier financial partner to executive leadership, operations directors, and program managers —transforming raw operational data into high-impact strategic decisions.

Supervisor Responsibility:

None.

Reporting Relationships:

The FP&A Manager reports to the CFO.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Financial Leadership & Capital Allocation

• Corporate Budgeting Ownership: Architect and lead the end-to-end preparation, consolidation, and execution of the annual corporate budget and rolling forecasts across our business.
• Corporate Investment Modeling: Support the evaluation and stress-testing of corporate investment proposals, including for organic R&D, M&S, and capital projects and for inorganic M&A opportunities. Support the ROI, NPV, and payback period frameworks used to greenlight investments.
• Strategic Scenario Planning: Build macro-level predictive models to simulate the long-term impact of raw material inflation (BOM volatility), labor market shifts, tariffs, and pricing strategies.

2. Advanced Margin Defense & Operational Excellence

• Cost Structure Optimization: Lead deep-dive investigations into standard vs. actual manufacturing costs, driving accountability for variances in direct materials, scrap rates, labor efficiency, and overhead absorption.
• Commercial & Pricing Strategy: Partner with Sales and Product Management to evaluate product portfolio profitability, analyze customer/SKU margins, and establish pricing frameworks that defend gross margins against inflationary pressures.
• Inventory & Working Capital Management: Drive strategic analysis on inventory velocity, working capital efficiency, and minimum/maximum stock levels to balance cash flow with production continuity.

3. Executive Reporting & Business Partnership

• Executive & Board Communications: Synthesize complex corporate financial metrics and plant operations into highly professional, narrative-driven board decks and executive presentations for the C-suite.
• Cross-Functional Advisory: Serve as the strategic partner to Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management leadership teams, translating shop-floor metrics into clear bottom-line financial realities.
• Team Leadership: Establish best-in-class FP&A processes and tools. Champion a data-driven culture, providing mentorship and development to junior analysts or cross-functional team members.

Qualifications:

Competencies:

• Clear Communication Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to deliver the appropriate level of detail.
• Develop Relationships Has the ability to develop relationships with co-workers and to contribute to group solutions.
• Good Judgement Exercises good business judgment and makes good decisions and notifies management of issues and concerns.
• Positive Attitude Positive attitude with ability to work independently as well as collaboratively across all departments within the OSS Company.
• Budget Works with the company's budgetary guidelines while minimizing expenses and maximizing cost efficiency.
• Company Goals Understands Company and department goals and objectives, and how you contribute.

Physical Demands:

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.