Finance Director

Our Company

Miso Robotics is transforming the food industry, and making lives better. We've developed an AI-powered kitchen robot named Flippy which automates the most repetitive of kitchen tasks, such as operating a deep fryer. Flippy is fun to watch, but under the hood, he’s powered by a sophisticated AI platform – all driven by our proprietary deep learning experience and patented technologies
Miso is a well known first-mover in kitchen automation, AI, and robotics. The company has raised over $100 million from crowdfunding, which we believe makes it THE most successful crowdfunding story in history. It has successfully piloted its products with the most prominent global brands in food, and now it’s time for the company to partner with institutional capital and super-charge the commercialization of what we do.
The challenge of bringing AI and robotics into commercial kitchens requires many disciplines to work together, and the composition of our teams at Miso reflects this multidisciplinary approach. We’re proud to have built a world-class team, and we’re looking for more exceptional people to join us. 

If you believe, like we do, that the future of the kitchen involves artificial intelligence and robots (HINT: It definitely does!), and if you want to count yourself among the handful of amazing people on the leading edge of creating them, then Miso Robotics may be the right place for you!

Our Values

• We live with a TEAM mindset - we win together.
• We work relentlessly together to solve issues.
• We use polite and direct candor - ego has no place here.
• We operate with rigor - superb execution is a core skill.
• We are bought in, each of us is dedicated to the mission.
• Innovation is in our blood - we are intrepid.
• We think big and we’re here to make an impact. 

Benefits We Offer

• Company equity
• Flexible Vacation 
• Comprehensive benefits 
• 401K plan
• Accelerated growth opportunities
• Free snacks from our robot chefs

The Role 

The Finance Director at Miso Robotics will be an integral part of the success of the Finance team, and the company. The Finance Director will play a key role in fundraising. The ideal candidate for this position is a creative, resourceful, self-starter who is detail-oriented, has excellent communication skills, strong process management skills, and has the ability to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams.
The Finance Director needs to be oriented to timely and clear communications with the team, senior staff and other members of the technical, operations, and product teams. This person needs to show good follow-through on projects and assignments and responsible follow-up on open items. This role reports to the Chief Financial Officer.
The pay range for this position is $130,000 - $160,000 + equity + benefits. Since the company is pre-revenue, we all view our equity as being a key driver of why we choose to work at Miso. Our salary ranges are determined by data from our industry peers, the level of responsibility, job-related skills required, training, education, experience, and the current stage of Miso’s growth. The range posted for this role represents a range that Miso Robotics, in good faith, believes it is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

What You’ll Do

• Financial Planning and Analysis - Help develop and maintain financial models for a range of potential strategic and operational cases for internal and external stakeholders supporting the company’s operations and fundraising.
• Financial reporting - Work with the accounting team to acquire, process and distribute reporting as needed for various purposes.
• Cap Table management - Help maintain current and ongoing status including details on specific investors across multiple private and crowdfunding rounds. Add employees and manage options.
• Fundraising support - Help support subsequent rounds of fundraising with respect to planning, document preparation, and communications.
• Monthly Departmental Budgets - Help manage the collection, reporting, and analysis of Budget vs. Actual performance by department each month.
• Key Performance Indicators - Manage, update and enhance Finance KPI Dashboard and publish/communicate internally.
• Lead or support additional projects as analytical needs are identified.
• As the company grows, additional responsibilities may be added.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance or Accounting.
• 10+ years of directly applicable finance experience with advanced financial modeling skills.
• Advanced computer skills working with NetSuite, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Google Suite.
• An understanding of GAAP accounting, lease accounting ASC842, cost of capital and financial analysis principles and methods.
• Professional finance background in a startup and/or technology-driven company. 
• Proven ability to create and maintain diverse, elegant, and transparent financial models in Excel, Google Sheets, or other analytical tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with multiple simultaneous urgencies.
• A team player willing to help any staff member in any way possible.
• Capable of clear and timely communication of status and needs to all levels of management across functional teams.
• Project management skills necessary to facilitate coordination and completion of multiple intra-company initiatives across technical and administrative departments.
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.
• Ability to work onsite at Miso HQ in Pasadena, CA.