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Finance Manager

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Kodiak AIMountain View, CA, US1 day agoWebsite
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Manager / Lead
Finance

Compensation

$110,000-$140,000/yr
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Description

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.
Bonus points for: 
  • 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
  • Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
  • 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
  • Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
Posted
Jul 14, 2026
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First seen
Jul 14, 2026

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