Senior Finance Manager

Mountain View, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 150000 - 200000

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Kodiak Robotics Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous 2024 Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.

We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager who can work across the entire finance organization of a fast-paced startup and help us build the financial backbone for our this role you will wear many hats and be excited to support FP&A investor relations corporate development and strategy and business operations. The right person for this role has a flexible client-service mentality and can balance careful long-term analytical work product with a bias for prompt proactive action to drive progress.

Key attributes for success include: strong finance and accounting fundamentals; sharp critical thinking skills; ability to rapidly produce and iterate custom high-impact work product for executive consumption; meticulous attention to detail and accuracy; and the courage to speak up and ask questions with tact and contextual awareness. Initially this role is scoped to be an individual contributor but anticipate it will evolve into a team leadership role as the company continues to grow. The position is highly visible and involves collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders.

In this role you will:

Play a key role in running and enhancing the companys FP&A processes including monthly quarterly annual and long-range planning.
Partner with various functions of the business to provide financial perspectives and guidance around commercial opportunities corporate initiatives and enterprise-wide investments and spending.
Create detailed financial models of various types including forecasts of revenue streams expenses cash flows component costs capital structure and M&A.
Produce recurring and ad-hoc analysis and reporting of performance versus plan metrics and KPIs and seek opportunities to reduce variances to plan.
Assist in developing and implementing an FP&A system.
Participate in finance and accounting processes such as quarterly close and public company reporting and contribute to process improvement.

What youll bring:

8 years of experience in corporate FP&A and financeideally with at least 3 years at a publicly traded fast paced tech company.
Advanced financial and business modeling.
Skilled at analyzing complex topics visualizing data and delivering actionable insights.
Innate desire and inclination to learn the details of the business and track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization
Strong accounting and systems aptitude.

Bonus points for:

Startup experience
Experience with financial planning tools especially Pigment
Cost accounting aptitude and experience with SAP supply chain
Investment banking private equity or Big 4 background

What we offer:

Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
Excellent Medical Dental and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente Cigna and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
MetLife Legal Services Identity & Fraud Protection Hospital Indemnity Insurance Accident Insurance & Critical Illness Insurance
Flexible PTO 10 paid holidays and generous parental leave policies
Our office is centrally located in Mountain View CA
Office perks: dog-friendly free catered lunch a fully stocked kitchen and free EV charging
Long Term Disability Short Term Disability Life Insurance
Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna Calm through Kaiser One Medical Gympass Spring Health through Cigna Rula (mental health navigation)
Fidelity 401(k)
Commuter FSA Dependent Care FSA HSA
Various incentive programs (referral bonuses patent bonuses etc.)

The pay range listed below reflects the base salaryin our SF/Silicon Valley locationacross several internal levels. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors including: work location experience relevant training education skill level and performance during interview. Total compensation at Kodiak includes base pay equity bonus and a competitive benefits package

California Pay Range

$150000 - $200000 USD

At Kodiak we strive to build a diverse community working towards our common company goals in a safe and collaborative environment where harassment of any kind is strictly prohibited. Kodiak is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race ethnicity religion gender identity sexual orientation age disability or veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

In alignment with its business operations Kodiak adheres to all relevant statutes regulations and administrative prerequisites. Accordingly roles that carry more sensitive requirements may be limited to candidates that can satisfy additional scrutiny and eligibility for such positions may hinge on verification of a candidates residence U.S. person status and/or citizenship status. Should the position require and Kodiak determines that a candidates residence U.S. person status and/or citizenship status necessitate an export license bar the candidate from the position or otherwise fall under national security-related restrictions Kodiak will consider the candidate for alternative positions unaffected by such restrictions under terms and conditions set forth at Kodiaks sole discretion or as an alternative opt not to proceed with the candidates application. If applicable Kodiak may provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.

We use a third-party AI tool (Endorsed) to assist in the initial screening of applications. As part of the evaluation process we provide Endorsed with job requirements and candidate-submitted applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our human recruitment team and no automated system makes the ultimate decision regarding hiring. Certain features of the platform may qualify it as an Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) under applicable regulations. We began using Endorsed on January 1 2026. You can review the independent bias audit report covering our use of Endorsed here( By submitting your application you acknowledge that your application may be processed by AI systems as part of the screening and selection process. If you have any questions or would like to request a separate review of your application please contact with Separate Review Request in the email subject line.

Required Experience:

Manager

In this role you will:

Play a key role in running and enhancing the companys FP&A processes including monthly quarterly annual and long-range planning.
Partner with various functions of the business to provide financial perspectives and guidance around commercial opportunities corporate initiatives and enterprise-wide investments and spending.
Create detailed financial models of various types including forecasts of revenue streams expenses cash flows component costs capital structure and M&A.
Produce recurring and ad-hoc analysis and reporting of performance versus plan metrics and KPIs and seek opportunities to reduce variances to plan.
Assist in developing and implementing an FP&A system.
Participate in finance and accounting processes such as quarterly close and public company reporting and contribute to process improvement.

What youll bring:

8 years of experience in corporate FP&A and financeideally with at least 3 years at a publicly traded fast paced tech company.
Advanced financial and business modeling.
Skilled at analyzing complex topics visualizing data and delivering actionable insights.
Innate desire and inclination to learn the details of the business and track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization
Strong accounting and systems aptitude.

Bonus points for:

Startup experience
Experience with financial planning tools especially Pigment
Cost accounting aptitude and experience with SAP supply chain
Investment banking private equity or Big 4 background

What we offer:

Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
Excellent Medical Dental and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente Cigna and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
MetLife Legal Services Identity & Fraud Protection Hospital Indemnity Insurance Accident Insurance & Critical Illness Insurance
Flexible PTO 10 paid holidays and generous parental leave policies
Our office is centrally located in Mountain View CA
Office perks: dog-friendly free catered lunch a fully stocked kitchen and free EV charging
Long Term Disability Short Term Disability Life Insurance
Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna Calm through Kaiser One Medical Gympass Spring Health through Cigna Rula (mental health navigation)
Fidelity 401(k)
Commuter FSA Dependent Care FSA HSA
Various incentive programs (referral bonuses patent bonuses etc.)