# Operations Finance Lead

About the role Imagine this. You are building the financial backbone behind a fast-scaling, multi-site manufacturing organization. As our Operations Finance Lead, you will take ownership of how we understand manufacturing costs, margins, inventory and operational performance across the group. This is not a role where you simply inherit established processes. You will build, standardize and improve them, creating the financial discipline and visibility needed to scale our operations. You will lead operations controlling, cost accounting and FP&A across manufacturing and supply chain, while partnering closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and Finance leadership. From product costing and inventory economics to forecasting, MES implementation and site performance, you will connect what happens on the factory floor with the numbers driving business decisions. At Destinus, we are revolutionizing the defense industry with cutting-edge Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Our innovative technologies are designed to meet the unique demands of modern defense operations, delivering unparalleled speed, precision, and cost effectiveness. Destinus partners with government agencies and d

- **Id**: 920980
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/destinus-operations-finance-lead>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hengelo, Netherlands, Madrid, Spain
- **Countries**: NL, ES
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-14T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T16:28:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 58
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6971
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Missiles, Air Defense, Military Drones

## Company

- **Id**: 4830
- **Name**: Destinus
- **Domain**: destinus.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/destinus>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.5
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 62
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 58

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-15T00:48:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 44
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.593
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 58
- **Expected fill days**: 62
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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