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# Director, FP&A at Gatik AI

- **Company:** Gatik AI
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/gatikaiinc/jobs/4710196006?gh_jid=4710196006

## Job description

## Who we are

Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.

The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.

## About the role

We are looking for a highly capable finance professional to take ownership of the financial data, reporting, and insights that support decision-making across the company. This role will be responsible for producing and maintaining financial statements, management dashboards, recurring KPIs, and customized reporting that provide leadership with a clear and accurate view of the business.

Reporting directly to the CFO, this individual will work hands-on with our ERP and financial data to build and enhance reporting capabilities, maintain financial projections and forecasts, and support the preparation of Board and investor materials. The role will also play an important part in monthly and quarterly close activities and serve as a key finance partner across the organization, ensuring teams and leadership have timely, accurate financial information to make informed decisions.

This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office.

## What you'll do

- Own the development and generation of ERP-based financial and operational reporting across key functions, including Finance, Operations, Sales & Marketing, and HR.
- Maintain and continuously refine the company’s financial forecasts, including financial statements, liquidity requirements, and leasing activities.
- Partner closely with Commercial, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to understand business developments, incorporate new information, and improve the accuracy of financial projections.
- Develop and implement regional KPI reporting to measure the performance, efficiency, and profitability of individual networks.
- Build and maintain dashboards that provide leadership with timely visibility into key financial and operating performance metrics.
- Support the timely preparation of financial statements from the trial balance and ERP system, including consolidation activities.
- Support strategic financial planning, including annual budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, and other analytical projects.
- Partner with the broader Finance team on monthly and quarterly close activities, financial audits, and related reporting requirements.
- Support compensation plan analysis and reporting, including tracking and reporting on applicable revenue-sharing arrangements.

## What we're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 10+ years of relevant experience across accounting, finance, FP&A, or related financial functions.
- Strong experience working with ERP systems to generate timely and accurate financial reporting; experience with NetSuite is preferred.
- Experience with international consolidations and the ability to prepare consolidated quarterly financial statements from the trial balance.
- Advanced Excel skills, along with experience using reporting and visualization tools to develop dashboards and track financial and operational KPIs.
- Strong experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
- Ability to work with large and complex financial datasets, identify key trends, and translate financial information into actionable business insights.
- Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with Finance, Commercial, Operations, HR, and other teams.
- High attention to detail with the ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver accurate work in a fast-paced environment.

Salary Range - $190,000 - $250,000

More about Gatik

Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.

We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy.  By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik’s well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.

Visit us at [Gatik](http://gatik.ai/) for more company information and [Careers at Gatik](https://gatik.ai/careers/) for more open roles.

Notable News

- Bloomberg: [Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Inks Contracts Worth $600 Million](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/autonomous-trucking-firm-gatik-inks-contracts-worth-600-million)
- Forbes: [Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/01/28/hundreds-of-gatik-robot-delivery-trucks-headed-for-us-roads/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainLI&utm_source=ForbesMainLinkedIn&utm_medium=social)
- Forbes:[Gatik And Loblaw Announce Largest Commercial Deployment Of AV Trucks](https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbishop1/2025/09/23/gatik-and-loblaw-announce-largest-commercial-deployment-of-av-trucks/)
- Forbes: [Forget robotaxis. Upstart Gatik sees middle-mile deliveries as the path to profitable AVs](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2023/09/05/forget-robotaxis-upstart-gatik-sees-middle-mile-deliveries-as-the-path-to-profitable-avs/?sh=52b7a7866e61)
- Tech Brew: [Gatik AI exec unpacks the regulations that could shape the AV industry](https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/09/06/gatik-ai-richard-steiner-regulations-av-industry)
- Business Wire: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241008155613/en/Gatik-Paves-the-Way-for-Safe-Driverless-Operations-%E2%80%98Freight-Only%E2%80%99-at-Scale-with-Industry-First-Third-Party-Safety-Assessment-Framework
- Auto Futures: [Autonomous Trucking Group Gatik Secures Investment From NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS](https://www.autofutures.tv/news-features/autonomous-trucking-group-gatik-secures-investment-from-nippon-express-holdings/s/e125e5df-220b-42b6-b2df-754f54d602a9)
- Automotive News: [Gatik foresees hundreds of self-driving trucks on road soon, and that's just the beginning](https://www.autonews.com/mobility-report/gatik-prepares-launch-self-driving-trucks-scale)
- Forbes: [Isuzu And Gatik Go All In To Scale Up Driverless Freight Services](https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbishop1/2024/05/30/isuzu-and-gatik-go-all-in-to-scale-up-driverless-freight-services/)
- Bloomberg: [Autonomous Vehicle Startup Takes Off by Picking Off Easier Routes](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-24/autonomous-vehicle-startup-takes-off-by-picking-off-easier-routes)
- Reuters: [Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite US robotaxi scrutiny](https://www.reuters.com/technology/driverless-vehicles-limited-routes-bump-along-despite-us-robotaxi-scrutiny-2023-12-13/)

Taking care of our team

At Gatik, we connect people of extraordinary talent and experience to an opportunity to create a more resilient supply chain and contribute to our environment’s sustainability. We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives yet united by a bold vision and shared commitment to our values. Our culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect and agility.

