Joblaze summary

The Finance Manager at Kodiak Robotics plays a crucial role in enhancing the company's financial planning and analysis processes, collaborating with various departments to provide insights on commercial opportunities and investments. This position requires strong finance and accounting skills, advanced modeling capabilities, and the ability to deliver actionable insights in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have over five years of experience in corporate finance, preferably within a tech startup or publicly traded company. As Kodiak continues to grow, this role is expected to evolve into a leadership position, offering significant visibility and collaboration with key stakehold

Joblaze insights

Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Kodiak Robotics's careers page November 8, 2026.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$127,600).
Starts above 81% of 1434 comparable mid other roles in United States we track (median $105,000 across 185 companies).

Quick facts

Is the Finance Manager role remote?: No — this is an on-site role in Mountain View, CA.
What's the salary range?: Kodiak Robotics lists $140,000–$155,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Finance Manager role.
Where is the role based?: Kodiak Robotics is hiring for this position in Mountain View, CA.
Does Kodiak Robotics sponsor work visas for this role?: Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
What seniority level is this role?: Kodiak Robotics targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Finance Manager role at Kodiak Robotics.

From the original posting

Kodiak AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: KDK), founded in 2018, is a leader in Physical AI, developing driverless technology that powers machines that move. Its Kodiak Driver is a vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving system that combines AI-powered software with modular hardware. Today it operates in long-haul trucking, industrial trucking, and defense. In 2024, Kodiak launched commercial Driver-as-a-Service operations with no one in the cab, and plans to launch driverless long-haul service between Dallas and Houston by the end of 2026.

We are looking for a Finance Manager who can work across the entire finance organization of a fast-paced startup and help us build the financial backbone for our business. In this role you will wear many hats, and be excited to support FP&A, investor relations, corporate development and strategy and business operations. The right person for this role has a flexible, client-service mentality and can balance careful, long-term, analytical work product with a bias for prompt, proactive action to drive progress.

Key attributes for success include: strong finance and accounting fundamentals; sharp critical thinking skills; ability to rapidly produce and iterate custom, high-impact work product for executive consumption; meticulous attention to detail and accuracy; and, the courage to speak up and ask questions with tact and contextual awareness. Initially, this role is scoped to be an individual contributor, but anticipate it will evolve into a team leadership role as the company continues to grow. The position is highly visible and involves collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders.

In this role, you will:

Play a key role in running and enhancing the company’s FP&A processes, including monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range planning.
Partner with various functions of the business to provide financial perspectives and guidance around commercial opportunities, corporate initiatives, and enterprise-wide investments and spending.
Create detailed financial models of various types, including forecasts of revenue streams, expenses, cash flows, component costs, capital structure, and M&A.
Produce recurring and ad-hoc analysis and reporting of performance versus plan, metrics, and KPIs, and seek opportunities to reduce variances to plan.
Assist in developing and implementing an FP&A system.
Participate in finance and accounting processes, such as quarterly close and public company reporting, and contribute to process improvement.

What you’ll bring:

5+ years of experience in corporate FP&A and finance—ideally with at least 3 years at a publicly traded, fast paced, tech company.
Advanced financial and business modeling.
Skilled at analyzing complex topics, visualizing data, and delivering actionable insights.
Innate desire and inclination to learn the details of the business and track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization
Strong accounting and systems aptitude.

Bonus points for:

Startup experience
Experience with financial planning tools, especially Pigment
Cost accounting aptitude and experience with SAP supply chain
Investment banking, private equity, or Big 4 background

What we offer:

Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
Fidelity 401(k)
Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

The pay range listed below reflects the base salary in our SF/Silicon Valley location, across several internal levels. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors including: work location, experience, relevant training, education, skill level and performance during interview. Total compensation at Kodiak includes base pay, equity, bonus and a competitive benefits package

California Pay Range

$140,000—$155,000 USD

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