Head of Strategic Finance

UK-based AI and robotics company building commercially scalable humanoid robots for industrial deployment.

London, United Kingdom

Funding history

About Humanoid

Humanoid develops industrial humanoid robots and its proprietary KinetIQ AI framework for real-world tasks across manufacturing, logistics, and related environments.

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Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will own models for unit economics, pricing, fundraising, debt, budgeting, forecasts, and manufacturing finance. You will develop financial recommendations, support enterprise deal negotiations and strategic transactions, lead business reviews and scenario planning, and partner on production, supply-chain, and capacity investment decisions.

Requirements

  • 7+ years in strategic finance, FP&A, corporate development, or investment banking
  • At least 3 years at a high-growth, venture-backed company
  • Startup finance-process building experience
  • Manufacturing or hardware finance experience
  • BOM, standard costing, capex, inventory, and contract manufacturing knowledge
  • Unit economics and pricing experience
  • M&A or strategic transaction analysis experience
  • Debt modeling experience
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and three-statement modeling experience
  • Excel or Google Sheets modeling expertise
  • ERP and planning tool familiarity

Responsibilities

  • Build and own per-robot unit economics models
  • Track cost reductions and their margin impact
  • Model customer payback and lifetime value
  • Design Robot-as-a-Service and purchase pricing
  • Build enterprise contract deal models and support negotiations
  • Partner on revenue-recognition implications of contract structures
  • Analyze acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and supplier investments
  • Support diligence, board materials, and post-deal performance tracking
  • Model debt, equipment financing, fleet financing, and working-capital facilities
  • Build integrated capital plans and support fundraising
  • Own annual budgets and rolling forecasts
  • Run monthly business reviews and explain variances
  • Lead scenario planning
  • Partner on capacity plans, capex, inventory, standard costing, supplier terms, and make-versus-buy analysis

Benefits

  • Stock options
  • 30+ paid days off, including annual leave, UK bank holidays, and company closure days
  • Private healthcare
  • Pension scheme with 8% total contribution
  • Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and in-office snacks