Finance & Business Operations Associate

**About Us**

[ _**www.foundation.bot**_](http://www.foundation.bot/)

Foundation is developing the future of general purpose robotics with the goal to[ _address the labor shortage._](https://share.polymail.io/v1/z/b/NjYyMmI4MThkNzMw/5alY8ShNDXEosfFKZyUZuTXEhYt3pLjXRmAMVunRXlK3USw6hLs5dIaPO0gp3y9abp6xEAMig9AEKzfLE8sqn9lIByRHH0wlxTOua2tLFeS4A6AYSRquJyiE_S55wF8KMdm4sNe0ayWxxaxD46QNdDhohDtkhjzHNi-B-l7-RgBpoB2A7qEGG7OREui61hIOWHLXwLekOkP6RuciamM65QXdyE_2oZNkrWnABp_ytulRmAmSkFfHSTd445MvXowZ47OKyGx2)

Our mission is to create advanced robots that can operate in complex environments, reducing human risk in conflict zones and enhancing efficiency in labor-intensive industries.

Your previous experience in robotics isn't a prerequisite — it's your talent and determination that truly count.

We expect that many of our team members will bring diverse perspectives from various industries and fields.

We are looking for individuals with a proven record of exceptional ability and a history of creating things that work.

All positions are based in San Francisco.

**Our Culture**

We like to be frank and honest about who we are, so that people can decide for themselves if this is a culture they resonate with. Please read more about our culture here[ _https://foundation.bot/culture_](https://foundation.bot/culture).

**Who Should Join:**

• You like working in person with a team in San Francisco.
• You deeply believe that this is the most important mission for humanity and needs to happen yesterday.
• You are highly technical - regardless of the role you are in. We are building technology; you need to understand technology well.
• You care about aesthetics and design inside out. If it's not the best product ever, it bothers you, and you need to “fix” it.
• You don't need someone to motivate you; you get things done.

**The Role**

You'll work directly for the SVP of Operations and Finance, who runs go-to-market, operations, and finance for the company. This is not a back-office seat. In a given week you might build the business case for a customer deployment, prep an investor data room, and run the payment cycle — because all of that runs through this office. You'll be trained on the parts you haven't done. The expectation is that you can move between them fast.

**Why We Are Hiring for This Role:**

• As we scale robot production, purchase order volume across components, tooling, and vendors is growing faster than our finance team can keep up with manually.
• Payables and accounting operations: assisting with AP end to end in Bill.com, and managing our outside accounting and tax firms through month-end close, tax filings, and R&D credit work.
• Purchasing: issuing and tracking POs for components, tooling, and services, and keeping open-PO and commitment reporting current so engineering isn't waiting on paperwork.
• Vendor administration: onboarding, terms, and the paperwork that keeps parts and services flowing.
• The financial model, annual budget, and budget-vs-actuals reporting.
• Fundraising: diligence requests, data rooms, and investor and board materials.
• Audit readiness, cap table and equity administration, and advisor and vendor agreements with outside counsel.
• Customer deals: business cases and ROI models, pricing and deployment proposals, LOI and term sheet support, and the diligence packages customers ask for along the way.
• Customer and investor travel: prep, materials, and follow-through for meetings and trips, domestic and international.

**What Kind of Person We Are Looking For:**

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (required).
• 2–5 years of experience in finance, business operations, consulting, or a startup seat where you touched more than one function. Public accounting works too if you're ready to get out of it.
• Comfortable with the mechanics: you can build a model, run a payment cycle, and read a contract, or learn any of them fast. Bill.com, QuickBooks, or NetSuite experience is a plus.
• Strong in Excel or Google Sheets and a clear writer — you'll produce decks, memos, and customer-facing documents, not just spreadsheets.
• Comfortable in front of customers, partners, investors, and executives, and able to represent this office when the SVP isn't in the room.
• Detail-oriented enough to run a high-volume payment cycle without dropping anything, while still moving fast on everything else.
• Trustworthy and discreet with customer, financial, and investor information.
• Thrives in a fast-paced startup where processes are still being built, priorities shift weekly, and ownership matters more than titles.
• Curious about hardware and robotics — you want to understand what we build, buy, and sell, and why.
• Willing to travel occasionally for shows and customer meetings.

**Benefits**

We provide market standard benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k, etc.). Join us for the culture and the mission, not for the benefits.

**Salary**

The annual compensation is expected to be between $75,000 - $100,000. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.