Head of Finance

As Head of Finance, you'll own strategic finance, FP&A, accounting, AR, AP, and the debt financing behind our fleet of robotic systems. You'll be a hands-on member of the leadership team, reporting to the CEO, as we scale from a few deployed systems today to a Series B and a dedicated manufacturing facility in early 2027. Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots that build solar farms.

Responsibilities

Own strategic finance, FP&A, accounting, AR, AP, and the debt financing behind the fleet of robotic systems; Provide critical updates and reporting to internal and external stakeholders, including the Board of Directors; Run equity fundraises end to end, including model, dataroom, investor pipeline, diligence, term-sheet negotiation, closing, and cap table/409A management; Source, negotiate, and manage equipment financing facilities (equipment lease and ABL), track collateral and covenants; Own and iterate the financial model to forecast runway, burn, headcount, per-system unit economics, and project pricing; Manage daily cash, short-term cash forecasting, banking relationships, and corporate card and spend programs (Ramp), including employee expense policies; Own AP, approvals, and month-end close; keep the GL in QuickBooks clean; run the PO-to-payment flow; Manage federal and state tax filings, R&D tax credit studies, 1099s, multi-state sales/use and gross-receipts tax posture, and import/customs compliance; Manage the HQ lease and key vendor relationships (bookkeeping, tax, legal, insurance), including future expansion; Build out a team to scale the Finance function as the company grows

Requirements

8+ years in finance, including time as the senior finance lead at a venture-backed startup (Series A–C); Have raised capital on both sides of the balance sheet: equity and debt, ideally including equipment lease and/or ABL facilities; Build and own complex, three-statement financial models that leadership and investors depend on for key analyses; Comfortable owning operational areas beyond core finance (insurance, tax, payroll, procurement) and enjoy building robust process from the ground up; Fluent in accounting and close (GAAP, AP, accruals, audit-readiness) and comfortable managing outsourced bookkeepers and tax advisors; Genuinely hands-on: you'll build the model, chase the invoice, and negotiate the term sheet yourself; Communicate clearly and directly with founders, the board, investors, lenders, and customers; Based in or can relocate to the SF Bay Area, and able to work in person at the San Leandro HQ; Excited to see robots come together and get deployed onto actual solar construction sites

Nice to have

Equipment, project, or infrastructure finance experience (sale-leasebacks, asset-backed lending, CapEx-heavy businesses); Experience in hardware, robotics, manufacturing, energy, or construction; Taken a company through a Series B or a first financial audit; Experience deploying equity capital or lending to early-stage, CapEx-heavy businesses (investment banking, private equity, venture, or private credit); Experience with international contracts or entities; Hired and managed a small Finance or Operations team