We at Gatik strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that together we can do great things. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse team. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

## About Gatik AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Gatik operates fully driverless, autonomous middle-mile freight networks for Fortune 50 retailers and consumer brands across North America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series unknown; $153M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Gautam Narang (CEO), Arjun Narang (CTO), Apeksha Kumavat (Chief Engineer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Autonomous freight / transportation & logistics
- **Target customers**: B2B – large retailers, grocery chains, eCommerce companies (e.g., Walmart, Loblaw, Kroger, PepsiCo, Tyson Foods)
- **Mission**: “Autonomy should solve real problems today” – deploying safe, commercially viable autonomous trucks for regional delivery networks.

## Products & Services
- **Gatik Driver™**: SAE Level 4 autonomous driving system for medium-duty (Class 6) and heavy-duty (Class 8) trucks, purpose-built for middle-mile logistics (distribution centers to retail locations).
- **Gatik Arena™**: Next-generation simulation platform (unveiled July 2025) for training and validating autonomous systems across millions of driving scenarios.
- **Autonomous Freight-as-a-Service**: Fully managed, driver-out delivery operations for commercial customers, with daily revenue-generating routes.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: $600 million in contracted revenue (as of January 2026, following first fully driverless commercial operations at scale)
- **Total Funding**: $153M (across 11 rounds, per LinkedIn)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Isuzu (mass production partnership), ITOCHU Corporation, Ryder, Goodyear, NVIDIA (compute architecture), Walmart, Loblaw, PepsiCo, Kroger, Tyson Foods.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - First U.S. company to operate fully driverless trucks at commercial scale (Jan 2026)
  - Multi-year agreement with PepsiCo (June 2026) – largest autonomous freight deployment to date
  - 5-year expansion deal with Loblaw for 50 autonomous trucks in Greater Toronto Area (Sept 2025)
  - Named to FreightTech 25 list for four consecutive years
  - Forbes “America’s Best Startup Employers” (2024, 2025)
  - Headcount grew 17.6% YoY to ~124 employees (LinkedIn, 2025)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in commercial driver-out middle-mile**: Only company operating fully driverless trucks daily for Fortune 50 retailers at scale.
- **OEM-backed mass production**: Exclusive partnership with Isuzu to mass produce L4-capable autonomous trucks on a dedicated production line.
- **Safety-first approach**: Industry-first third-party safety assessment framework (Oct 2024) and rigorous validation via Gatik Arena simulation.
- **Deep retailer relationships**: Multi-year contracts with Walmart, Loblaw, Kroger, PepsiCo, Tyson – creating high switching costs and recurring revenue.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale commercial operations**: Expand driverless networks across North America, adding new routes and customers.
- **Mass production readiness**: Work with Isuzu to deliver volume manufacturing of autonomous trucks.
- **Geographic expansion**: Deeper presence in Canada (Loblaw) and entry into Japan via ITOCHU partnership.
- **Continuous safety & validation**: Leverage Gatik Arena to accelerate deployment of new scenarios while maintaining safety certification.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & values**: “Be Builders, Be Agile, Be Relentless, Be United, Be Bold” – emphasis on disciplined engineering, real-world impact, and team collaboration.
- **Work environment**: Office-first culture with pet-friendly offices, daily catered lunches, fully stocked kitchens, and collaborative spaces. Locations include Mountain View (CA), Dallas (TX), Detroit (MI), Phoenix (AZ), Bentonville (AR), Toronto (ON), and others.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salaries, stock options, 401(k) with match, comprehensive health/wellness benefits, paid parental leave, company events/retreats.
- **Engineering focus**: Hands-on work in autonomy, robotics, simulation, and vehicle operations. Team includes engineers from Waymo, Zoox, Aurora, TuSimple, Nuro, and top universities.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling company with proven commercial traction – employees directly shape the future of autonomous freight.

## Sources
1. [gatik.ai](https://gatik.ai/)
2. [archive.gatik.ai/careers](https://archive.gatik.ai/careers/)
3. [archive.gatik.ai/about](https://archive.gatik.ai/about/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/gatik_ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gatik_ai)
5. [cbinsights.com/company/gatik-ai](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gatik-ai)

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