VP / Sr. Dir FP&A

The VP of FP&A will build and lead the company’s financial planning and operational finance function, translating the company’s strategic plan into operational budgets, forecasts, and financial insights that support decision making across the organization.

This role focuses on operational finance, partnering closely with engineering, operations, and commercial teams to ensure the company can scale efficiently and execute against its growth plans. The role works with this team to drive profitability, working capital efficiency, and manufacturing productivity while maintaining robust financial controls.

The VP FP&A will report to the future CFO and work closely with the CEO and executive team.

• Help drive the company’s annual operating plan and quarterly forecasting process

• Translate the company’s strategic financial plan into department budgets and operating targets

• Maintain financial models to support revenue growth, margin expansion, and scaling operations

• Drive forecasting accuracy and financial discipline across the company

• Build a finance business partner function aligned with key operating teams (engineering, operations, supply chain, commercial) and act as a co-pilot to VP-Manufacturing

• Help operating leaders understand the financial implications of operational decisions

• Support planning for hiring, product development, manufacturing ramps, and customer demand

• Lead financial governance for contract manufacturers (CMs) and outsourced production partners.

• Review and negotiate cost structures, pricing models, and volume commitments with CMs.

• Ensure alignment between CM economics and company margin objectives.

• Lead financial evaluation of manufacturing capital investments

• Monitor CapEx spending vs approved budgets.

• Ensure post-investment performance reviews

• Implement and maintain strong manufacturing financial controls.

• Strengthen controls around procurement,production and contract manufacturing.

• Define and maintain the company’s operational and financial metrics

• Develop dashboards and reporting to track performance against plan

• Lead variance analysis and identify key financial and operational risk.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and cost optimization.

• Provide analytical support for key operational and strategic decisions, including:

  • product ramps

  • manufacturing scale

  • pricing and margin evolution

  • resource allocation

• Work cross-functionally to help leadership make data-driven decisions

• Hire and develop a small team of FP&A analysts over time

• Implement scalable planning processes and tools

• Establish a consistent cadence of planning, forecasting, and financial reviews

Ideal candidates will have:

• 10+ years of experience in FP&A or operational finance

• Experience in hardware, semiconductor, or manufacturing-driven businesses

• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities

• Experience partnering with engineering, operations, or supply chain teams

• Demonstrated ability to build finance processes in a rapidly scaling company

A successful VP FP&A will:

• Build a credible operating plan and forecasting process

• Establish strong financial discipline and accountability across teams

• Provide leadership with clear insight into operational and financial performance

• Develop a finance organization that supports operational decision making

• Strong operational curiosity

• Ability to work closely with technical and operational teams

• Comfort operating in a fast-growing and evolving organization

• Ability to translate complex operational issues into financial insights

• Ability to influence operations and procurement leadership.

• Track record of driving cost discipline and operational efficiency.