Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Who We Are

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S. Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech and @aurora_inno on Twitter.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a highly-motivated professional with exceptional financial and business acumen, proven ability to partner cross-functionally, and demonstrated success supporting complex strategic initiatives.

The Finance & Strategy team is a small, fast-paced, high-impact team that manages Aurora’s near-term and long range financial plans, setting company and product-level goals for the organization. We partner with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders to build our business and execute on our strategy. We’re looking for a motivated, strategic thinker who can dive into the details across a wide range of topics and provide rigorous analysis to drive business decisions and outcomes. Aurora is building transformational products for the transportation industry, and this is an opportunity to be an integral part of guiding our commercialization.

In this role, you will

• Play a key role in managing our consolidated strategic and financial planning process
• Quickly become a trusted Finance Business Partner, helping to enhance financial discipline and accountability
• Contribute to the company’s consolidated budgeting and forecasting, collaborating cross-functionally across Aurora to help create insightful financial analysis
• Prepare regular financial reporting tailored to the needs of various stakeholders
• Help drive continual improvement and simplification of finance processes
• Support strategic initiatives by working cross-functionally with stakeholders to develop ROI analyses, providing rigorous analysis and sound recommendations
• Prepare executive-level presentations and recommendations to Senior Leadership

 Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant work experience in management consulting, investment banking / private equity, or finance at a large company or high growth start-up
• Degree in Finance or related quantitative field such as Business, Economics, Math, or Statistics. Engineering degrees also considered 
• Familiar with advanced FP&A tools and systems and corporate accounting systems (e.g. NetSuite, Oracle, SAP)
• Proven experience successfully partnering with business leadership to develop and implement business strategies, budgets, and forecasts
• Experience preparing and presenting financial reporting for executive stakeholders
• Proactive, self-motivated professional with exceptional analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and proven ability to effectively communicate complex concepts in a succinct manner

 Desirable Qualifications

• MBA or CPA
• Prior work experience in automotive, autonomous vehicles, mobility, or logistics industries
• Expert-level GSuite skills, particularly Google Sheets, Google Docs and Google Slides
• Worked with and helped develop sophisticated FP&A tools (e.g. Essbase, Anaplan, TM1) that tie directly into corporate accounting systems

The base salary range for this position is $122,000 -$195,000 per year.  Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be mo