Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. At Joby, we've been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and we're now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA. With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, we're now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.

The ideal candidate will have high level financial modeling skills, a firm understanding of finance and accounting concepts, superb analytical abilities, excellent customer service skills and a veracious appetite for learning and improvement. They are an effective presenter and can balance getting the details right while moving quickly in a results-driven environment. In this highly visible role, the candidate will support the needs of key Executives, members of management and stakeholders. The ideal candidate has experience supporting complex matrix organizations with integrated product teams. Over time, this candidate must have the capability and flexibility to provide financial support across various finance roles.  

• Partner with the Engineering organization and provide financial analysis at the program level 

• Comprehensively understand the financial results, including researching underlying drivers, and precisely forecast the business operations  

• Diagnose and communicate variances and trends to enable the team to take action 

• Create and maintain complex financial models to support decision making 

• Develop compelling materials to communicate results of analysis and key insights in a concise and accessible manner to non-finance personnel and the management team 

• Support day-to-day reporting & analytic requests with accurate and timely information 

• Partner with accounting to ensure high quality financial results and assist in year-end financial audits  

• Manage investment projects and purchase orders, ensuring spend alignment with approved budgets and engineering priorities

• Own overall headcount planning for the Engineering department, supporting both short-term and long-term workforce plans, including resource allocation across projects and programs

• Evaluate the financial and operational impact of aircraft design changes and future upgrade initiatives by assessing cost, performance, manufacturability, maintainability, certification, and lifecycle business tradeoffs to support engineering and strategic decision-making 

• Constantly improve everything and help make the business stronger 

• 5+ years of experience in a startup, investment banking, management consulting, aviation, manufacturing or engineering organization 

• Undergraduate degree or advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics (with an emphasis on Finance) 

• Working knowledge of ERP systems and related technologies, Microsoft Dynamics 365 preferred 

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously 

• Exceptional organization skills and impeccable attention to detail 

• A drive to overcome any barriers to get the job done 

• Effective collaboration and communication skills 

• Experience with BI reporting tools 

• Experience with Program Financial Accounting and Earned Value Analysis 

• Experience with FP&A tools (Hyperion, OneStream, Vena)