Financial Operations Analyst
Foster City · USD 120,000-160,000 / year · 2+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Foster City
- Salary
- USD 120,000-160,000 / year
About the role
- The Financial Operations Analyst will support the Production Manufacturing team by driving financial planning and month-end close activities. This role involves managing purchase requisitions, conducting budget analysis, and ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and internal accounting policies.
Responsibilities
- Review purchase requisitions for compliance with U.S. GAAP and Zoox accounting policies
- Conduct pre-approval compliance checks of purchase orders against budget and forecast models
- Conduct Forecast vs. Actuals (FvA) analysis during monthly and quarterly closes
- Review agreements and contracts to determine appropriate PR structure and coding
- Partner with business owners to resolve incomplete or non-compliant purchase requisitions
- Own open PO review and cleanup, including aging analysis and closure of stale purchase orders
- Support month-end close by providing PO and receipt data to Accounting
- Build and maintain trackers on committed spend versus budget by cost center
- Track and report compliance metrics to Finance leadership
Requirements
- BA/BS degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, or a quantitative field
- 2+ years of relevant work experience in finance operations, procurement, accounting, or FP&A
- Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP, particularly as it applies to expense classification and capitalization
- Hands-on experience with a major ERP system (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite)
- Experience with spend management or procurement software (e.g., Coupa, Ariba)
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, and analysis of large datasets)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Detail-oriented and reliable with the ability to adapt to a fast-moving environment
Preferred qualifications
- Public accounting experience, Big 4 a huge plus
- High-growth startup and/or public company accounting experience
- Experience with manufacturing and/or fulfillment accounting
- Experience supporting a procure-to-pay system implementation or an accounting policy rollout
Skills
- SAP
- Anaplan
- Oracle
- NetSuite
- Coupa
- Ariba
- Microsoft Excel
- U.S. GAAP
