Senior Manager, Financial Modeling- FP&A

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Financial Modeling- FP&A to serve as the cornerstone of IonQ's long-range financial modeling function. This is a high-impact role designed to own, enhance, and administer core financial models - someone who can take complexity, pressure, and uncertainty and redirect it into clear, rigorous financial insight. You will own and centralize IonQ's long-range forecast model, acting as the single source of truth across the organization. You will build and maintain the analytical infrastructure that underpins IonQ's capital strategy, investor communications, and executive decision-making. This role demands extreme precision, independent judgment, and the composure to thrive in a volatile, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain IonQ's centralized long-range integrated financial model (3-statement: income statement, balance sheet, cash flow), serving as the single source of truth for all forward-looking financial planning
• Design and execute rigorous scenario analysis and sensitivity stress-testing frameworks to evaluate the financial impact of key business drivers, market conditions, and strategic decisions
• Lead capital burn forecasting and runway modeling, providing the CFO and executive team with clear visibility into IonQ's liquidity position under multiple operating scenarios
• Partner with FP&A, Corporate Development, and Investor Relations teams to ensure model outputs are accurate, auditable, and presentation-ready for board, investor, and lender audiences
• Build and continuously refine modular model architecture that allows for rapid scenario updates as business conditions evolve
• Establish and document modeling standards, assumptions libraries, and version control protocols to institutionalize best practices across the finance organization
• Translate complex model outputs into clear executive narratives and visual materials for senior leadership and external stakeholders
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities embedded in financial data, communicating findings with clarity and urgency to relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvements in IonQ's planning systems and tooling, including potential integration with FP&A platforms such as Pigment, Onestream, or Adaptive

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related analytical field
• 5-8 years of progressive financial modeling experience, with a strong preference for backgrounds in investment banking, private equity, or hedge funds
• Expert-level command of 3-statement integrated financial modeling, including the mechanical and conceptual relationships between the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement
• Demonstrated mastery of scenario analysis and sensitivity stress-testing, with the ability to model complex interdependencies and non-linear outcomes
• Deep experience in financial modeling including: fixed asset runoff, stock-based compensation modeling, treasury management, and percentage-of-completion revenue modeling
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; ability to build from scratch, audit, and refactor institutional-grade financial models
• High degree of intellectual independence - comfortable driving analytical work from ambiguous inputs with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated resilience and composure in fast-moving, high-pressure environments with significant market or operational volatility
• Experience as a financial modeling analyst or associate at an investment bank, private equity firm, or transaction diligence consulting
• Exposure to capital markets transactions (follow-on equity, convertible notes, debt

Benefits

Additional Information

About IonQ: IonQ, Inc . [NYSE: IONQ] is the world's leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ's newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance . Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. Location: This role is based at our College Park, MD office, with the option to work a few days a week remotely. Travel: Up to 25%, domestic Job ID: 1607

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