Finance Lead

Flexion; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Enhanced pension plan

Enhanced holidays

Paid leave perks

Relocation sponsorship

Permit sponsorship

Central Zürich office

Robotics testing facilities

Cutting-edge research exposure

Energetic culture

Job summary

Flexion is building the intelligence layer powering humanoid robots and is scaling rapidly. As Finance Lead, you will own FP&A, monthly close, forecasting, and compliance across global entities, partnering with leadership to drive strategic decisions.

You’ll develop and maintain complex financial models, establish controls, and oversee payroll and tax reporting while enabling growth in a fast-moving, tech-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in FP&A, strategic finance or audit, ideally with high-growth startup exposure.
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field; a professional qualification is a plus.
• Strong financial modelling and analysis; proficient in Excel and Google Sheets.
• Solid grasp of Swiss accounting, tax and payroll requirements.
• Builder mindset with ownership in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent communication; translate finance concepts to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead global FP&A, budgeting, and forecasting aligned with company goals.
• Maintain global financial controls and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Oversee monthly close, cash flow forecasting, audits.
• Develop and maintain complex financial models.
• Analyze profits and costs; prepare leadership reports.
• Oversee global procurement, vendor onboarding, payments, and offboarding.
• Lead global finance and accounting practices for timely reporting.
• Implement scalable budget management and reporting processes.
• Coordinate global payroll, tax, and compliance reporting.
• Lead global audits from prep to completion.
• Improve financial processes and tools to support growth.

Skills

FP&A experience

Strategic finance

Audit background

Financial modeling

Excel & Google Sheets

Swiss accounting knowledge

Communication with leadership

Education

Finance or Accounting degree

Professional qualification (ACCA/CPA/CFA)

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

About Flexion

At Flexion, we're building the intelligence layer powering the next generation of humanoid robots. Our mission is to accelerate the transition from fragile prototypes to real-world humanoid deployment. We are founded by leading scientists in robot reinforcement learning (ex-Nvidia, ex-ETH Zürich), and backed by leading international VC firms. In just months, we’ve gone from our first line of code to deploying real humanoid capabilities.

The role

As our Finance Lead, you'll own the financial backbone of a fast-scaling robotics company. Reporting to our Head of Global Operations, you'll lead FP&A across our global entities and build the models, reporting and financial controls to enable strategic decisions.

This is a hands-on, high-ownership individual contributor role where you will drive monthly close, cash-flow forecasting, audits, and more!

Key responsibilities

• Lead global financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes to align with company strategic goals at a SaaS start up
• Establish and maintain strong global financial controls and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards to optimize performance and mitigate risks
• You’ve been on a finance team that has led an early stage startup through fundraising and scale.
• Develop and maintain complex financial models to support decision-making processes
• Analyze financial data, including profit and cost analyses, and create reports for leadership in support of improvements or strategic changes
• Establish and maintain end-to-end procurement processes with accountability for 3rd party vendor/ tool selection, vendor onboarding, invoice payment, vendor management and vendor offboardingli>
• Oversee the global finance and accounting practices and processes to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and compliance with global accounting standards
• Implement scalable processes and tools for budget management and reporting
• Complete global payroll, tax and compliance reporting
• Lead global financial audits from preparation to completion
• Continuously evaluate and improve financial processes, systems, and tools to support rapid company growth.

• 6+ years in FP&A, strategic finance or audit, ideally with high-growth startup or scale-up exposure.
• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field; a professional qualification (e.g. Swiss Fachausweis, ACCA, CPA or CFA) is a plus.
• Strong financial modelling and analysis skills. You can build driver-based models from scratch and are highly proficient in Excel and Google Sheets.
• A solid grasp of Swiss accounting, tax and payroll requirements, and comfort operating across multiple entities and currencies.
• A builder's mindset. You've set up or improved finance processes and systems, and you thrive with ambiguity and ownership in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent communication. You can translate financial concepts for non-finance stakeholders and present to leadership and investors.

• Competitive compensation
• Enhanced pension plan
• Enhanced holiday & paid leave perks
• Relocation & permit sponsorship
• Central Zürich office with top-tier robotics testing facilities and infrastructure
• Joining Europe's leading robotics team & exposure to never-done-before research
• Energetic, collaborative culture with a bias for action and regular community events