Head of Finance (Robotics)

Location: South San Francisco, United States; onsite

Company

hirify.global is an American manufacturer of drone motors and robot actuators backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, NFDG, Menlo Ventures, and other investors.

What you will do

• Build hirify.global's finance function from scratch, deciding which activities to manage internally and which to outsource to bookkeepers, CPAs, and auditors.
• Own financial modeling, annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, cash management, treasury, accounting operations, monthly close, and financial reporting.
• Partner with the COO and CEO on fundraising, debt and equipment financing, investor updates, board materials, and audit readiness.
• Select and implement scalable accounting and ERP systems integrated with inventory and manufacturing systems such as MES.
• Support Production, Supply Chain, and Sales with equipment business cases, supplier terms, pricing, quote models, and make-versus-buy decisions.
• Establish controls, tax and compliance processes, grant and government-contract reporting, manufacturing cost accounting, and the finance team as the company scales.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including 3+ years leading the finance function or serving as the senior finance person at a company.
• Hands-on manufacturing or hardware finance experience, including inventory accounting, standard costing, and COGS analysis.
• Strong command of U.S. GAAP, monthly close procedures, and financial statement preparation.
• Ability to build financial models, budgets, and cash forecasts from the ground up.
• Experience implementing or scaling accounting and ERP systems such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, or similar.
• Comfort working hands-on in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment where the playbook is still being written.
• Excellent communication skills for explaining financial results to engineers, executives, and investors.
• Authorized to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• CPA certification or an MBA.
• Experience as the first finance hire at a venture-backed startup.
• Background in drone, robotics, automotive, aerospace, defense, or electromechanical component manufacturing.
• Experience supporting equity fundraising, venture debt, or equipment financing.
• Experience preparing a company for its first financial audit.
• Familiarity with government contracts, grants, manufacturing incentive programs, or multi-state tax and compliance.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, onsite role reporting to the COO.
• Hands-on builder position as the first finance hire, with responsibility for hiring and developing the finance and accounting team as the company scales.
• Work closely with Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Sales, executives, investors, and external advisors.
• Help scale U.S. factory production of millions of motors and actuators for the global market.