What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager, Business Operations position at Impulse?
In-Person in our San Francisco HQ
About Us
We’re Impulse — a team of engineers, designers, operators and innovators based in San Francisco, dedicated to building high-performance, sustainable products that empower whole-home electrification without compromising lifestyle. As an early-stage, VC-backed company, we’re growing rapidly and looking for passionate individuals to join us in creating delightful, scalable solutions that make it easy to make good decisions for your home and the environment.
We are looking for a high-agency finance professional to help build and scale our financial operations and reporting infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of accounting, operations, and FP&A, and will be critical in ensuring data accuracy, improving financial processes, and enabling better decision-making as we grow. You will own core financial workflows (order-to-cash, inventory, reporting) while helping build the foundation for scalable planning and analysis.
What you’ll be doing:
Our Interview Process
At Impulse, we want to make sure the fit is right for both you and us! Our interview process is designed to help us get to know each other better. Here’s what you can expect:
Job Location
San Francisco - in office (potential for 1-2 days a week remote)
Compensation Target
$100,000 - $175,000 meaningful equity, depending on experience
Compensation Range: $100K - $175K
About Us
We’re Impulse — a team of engineers, designers, operators and innovators based in San Francisco, dedicated to building high-performance, sustainable products that empower whole-home electrification without compromising lifestyle. As an early-stage, VC-backed company, we’re growing rapidly and looking for passionate individuals to join us in creating delightful, scalable solutions that make it easy to make good decisions for your home and the environment.
We are looking for a high-agency finance professional to help build and scale our financial operations and reporting infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of accounting, operations, and FP&A, and will be critical in ensuring data accuracy, improving financial processes, and enabling better decision-making as we grow. You will own core financial workflows (order-to-cash, inventory, reporting) while helping build the foundation for scalable planning and analysis.
What you’ll be doing:
- Own and improve order to cash process, including inventory management, sales and collection along with the logistics and accounting teams
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of data in internal systems (orders, returns, fulfillment) while reducing manual work
- Partner with operations and logistics to improve inventory tracking
- Support monthly close in partnership with external accounting firm, in particular AP, AR, and expense reimbursements
- Help accelerate and improve the close process
- Analyze monthly financials, research and report on variances to plan
- Analyze revenue, COGS, OPEX, AR, AP, and inventory
- Support budget planning through business partnership
- Ad hoc financial analysis as needed
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting
- 8 years of experience in accounting, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function
- Experience with inventory accounting processes
- Excellent Advanced Excel financial modeling skills
- Experience with presenting to executive management
- Comfortable working across accounting, operations and FP&A
- Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity in a constantly evolving environment
- High ownership mindset; able to operate independently in an evolving environment
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks and results while holding yourself and others to high standards
- Proven experience collaborating across disciplines and functions, recognizing that cross-functional partnership drives success
- A bold, experimental mindset that embraces risk and thinks beyond current limitations
- Strong communication skills with the ability to deliver honest, constructive feedback with both care and directness.
- Experience in expense management and budget planning cycles
- Hardware or inventory-heavy start-up experience helpful
- Meaningful equity in a fast-moving company with top investors
- Generous benefits include health, vision, dental, commuter, and fitness.
- Help define culture for a diverse, inclusive, and global team.
Our Interview Process
At Impulse, we want to make sure the fit is right for both you and us! Our interview process is designed to help us get to know each other better. Here’s what you can expect:
- Intro call with our People Operations Team.
- Interview with our Head of Finance
- Technical/Functional Interviews with finance, product, and executive team members
- Final Conversation with our Head of Finance
Job Location
San Francisco - in office (potential for 1-2 days a week remote)
Compensation Target
$100,000 - $175,000 meaningful equity, depending on experience
Compensation Range: $100K - $175K
Salary : $100,000 - $175,000