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Candidates are expected to be in San Francisco approximately two out of every three months.\n\nTimezone: Must work in PST / EST\n\nStart: ASAP\n\nCompensation: $70K–$90K base (depending on experience) + optional equity (ESOP).\n\nReports to: Head of Finance & Operations\n\nAbout the role\nWe'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.\n\nIt'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.\n\nWhat you’ll do\n\nBuild financial models and run analyses to support key decisions - pricing, unit economics, margin, and cash\n\nOwn a big part of the monthly close - reconciliations, journal entries, and getting the books closed accurately and on time with our accountants\n\nKeep reporting and dashboards on the metrics that matter clean and up to date\n\nManage 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\n\nFlag bottlenecks across finance and operations, and help fix them\n\nHelp build process where there is none, and keep it running\n\nWhat we’re looking for\nMust-haves\n\nStrong financial acumen - you can build a model, read a P&L, and reason about unit economics, margin, and cash\n\nYou are comfortable owning the accuracy of your numbers, and you double-check them because you know decisions ride on them\n\nYou are highly organized and keep your work clean in a fast-moving environment\n\nYou can look at data and quickly identify what's working and what's not\n\nYou move fast and ship without overthinking\n\nYou take ownership of your work and don't wait to be told every step\n\nYou are the kind of person who just figures things out\n\nComfort with tools like Excel/Sheets, QuickBooks / Xero, Carta, Shopify, or RevenueCat\n\nStrong plus\n\nBackground in investment banking, consulting, FP&A, or startup finance/ops\n\nExposure to high-growth DTC, SaaS, or consumer hardware\n\nExposure to supply chain, inventory, or vendor and manufacturer management\n\nWho this is NOT for\n\nYou need detailed onboarding and step-by-step instructions\n\nYou want to stay narrowly in one lane\n\nYou prefer planning over execution\n\nYou are not comfortable being accountable for the accuracy of your work\n\nWho you are\n\nSelf-directed - you don't wait to be told what to do next\n\nFast - you ship, learn, and iterate without overthinking\n\nRigorous - you sweat the numbers because you know what rides on them\n\nCommercially minded - your work ties back to the health of the business\n\nSwitched on and enthusiastic about what we're building\n\nClear communicator - short updates, no noise, no excuses\n\nComfortable working in a lean, fast-moving startup environment\n\nWhat we offer\n\nDirect impact on a fast-growing YC company with strong early revenue traction\n\nWork directly with senior team and founders who care about quality and move fast, with room to grow into more ownership\n\nHigh trust, high ownership environment\n\nHow to apply\nApply through Y Combinator's job board.\n\nInclude:\n\n5 sentences on why you and why this role\n\nYou 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?\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Heypocket","rawCompany":"heypocket","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-06-28T03:29:55.043Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-2099.00","title":"Financial Specialists, All Other","slug":"financial-specialists-all-other"},{"code":"13-2011.00","title":"Accountants and Auditors","slug":"accountants-and-auditors"},{"code":"43-3031.00","title":"Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks","slug":"bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerks"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"551114","title":"Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices","slug":"corporate-subsidiary-and-regional-managing-offices"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Finance & Operations Associate","description":"Finance & Operations Associate, Pocket\nType: Full time\n\nLocation: San Francisco (preferred) or remote to start. 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