Contoro Director of Finance at Contoro Robotics responsible for building and leading the finance function through growth stages. Role includes strategic finance, capital strategy, fundraising, and corporate operations.
Responsibilities
Contoro Robotics is a Series B robotics startup building autonomous systems for demanding material-handling environments. Backed by marquee investors, Contoro has developed industry-leading payload capabilities and has deployments across the United States as we continue to scale our technology and commercial footprint.
We are seeking a highly hands-on Director of Finance to build and lead Contoro’s finance function through its next stage of growth.
This role combines strategic finance, accounting, capital strategy, business economics, fundraising, and corporate operations. You will partner directly with the CEO and leadership team while remaining comfortable getting into the details yourself.
We are looking for a builder who can create structure where it does not yet exist, use technology and automation to scale efficiently, and develop the finance organization as the company grows.
Strategic Finance & Business Economics
Own budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, scenario analysis, and company-wide financial modeling.
Build clear customer, deployment, site, and asset economics, including robot cost, margins, utilization, capital requirements, and ROI.
Partner across Commercial, Manufacturing, Engineering, Deployment, and Operations to connect operating decisions to financial outcomes.
Bring an ROI-oriented approach to spending, capital allocation, pricing, hiring, and other major business decisions.
Capital Strategy, Cash & Fundraising
Develop Contoro’s capital strategy across equity, venture debt, asset and equipment financing, working-capital facilities, and other financing alternatives.
Own cash, runway, treasury, and working-capital planning, proactively identifying ways to improve liquidity and capital efficiency.
Qualification
Experience operating in a startupStrong strategic financeExperience in roboticsExperience with venture debtExperience supporting fundraisingKorean bilingual is a plusWhat Success Looks Like
Required
8+ years of progressive finance experience with meaningful in-house operating experience.
Experience operating in a startup, scale-up, or similarly fast-moving, resource-constrained environment.
Strong strategic finance, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and U.S. GAAP capabilities.
Experience in a capital-intensive business where asset economics, fixed assets, inventory, capital deployment, and ROI matter.
Demonstrated ability to build financial processes, systems, models, or capabilities from scratch.
Strong problem-solving ability when the data, process, or answer does not already exist.
Strong technology orientation and willingness to use automation, AI, and modern finance systems to improve productivity.
Comfortable moving between executive-level discussions and transaction-level detail, with a resourceful, low-ego operating style.
Preferred
Experience with venture-backed Series B/C startups or high-growth technology companies.
Experience in robotics, hardware, manufacturing, logistics, or another operationally complex business.
Experience with venture debt, equipment or asset financing, leasing, working-capital facilities, or other non-equity capital structures.
Experience supporting fundraising, institutional diligence, and/or identifying grants, tax incentives, rebates, or other non-dilutive funding.
Experience implementing or improving ERP, reporting, accounting, or finance automation systems.
CPA or equivalent technical accounting background is a plus.
