Cost Accounting Manager

Tensor Auto; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity incentive plan

Comprehensive benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Tensor seeks an FP&A Manager to build the company’s planning function and own the long-range operating model used for fundraising, board materials, and investor communications. The role will also manage near-term treasury/cash forecasting until a dedicated function is established.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in FP&A, with experience in investment banking/consulting and corporate FP&A, and strong three-statement modeling for hardware/manufacturing businesses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in finance/economics/accounting or related field.
• MBA or CFA preferred for seniority and credibility.
• Experience building and leading FP&A in a hardware/capital-intensive environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated long-range financial model (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow).
• Lead monthly management reporting with variance analysis and KPI dashboards.
• Stand up corporate planning calendar: annual plans, quarterly reforecasts, rolling cash forecasts.
• Support fundraising, projections, and diligence with investors, lenders, and board materials.
• Own capex planning and cost tracking for vehicle, manufacturing, and infra investments.
• Lead the planning system implementation and connect to ERP.

Skills

Executive communication

Financial modeling

Fundraising experience

Documentation & versioning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting

MBA or CFA

Tools

Adaptive

Anaplan

Pigment

Job description

Tensor is an American Physical AI company dedicated to building agentic products that empower people. Our flagship product, the Tensor Robocar, is the world’s first personal Robocar and the first AI agentic vehicle — fully autonomous, automotive-grade, and built for private ownership at scale. Founded in 2016 in Silicon Valley, Tensor is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in Barcelona, Singapore, and Dubai. At Tensor, we champion personal AI autonomy and ownership. Our vision is to build a future where everyone owns their own Artificial General Intelligence — a personal AGI that enables more time, freedom, and autonomy. We’re forging an alternative path where AGI serves only you, and is controlled solely by you.

We provide a competitive compensation package, opportunities for professional growth, participation in a discretionary equity incentive plan, and access to a comprehensive company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Join us to shape the future! Work with brilliant minds on technology transforming automotive industry and make a lasting impact.

We are seeking an FP&A Manager to build the company's planning function. You will own the long-range operating model that underpins fundraising, board, and investor materials — it must be rigorous, defensible, and consistent — and convert that model into the budgeting, forecasting, and management-reporting rhythm of an institutional-grade finance organization. This role also owns near‑term treasury/cash forecasting until a dedicated function is built.

Locations

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated long-range financial model (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow): unit economics, production ramp, capex, and liquidity runway, with documented assumptions and scenario/sensitivity analysis.
• Support financing and strategic workstreams: projections and diligence responses for investors, lenders, and advisors, and board materials — with full consistency across all versions.
• Stand up the corporate planning calendar: annual operating plan, quarterly reforecasts, and rolling cash forecasts, with department‑level budgets and named budget owners.
• Deliver monthly management reporting: budget‑vs‑actual variance analysis with accounting, KPI dashboards, and clear narratives for the executive team and board.
• Build a disciplined forecasting and metrics framework to support reporting on external timelines.
• Instill spend discipline: partner with budget owners on headcount and purchase approvals, and connect the PO process to budget checks.
• Own capex planning and program‑level cost tracking for vehicle, manufacturing, and infrastructure investments; own near‑term cash forecasting and treasury support.
• Implement a planning system (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan, Pigment) and management‑reporting stack connected to the ERP.
• Build and lead a small FP&A team over time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field.
• 8+ years of FP&A experience with increasing scope, ideally spanning investment banking/consulting and corporate FP&A.
• Experience supporting fundraising or strategic transactions: building models used by external investors and withstanding diligence.
• Expert three-statement financial modeling; strong command of unit economics for hardware/manufacturing businesses.
• Experience building the FP&A function, calendar, and tooling from an early stage.
• Executive‑level communication: able to distill complexity into clear board and investor narratives.
• High integrity around projections: rigorous versioning, assumptions documentation, and consistency control.

Preferences

• Automotive, EV, robotics, or capital‑intensive hardware experience with production‑ramp modeling.
• MBA or CFA.
• Experience supporting a company through public‑company readiness and external guidance/metrics.
• Planning‑tool implementation experience (Adaptive, Anaplan, Pigment).