Strategic Finance Manager

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhoda AI in Mountain View is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to shape the company’s financial foundation during rapid growth. You’ll own planning, FP&A, capital markets, and investor relations with cross‑functional partners.

You’ll build scalable financial models, drive budgeting and forecasting cadences, support fundraising, cap table analysis, and revenue infrastructure. A hands-on, high‑ownership professional who thrives in ambiguity will excel here.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of investment banking experience at a top-tier firm.
• Startup or high-growth experience; comfortable operating in ambiguity across multiple workstreams.
• Exceptional financial modeling skills with clean, flexible models.
• Strong written and verbal communication to distill complex analysis for founders and investors.
• High ownership mindset; able to take initiative.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve core financial model across planning cycles and board presentations.
• Build FP&A processes from scratch, including budgeting and forecasting cadences.
• Partner with engineering, hardware, operations, and sales to bring financial rigor to strategic decisions.
• Improve financial processes for scalability and data visibility.
• Support capital markets activities, cap table analysis, and investor diligence.
• Develop revenue infrastructure including contract economics and gross margin analysis.
• Engage in vendor procurement processes for major spend categories.

Skills

Investment Banking

Startup Experience

Financial Modeling

Communication Skills

Excel/Google Sheets

Ownership Mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

SQL

Looker/Tableau

Job description

At Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and robot systems to the infrastructure and state-of-the‑art foundation world models that control our robots. Our robots are designed to be generalists capable of operating in complex, real‑world environments and handling long‑tail edge cases, made possible by our cutting edge research and end‑to‑end system design. We've raised over $450M and are investing aggressively in model research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale‑up to make generalist robotics a reality.

We are looking for a Strategic Finance Manager to help build and scale our finance function as we grow. This is a unique opportunity to shape the financial foundation of a fast‑moving robotics company, hands‑on and strategic, with real ownership across the full spectrum of finance from FP&A to capital markets to investor relations.

What You'll Do

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Own and evolve Rhoda's core financial model across planning cycles, scenario analysis, and board‑facing presentations

• Build scalable FP&A processes from scratch including budget cycles, variance reporting, and forecasting cadences

• Partner with engineering, hardware, operations, and sales leadership to bring financial rigor to strategic decisions

• Continuously improve financial processes and systems to enhance scalability, forecast precision, and data visibility

• Conduct ad hoc strategic and financial analysis to support executive decision‑making on high‑priority initiatives

Capital Markets and Investor Relations

• Support capital markets activity including fundraising preparation, data room management, cap table analysis, and institutional investor diligence requests

• Maintain and update cap table models, option pool analysis, and dilution scenarios in partnership with outside counsel

• Support investor relations including managing LP information requests, preparing board materials, and maintaining reporting cadences with institutional investors

Commercial Finance and Revenue Infrastructure

• Build the financial infrastructure for Rhoda's first commercial deployments including contract economics, revenue recognition frameworks, unit economics reporting, and gross margin analysis

• Run competitive vendor procurement processes and negotiations across major spend categories including GPU infrastructure and cloud services

• Support commercial contract review and vendor agreement negotiations alongside outside counsel

What We're Looking For

• 2-4 years of investment banking experience at a top‑tier firm

• Startup or high‑growth company experience, you are comfortable operating without a playbook and in ambiguity across multiple workstreams simultaneously

• Exceptional financial modeling skills, you build models that are clean, flexible, and tell a story

• Strong written and verbal communication, you can distill complex financial analysis into clear narratives for founders, institutional investors, and operational leaders

• High ownership mentality, you identify what needs to be done and do it without waiting to be told

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets with strong command of financial modeling best practices

Nice to Have (But Not Required)

• Experience with SQL or Business Intelligence tools such as Looker or Tableau

• Prior exposure to capital markets, investor relations, or corporate development work

• Intellectual curiosity about AI and robotics, you want to understand what we are building and why it matters

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field

Why This Role

• Build the finance foundation at one of the most ambitious robotics companies in the world

• High ownership from day one, you will touch capital markets, investor relations, commercial revenue finance, infrastructure procurement, and strategic FP&A within your first year

• Work directly with the Head of Strategic Finance and have direct impact on company trajectory and financial story

• Meaningful early stage equity reflecting the stage and trajectory of the company