
Head of Finance at Ultra (Brooklyn, NY)
Ultra· Brooklyn, NY· $200k–$250k·
Role details
Salary
$200k–$250k
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time
Equity
Yes
Job description
About the Role
We're looking for our first finance leader to build the function from scratch. Ultra has robots deployed in warehouses across the country, and our operational surface area is growing quickly. You'll own financial modeling and reporting that provides a clear view of business health. This is a build-it-yourself role — you'll stand up planning, reporting, and financial operations now, and hire a team underneath you as we scale.
Location: This is a on-site role based in New York City.
What You’ll Do
- Own the operating model - rolling 3-statement forecast, long-range plan, and the annual budget
- Build the revenue and capacity forecast off deployment economics: robots in the field, utilization, autonomy rates, and teleoperation
- Own unit economics per robot and per deployment, and make sure pricing decisions are grounded in them
- Run the 13-week cash forecast and manage runway against hiring and hardware spend
- Own monthly close (with our outside accountants), management reporting, and the monthly financial review with department leads
- Prepare board and investor materials, and lead diligence for our next fundraise
- Partner with hardware and supply chain on BOM cost, vendor terms, inventory, and capex planning
- Own financial operations — AP/AR, payroll, spend control, treasury, insurance, and tax
- Hire and manage the finance team as we grow
Who You Are
- 8+ years across FP&A, strategic finance, banking, PE, or consulting, with real operating time inside a company
- You've built models, processes, and reporting from nothing
- Advanced modeling and scenario work; you're fast and accurate in a spreadsheet
- You understand hardware businesses: COGS, margin structure, inventory, manufacturing, and how they behave differently from software
- You can connect a financial result back to the operational driver that caused it, and explain it in a sentence
- You thrive in a high-trust, high-autonomy environment. You don't need to be told what the top priority is
Bonus Points
- Early-stage or venture-backed startup experience, ideally through a Series A+ scale-up
- Robotics, autonomous systems, or advanced manufacturing background
- Experience with RaaS, usage-based, or other non-seat-based revenue models
- SQL, BI tools, or comfort pulling your own data instead of asking for it
- Experience standing up or migrating an ERP
- You've built AI/agent-assisted workflows into a finance function
Why work at Ultra
- Early‑stage impact: Join a YC‑backed startup founded by three‑time entrepreneurs (previously founded Layer By Layer, Voodoo Manufacturing) with a decade of collaboration.
- Fast‑paced, hands‑on culture: Engineers and researchers directly own firmware, hardware, ML models, and deployment – from design to field support.
- Real‑world robotics: Work on robots that are already generating revenue in customer warehouses, not just lab prototypes.
- Growth trajectory: 333% headcount growth in the past year, with ambitious plans to scale from 19 to hundreds of employees.
- Location & flexibility: Based in New York City; roles span HQ (assembly, testing, R&D) and field deployment across the US.
- Open roles (as of early 2026): Robotics Firmware Engineer, Robotics Hardware Engineer, Data Operations Lead, Research Scientist, Product Engineer, Deployment Engineer, Head of People – offering broad ownership and career growth.