Finance Business Partner

Job description

Starship Technologies is revolutionizing deliveries with autonomous robots. These robots are designed to deliver food, groceries, and packages across neighborhoods in minutes. Starship has now completed millions of autonomous deliveries to date, traveled millions of miles, and is currently doing more than 140k road crossings each day. Our contribution to society includes reducing congestion, and pollution, providing zero-emissions deliveries, increasing the quality of life for residents, empowering seniors and disabled people, and enabling affordable delivery for local businesses. We are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to own end-to-end financial support and strategy for our Corporate Functions (for example People, Legal & IT) You will step into an evolving FP&A structure to build brand-new finance business partnering relationships from scratch with senior leaders. Working alongside our Accounting and Finance Systems teams, you will challenge spend, drive decision-making, and turn financial data into actionable strategy across a high-impact cost base. Your main responsibilities are: Establish and own end-to-end finance relationships with Corporate Function leads (People, Legal, IT), acting as a trusted, strategic challenger. Lead forecasting, commentary on actuals, variance analysis, and budget management across key overhead areas. Leverage and refine our shared Pigment EPM platform to build out deep financial modeling and forecast models. Identify quick wins and long-term cost efficiencies within overhead spend to maximize business value. Establish clear, recurring monthly financial review processes and reporting frameworks that offer true decision support, not just data visibility. What’s in it for you? You will collaborate with people with a strong inner burning and motivation. We are self-aware and seek feedback and improvement. We take pride in our ability to make the most of limited resources to solve problems no one has ever encountered before Your contribution will matter. There are lots of ways you can make a difference and personally feel the impact. You’ll have direct ownership to reshape how finance partners with key corporate functions, backed by dedicated Accounting and Finance Systems support so you can focus purely on strategic partnering. Work with modern tools like Pigment to eliminate low-value manual work. What we hope you’ll bring to the table: 4+ years in FP&A or Finance Business Partnering with direct experience partnering with non-finance senior stakeholders. Proven track record of building business partnering frameworks and stakeholder relationships from scratch with high autonomy. Strong Financial Modeling & Systems mindset: High proficiency in Excel/G-Suite and multi-source data; experience with Pigment or another modern EPM tool is a significant advantage. Commercial & Operational Acumen: Ability to quickly understand diverse cost drivers across unfamiliar functions. Exceptional communication skills with the drive to challenge senior leaders thoughtfully and navigate ambiguity. University degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business. Want to learn more about our robots and our people? Get in touch and let’s have a chat!