Zipline
Strategic Finance Manager, Manufacturing
$130K–$185K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Approximately 3+ years in Manufacturing Finance, FP&A, Operations Finance, Cost Accounting, Supply Chain Finance, or another analytical finance role.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.
About the job
Partners with manufacturing and cross-functional teams to make performance measurable and guide scaling decisions through financial reporting, forecasting, modeling, and operational analysis.
What you'll do
- Own manufacturing finance reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis across cost, labor, inventory, cash, and operating expense.
- Build financial models and decision support for product costs, production planning, capacity, cost reduction, make-buy analysis, and manufacturing investments.
- Improve dashboards, reporting cadence, data, systems, and processes for scalable manufacturing finance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial statements, and operational performance drivers.
- Experience analyzing manufacturing, hardware, supply chain, inventory, or other operational cost drivers.
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including financial modeling and scenario analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience in high-growth hardware, aerospace, robotics, automotive, consumer electronics, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex operational environments.
- Familiarity with SQL, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or similar analytics and business intelligence tools.
Pay
$130,000 - $185,000 USD base salary
Tools
Excel, Google Sheets, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Zerp, SQL, Looker
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