Roboforce
Finance and Accounting Manager
Milpitas, CA. Posted 5 months ago
The role
This person will own day-to-day finance and accounting operations. They will work with the CEO and leadership team on budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and finance process development.
What you will do
- Own day-to-day finance and accounting operations across the company.
- Manage budgeting, forecasting, cash burn tracking, runway planning, and scenario modeling.
- Coordinate with external accounting, payroll, tax, and audit partners.
- Support monthly close processes, AP/AR oversight, vendor payments, expense management, and financial reporting.
- Build and improve finance processes, controls, and internal reporting systems.
- Implement and manage finance tools and workflows from the ground up.
- Prepare financial reporting and analysis for leadership, board materials, investor updates, and fundraising diligence.
- Partner cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, HR, and leadership teams.
- Help establish scalable finance infrastructure as the company grows.
Required qualifications
- 5–8+ years of finance, accounting, or finance operations experience in startups or high-growth companies.
- Experience working directly with founders and leadership teams.
- Track record owning both accounting operations and FP&A responsibilities.
- Strong familiarity with modern finance and accounting systems (QuickBooks, NetSuite, Ramp, Expensify, AP systems, budgeting and forecasting tools, etc.)
- Experience implementing finance systems and processes from scratch.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and operational skills.
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving, ambiguous startup environments.
- Builder mentality with a desire to create scalable processes and infrastructure.
- Willingness to be highly hands-on across both strategic and operational finance work.
Nice to have
- Experience as an early or first internal finance hire
- Previous experience at a Big 4 accounting or audit firm (PwC, Deloitte, EY, or KPMG)
- Experience in robotics, hardware, manufacturing, aerospace, industrial, or deep-tech companies.
- Experience supporting venture-backed startups through fundraising and board reporting cycles.
- Experience managing external accounting or audit relationships.
- Experience scaling finance processes through periods of rapid company growth.
Benefits
- Competitive stock options/equity programs.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan.
- Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
- Lunches and dinners
- A fully stocked kitchen
- Regular team-building events
About the company
RoboForce is an AI robotics company developing Physical AI–powered Robo-Labor for dull, dirty, and dangerous work. The company’s robots are engineered for demanding industrial environments.