Senior Financial Analyst

JOB SUMMARY
We're looking for a highly motivated and talented Senior Financial Analyst with hands-on experience and a passion for robotics to join our team. Specifically we seek a finance professional with proven capabilities in production unit economics manufacturing cost analysis and operations business partnering. Reporting to the Senior Manager of FP&A you'll be embedded in our Operations org as the day-to-day finance partner — owning production unit economics tracking OPEX and CAPEX and keeping manufacturing decisions grounded in numbers. Over time this role will grow into owning the full COGS picture with a path toward leading operations finance and eventually full product economics. As Apptronik scales so will the role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Production Unit Economics

• Build and maintain production cost models — tracking unit costs BoM assumptions and cost-to-produce across production schedules
• Own cost reporting PPV analysis landed cost and tariff tracking and supplier financial performance metrics

Inventory & Balance Sheet

• Establish inventory on the balance sheet manage E&O reserves and drive unit cost transitions into COGS
• Manage the transition of R&D spend into capitalized inventory and COGS as Apollo moves into production

Operations Business Partnering

• Own budgeting and rolling forecasts for Operations departments; deliver variance analysis with clear operational context
• Lead manufacturing and supply chain financial reviews and perform ad hoc analysis (make vs. buy yield economics contract manufacturer cost reviews)
• Ensure operations financials close accurately and on time each month
• Build the operations finance function as Apptronik scales — establishing the processes models and reporting cadences that support long-range production planning
  

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Strong financial modeling skills — comfortable building and maintaining complex Excel/Sheets models
• Hands-on experience with inventory accounting standard costing COGS mechanics BoM cost rollups PPV or yield analysis at a hardware company
• Thrives embedded in an operations environment — on the floor in the reviews not sitting in a finance pod
• Clear communicator who can work cross-functionally with non-finance stakeholders — Operations Supply Chain Manufacturing
• Curious organized and accountable — you don't need to know robotics you need to want to learn it
• Experience with Anaplan SAP NetSuite or similar ERP/planning tools preferred
  

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Finance Accounting Economics or related field
• 3–6 years of experience in FP&A operations finance or a finance-adjacent role

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to be on a production floor
• Occasional travel to contract manufacturer sites
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate

What We Do

Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion creativity and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.

Why Work With Us

At Apptronik we don't see a future where man competes against machine. Instead we envision a harmonious world where man and machine coexist. Our mission statement "It is not Man vs. Machine but Man + Machine" encapsulates our belief that the synergy between humans and robots will pave the way for a brighter more advanced future.

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