FP&A Lead at Humanoid (London, United Kingdom)
Humanoid· London, United Kingdom·
Role details
Competitive Salary · Stock Option Plan · Paid Vacation · Travel Opportunities · Free Breakfasts, Lunches, And Snacks · Snacks · Team Events
Humanoid at a glance
Humanoid builds commercially scalable, safe humanoid robots to automate labor-intensive industrial tasks in warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing.
Designs and builds general-purpose humanoid robots (the HMND 01 platform) that automate physical industrial tasks like goods handling, picking and packing, and kitting, orchestrated by an in-house AI fleet framework called KinetIQ.
Approximately $30M self-funded by founder Artem Sokolov; a ~$200M Series A was in talks as of early 2026 (not closed) raised · latest: Series A (in talks, ~$200M, no valuation set) as of February 2026 · backed by Artem Sokolov (founder, sole shareholder)
Summary
The FP&A Lead reports to the CFO to develop and improve financial planning processes, tools, and outputs. This role involves driving the company-wide planning rhythm, supporting strategic decision-making through high-quality forecasts, and acting as a thought partner to functional leads to ensure financial maturity.
Job description
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.
About The Role
As FP&A Lead, you’ll report to the CFO and be responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving our financial planning processes, tools, and outputs. You will drive the company-wide planning rhythm, support decision-making with high-quality forecasts and analysis, and act as a thought partner to functional leads. This role requires a strong analytical mind, a pragmatic approach to tooling and automation, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insight. You’ll also play a key role in helping the company scale its financial maturity—ensuring we operate with clarity, discipline, and flexibility as we grow.
What You’ll Do
- Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the company’s annual budget and quarterly reforecasting processes
- Develop and maintain multi-scenario financial models that support strategic and operational decision-making
- Partner with business functions to build accurate, data-driven plans across headcount, OPEX, CAPEX, and project spend
- Provide visibility on burn, run rate, variance to plan, and budget utilisation across the company
- Performance Management & Reporting
- Deliver regular financial reporting and commentary for the leadership team and board
- Monitor financial KPIs across functions and flag emerging risks or opportunities
- Work closely with the Head of Finance to track and report company performance against long-range plans
- Develop dashboards and tools to improve transparency and accountability across teams
- Business Partnership
- Act as a trusted finance partner to engineering, operations, and go-to-market leads
- Support project planning, resource allocation, and vendor negotiations with relevant financial inputs
- Drive proactive conversations around spend optimisation, trade-offs, and investment returns
- Support commercial teams with pricing, margin, and cost modelling
- Tooling, Process & Systems
- Design and implement scalable planning workflows, templates, and financial systems
- Help evaluate and deploy FP&A tools
- Drive automation and integration across finance and operational data sources
- Establish documentation and governance around planning inputs, assumptions, and outputs
We’re Looking For
- 6+ years of experience in FP&A, finance business partnering, or strategic finance roles
- Strong modelling and analytical skills, with the ability to build clean, scalable, and insightful models
- Experience in hardware, manufacturing, robotics, or capital-intensive businesses is a plus
- Excellent communication skills – you can distil complexity and frame trade-offs clearly for senior stakeholders
- Self-starter with a builder’s mindset – comfortable designing processes from scratch in a fast-paced environment
- Deep understanding of cost structures, capital planning, and cash flow modelling
Bonus Points
- Prior experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or supply chain organisations
- Familiarity with finance systems and data tooling (e.g. NetSuite, Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
- Experience preparing board-level reporting or working in investor-backed companies
- Exposure to unit economics, pricing models, and product lifecycle financials
What We Offer
- Competitive salary plus participation in our Stock Option Plan
- Paid vacation with adjustments based on your location to comply with local labor laws
- Travel opportunities to our Vancouver and Boston offices
- Office perks: free breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and regular team events
- Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives
- Collaboration with top‑tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics
- Startup culture prioritising speed, transparency, and minimal bureaucracy
Why work at Humanoid
- High-growth environment: Company grew headcount by 139% in a single year, indicating rapid scaling and opportunity for career advancement. 65+ open roles suggest strong hiring momentum.
- Talent from top robotics firms: Team includes alumni from Boston Dynamics, Sanctuary AI, Dyson, Ocado Technology, Arrival, Wayve, and others — offering a deep learning and collaboration environment.
- Technical focus: Engineering and technical roles represent 38% of the workforce, with senior-level hires at 23% of the team. The company emphasizes hardware, AI, machine learning, and control systems.
- Mission-driven: Clear purpose to automate undesirable, unsafe, and repetitive work — appealing to candidates who want to make a tangible societal impact.
- Global presence: Offices in London (HQ), Cambridge (USA), and Burnaby (Canada), plus operations in 16 countries — offering potential for international mobility and remote collaboration.
- Innovation culture: Described as a place where engineers and researchers “move from demo to deployment” and “not just in the lab.” The CTO emphasizes building systems that perform in the real world from day one.
- Office/Hybrid policy: Not explicitly stated, but the company has physical offices in three countries and a distributed team across 16 nations — likely supports hybrid/remote with in-office collaboration for engineering roles.