Senior Financial Analyst - Manufacturing

JOB SUMMARY

We're looking for a highly motivated and talented Senior Financial Analyst with hands-on experience and a passion for robotics to join our team. Specifically, we seek a finance professional with proven capabilities in production unit economics, manufacturing cost analysis, and operations business partnering. Reporting to the Senior Manager of FP&A, you'll be embedded in our Operations org as the day-to-day finance partner — owning production unit economics, tracking OPEX and CAPEX, and keeping manufacturing decisions grounded in numbers. Over time, this role will grow into owning the full COGS picture, with a path toward leading operations finance and eventually full product economics. As Apptronik scales, so will the role.\

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Production Unit Economics

• Build and maintain production cost models — tracking unit costs, BoM assumptions, and cost-to-produce across production schedules
• Own cost reporting, PPV analysis, landed cost and tariff tracking, and supplier financial performance metrics

Inventory & Balance Sheet

• Establish inventory on the balance sheet, manage E&O reserves, and drive unit cost transitions into COGS
• Manage the transition of R&D spend into capitalized inventory and COGS as Apollo moves into production

Operations Business Partnering

• Own budgeting and rolling forecasts for Operations departments; deliver variance analysis with clear operational context
• Lead manufacturing and supply chain financial reviews and perform ad hoc analysis (make vs. buy, yield economics, contract manufacturer cost reviews)
• Ensure operations financials close accurately and on time each month
• Build the operations finance function as Apptronik scales — establishing the processes, models, and reporting cadences that support long-range production planning
  
  

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Strong financial modeling skills — comfortable building and maintaining complex Excel/Sheets models
• Hands-on experience with inventory accounting, standard costing, COGS mechanics, BoM cost rollups, PPV, or yield analysis at a hardware company
• Thrives embedded in an operations environment — on the floor, in the reviews, not sitting in a finance pod
• Clear communicator who can work cross-functionally with non-finance stakeholders — Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing
• Curious, organized, and accountable — you don't need to know robotics, you need to want to learn it
• Experience with Anaplan, SAP, NetSuite, or similar ERP/planning tools preferred
  
  

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 3–6 years of experience in FP&A, operations finance, or a finance-adjacent role

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to be on a production floor
• Occasional travel to contract manufacturer sites
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate