Strategic Finance Manager, Manufacturing
Zipline · South San Francisco, California, USA
Posted 27 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 27 days Zipline 's roles stay open a median of 42 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 51% of Zipline 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Zipline
- low 0 stale, 6 reposted of 342 open
- Hiring momentum
- 454 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zipline 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Zipline .
About this role
As a Strategic Finance Manager at Zipline, you will focus on making manufacturing performance measurable and economically actionable in a rapidly expanding environment. Your role involves partnering with various departments to analyze financial data, build models, and improve reporting processes that support decision-making. You will be responsible for forecasting, variance analysis, and developing dashboards to enhance visibility into manufacturing performance and costs.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zipline as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.
- Approximately 3+ years of experience in Manufacturing Finance, FP&A, Operations Finance, Cost Accounting, Supply Chain Finance, or another analytical finance role.
- 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.
- Experience working with ERP, MRP, MES, inventory, or operational data systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Zerp, or similar tools.
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.
- Experience with inventory analysis, WIP, E&O, cycle counts, rework, scrap, yield, throughput, or capacity planning.
- Experience supporting manufacturing cost reduction, product cost modeling, make-buy decisions, or supplier cost analysis.
- Familiarity with standard costing, expected cost models, BOM governance, or cost accounting concepts.
Worth weighing
- The role requires working in a fast-changing manufacturing environment, which may involve evolving systems and processes.
- No specific salary or benefits information is provided in the posting.
- The position may involve dealing with complex operational data and requires strong analytical skills.
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Listed by Zipline on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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