RETHINK MANUFACTURING
The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines®, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers’ unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next.
Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we’d love to speak with you.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated, results-driven FP&A lead to join our team in our San Francisco office. In this role you lead our global FP&A activities, managing monthly and quarterly reporting for both OPEX and headcount, working with business leaders, and supporting decision making related to all financial aspects of our business.
Working in a small team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, the FP&A Lead will have constant interaction with the senior members of our organization.
You will be responsible to identify and implement opportunities to resolve finance issues, improve, scale, or simplify finance tools, technology, and processes across teams and organizations
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Manage monthly and quarterly reporting for both OPEX and headcount.
- Identify and implement opportunities to resolve finance issues, improve, scale, or simplify finance tools, technology, and processes across teams and organizations
- Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build and maintain financial models and analyses with little guidance and draw conclusions and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and may have global impact
- Manage annual budget inputs and drivers, consolidate, and analyze data, ensure deadlines are met and assist with board, investor and management presentation and reporting.
- Ensure reporting accuracy and compliance with internal and external policies (e.g., financial, and tax-related regulations), including monitor forecast accuracy, understand drivers of variances, and provide insightful commentary & analysis for both current period and future period.
- Identify and solve complex data integrity issues and collaborate with stakeholders to manage, costs, cash burn and headcount.
- Perform ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modelling. Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives
- Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls
- Finance Degree or related field with 6 or more years of experience
- Strong communication and exceptional business writing with proven experience managing executive level communications
- Superior financial analysis and financial modelling skills
- Detail-oriented, well-organized
- Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with business partners
- Fluency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to work independently, readily adapt to and lead through changing environment
- Proven expertise managing, evaluating, analyzing data quickly and creating meaningful business reporting
- Tech startup or manufacturing industry experience
- Experience using Netsuite ERP or other similar systems
- Proven ability to develop new ideas, process improvement and creative solutions
- Advanced problem solving and root cause analysis combined with proven ability to communicate those analysis
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload and work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams; strong customer focus - both Internal / External
BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY
We’re looking for people who believe they can personally help modernize a global industry and want to work alongside passionate teammates who share their vision. As a global company working toward a common goal, we have a highly collaborative and inclusive approach to work, striking a balance between celebrating team success and focusing on individual growth.
We exist to transform the way things are made. Join us on the journey.
Bright Machines was named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, one of “America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies” by Forbes, and an Inc. “Best in Business” winner.
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