Finance & Operations Associate

Finance & Operations Associate, Pocket

Type: Full time

Location: San Francisco (preferred) or remote to start. Candidates are expected to be in San Francisco approximately two out of every three months.

Timezone: Must work in PST / EST

Start: ASAP

Compensation: $70K–$90K base (depending on experience) + optional equity (ESOP).

Reports to: Head of Finance & Operations

About the role

We're hiring a Finance & Operations to work at the intersection of finance, operations, and logistics: building the model behind a real spending decision one day, chasing partners on a delivery timeline the next, and reconciling month-end closing numbers by the end of the week.

It's a broad, hands-on role on a lean team, which means your work shows up directly in how well the company runs - and there's room to grow into more ownership as you prove yourself. Financial acumen is non-negotiable: a big part of this job is finance, and you need to be genuinely comfortable with numbers.

What you’ll do

• Build financial models and run analyses to support key decisions - pricing, unit economics, margin, and cash
• Own a big part of the monthly close - reconciliations, journal entries, and getting the books closed accurately and on time with our accountants
• Keep reporting and dashboards on the metrics that matter clean and up to date
• Manage vendor and manufacturer relationships day to day - be a point of contact for suppliers and our manufacturing partners, tracking orders, timelines, terms, and follow-ups
• Flag bottlenecks across finance and operations, and help fix them
• Help build process where there is none, and keep it running

What we’re looking for

Must-haves

• Strong financial acumen - you can build a model, read a P&L, and reason about unit economics, margin, and cash
• You are comfortable owning the accuracy of your numbers, and you double-check them because you know decisions ride on them
• You are highly organized and keep your work clean in a fast-moving environment
• You can look at data and quickly identify what's working and what's not
• You move fast and ship without overthinking
• You take ownership of your work and don't wait to be told every step
• You are the kind of person who just figures things out
• Comfort with tools like Excel/Sheets, QuickBooks / Xero, Carta, Shopify, or RevenueCat

Strong plus

• Background in investment banking, consulting, FP&A, or startup finance/ops
• Exposure to high-growth DTC, SaaS, or consumer hardware
• Exposure to supply chain, inventory, or vendor and manufacturer management

Who this is NOT for

• You need detailed onboarding and step-by-step instructions
• You want to stay narrowly in one lane
• You prefer planning over execution
• You are not comfortable being accountable for the accuracy of your work

Who you are

• Self-directed - you don't wait to be told what to do next
• Fast - you ship, learn, and iterate without overthinking
• Rigorous - you sweat the numbers because you know what rides on them
• Commercially minded - your work ties back to the health of the business
• Switched on and enthusiastic about what we're building
• Clear communicator - short updates, no noise, no excuses
• Comfortable working in a lean, fast-moving startup environment

What we offer

• Direct impact on a fast-growing YC company with strong early revenue traction
• Work directly with senior team and founders who care about quality and move fast, with room to grow into more ownership
• High trust, high ownership environment

How to apply

Apply through Y Combinator's job board.

Include:

• 5 sentences on why you and why this role
• You get a dashboard with exactly 5 KPIs for Pocket — you see it every morning, and nothing else. What's on it, and why those five?

Process

1. Quick intro call (15 min) — logistics, comp expectations, timezone fit
2. Case study
3. Interview with Head of Finance & Ops
4. Interview with a teammate (culture fit)
5. Reference check
6. Offer
7. Onboarding