Strategic Finance Manager, Manufacturing

Job overview

The Strategic Finance Manager, Manufacturing is an onsite role in San Francisco, CA. Compensation is $130,000–$185,000 per year as a target starting cash range. The role supports Zipline's mission to deliver food, medicine, and essential goods through its autonomous logistics system, partnering with manufacturing and related teams as the company scales.

What you'll do

• Own manufacturing finance reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis across cost, labor, inventory, cash, and operating expenses
• partner with manufacturing, supply chain, quality, engineering, operations, and accounting to translate performance drivers into actions
• build financial models for product cost, production planning, capacity, cost reduction, make-buy decisions, and investments
• develop dashboards and reporting cadences
• analyze operational drivers
• and improve data, systems, and processes supporting manufacturing finance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

strategic finance manager

manufacturing

san francisco ca

zipline

$130k–$185k/year

manufacturing finance

forecasting

variance analysis

cost accounting

inventory

supply chain

financial modeling

erp systems

autonomous logistics

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Potential equity compensation and discretionary bonuses
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• and paid time off.

Why this role

The role combines financial analysis with operational partnership in a rapidly expanding manufacturing environment. Requires a bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline and approximately three or more years of relevant finance experience, plus advanced spreadsheet and ERP or operational-data systems skills.

About the employer

Zipline is hiring for this role. Industry: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. Sector: 54.