Finance Manager

Kodiak; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Annual bonuses

Medical insurance

Dental/Vision

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Mountain View office

Dog-friendly office

EV charging

401(k)

Job summary

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. seeks a Finance Manager to bolster FP&A, investor relations, and strategy as we scale. You will build financial models, drive planning cycles, and deliver insights for executives while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

Initially an individual contributor, the role will evolve into leading a finance team. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in corporate FP&A at tech companies, strong modeling skills, and startup experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in corporate FP&A and finance, preferably at a tech company.
• Advanced financial modeling and scenario analysis skills.
• Experience presenting to executives with clear, actionable insights.
• Ability to work across functions and balance long-term analysis with timely actions.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and systems aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Run and enhance FP&A processes including monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range planning.
• Partner with business functions to provide financial perspectives on commercial opportunities and investments.
• Build detailed financial models of revenue, expenses, cash flows, and capital structure.
• Produce recurring and ad-hoc analyses and KPIs; identify variances vs. plan.
• Develop and implement an FP&A system and improve processes.
• Contribute to quarterly close and public company reporting; support process improvements.

Skills

Financial modeling

FP&A

Cross-functional collaboration

Startup experience

Accounting systems

Cost accounting

Executive storytelling

Analytical thinking

Tools

Pigment

SAP

Job description

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 technology. In 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 Finance Manager who can work across the entire finance organization of a fast-paced startup and help us build the financial backbone for our business. In 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 company’s 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 you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of experience in corporate FP&A and finance—ideally 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.
• 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
• 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

The pay range listed below reflects the base salaryin our SF/Silicon Valley location,across 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

$140,000 - $155,000 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 candidate’s residence, U.S. person status, and/or citizenship status. Should the position require, and Kodiak determines that a candidate’s 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 Kodiak’s sole discretion, or, as an alternative, opt not to proceed with the candidate’s application. If applicable, Kodiak may provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.