Strategic Finance Director

The role

You will act as the primary finance partner to a business unit, owning forecasting, planning, and performance management. You will translate complex data into insights to inform growth, drive efficiency, and guide capital allocation.

What you will do

• Act as the primary finance partner to one of the business units, owning forecasting, planning, and performance management.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights that inform growth, drive efficiency, and guide capital allocation.
• Lead budgeting and long-range planning.
• Build and own best-in-class financial models.
• Evaluate critical initiatives across revenue, margin, and cost structure.
• Track performance against KPIs and identify underlying drivers of variance.
• Partner with operations, product, and go-to-market teams to guide decisions on pricing, resource allocation, and cost optimization.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM or highly analytical field.
• 3-6 years in an investment-facing environment (e.g. Investment Banking, Consulting, Private Equity, Venture Capital, or Hedge Funds), with direct exposure to deploying capital or supporting investment
• 3+ years in an in-house finance role, partnering closely with operators to drive business performance.
• Strong problem-solving ability, with structured thinking and a high degree of intellectual rigor.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Sick Time, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, and Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan
• Team lunch in our SoMa office every Tuesday and Thursday

About the company

Atoms builds Physical AI—real-world robots for the industries that move civilization forward, starting with food, mining, and transport.