Serve Robotics

Senior Financial Analyst, Strategic Finance, FP&A

Serve Robotics

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $125,000 - $145,000 per year

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About the role

  • Own and enhance company-wide and functional forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and long-term growth objectives
  • Lead development of driver-based financial models that incorporate operational, commercial, and strategic assumptions
  • Build and evaluate both top-down and bottom-up financial models, reconciling differences to ensure forecasts are internally consistent, realistic, and decision-useful
  • Partner with senior leaders to refine forecasts, challenge assumptions, and identify risks and opportunities
  • Build and maintain advanced scenario and sensitivity models to assess financial impacts of strategic initiatives, market expansion, pricing changes, and capital allocation decisions
  • Support long-range planning (LRP) and multi-year financial projections, ensuring consistency across strategic narratives and financial outputs
  • Serve as the primary FP&A partner for Business Development, supporting:
  • Financial modeling for M&A, strategic partnerships, and commercial agreements
  • Evaluation of investment returns, synergies, and integration scenarios
  • Develop forward-looking forecasts and valuation models to support transaction diligence, board materials, and executive decision-making
  • Assist in post-deal financial integration planning and performance tracking
  • Lead monthly and quarterly variance analysis, translating results into clear insights on performance drivers
  • Identify emerging trends, risks, and execution gaps, and proactively recommend corrective actions
  • Elevate financial storytelling by connecting results to operational and strategic context
  • Act as a key Pigment power user, owning or supporting:
  • Model design and maintenance
  • Forecasting workflows and version control
  • Reporting structures and dashboards
  • Partner with Finance leadership to enhance and scale Pigment, including new use cases, integrations, and model improvements
  • Leverage advanced Excel/Google Sheets, Pigment, and emerging productivity tools (e.g., ChatGPT, scripting, workflow automation) to streamline reporting and analysis
  • Improve data accuracy, speed, and scalability through automation and process redesign
  • Act as a trusted financial advisor to Business Development and other functional leaders
  • Demonstrate strong executive presence, with the ability to confidently interface with senior executive leadership and influence decisions through clear, data-driven insights
  • Prepare and deliver executive-ready materials, including presentations and financial narratives for leadership meetings, investor discussions, and board reviews
  • Communicate complex financial concepts clearly to non-finance stakeholders
  • Support the Strategy team with financial analysis, market research, and competitive insights to inform long-term strategic initiatives
  • Partner on deck-building and narrative development for executive, board, and investor presentations, ensuring alignment between strategy, financials, and messaging
  • Assist with ad hoc strategic analyses related to new market entry, pricing strategy, partnerships, and corporate development
  • Apply strong accounting fundamentals to ensure alignment between forecasts, actuals, and financial statements
  • Partner with Accounting during close cycles to support accruals, explanations, and reporting integrity

Requirements

  • 4–6+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or corporate finance, preferably in a tech, robotics, or high-growth environment
  • Demonstrated experience supporting Business Development, strategic initiatives, or M&A-related financial analysis
  • Hands-on experience with Pigment (implementation or heavy usage strongly preferred)
  • Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, scenario modeling, and long-range planning
  • Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets and Excel, including complex modeling and automation techniques
  • Experience with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite)
  • Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial statements
  • Proven ability to operate with executive presence, effectively supporting and influencing senior leadership
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to turn data into insights and action
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Comfortable operating with ambiguity and evolving priorities in a fast-scaling organization
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Hard skills
financial modelingvariance analysisscenario modelinglong-range planningbudgetingforecastingdata analysisfinancial integrationvaluation modelsaccounting principles
Soft skills
executive presencecommunication skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solvingbusiness acumeninfluencing skillsadaptabilitycollaborationstrategic thinkingstorytelling