FP&A Manager, Pattern Ag
Soil analysis
Job no longer available
Soil analysis
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help farmers sense, predict, and plan, so they can maximize and protect their yield potential
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree plus 3+ years of finance experience at a high-growth or venture-backed startup
- Experience working in Quickbooks
- Experience at the manager level, or senior analyst level with desire to take the next step in their career
- Strong command of accounting, finance, and reporting principles
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical financial information clearly to a non-technical audience
- Prior experience in the biotechnology industry or a capex-intensive industry preferred, but not required
What the job involves
- Run budgeting process with each operational and R&D team to plan future spending and inform long-term company strategy
- Own customer invoicing, payment processing, and monthly expense reporting processes
- Work with third-party accounting firm to close the books each month
- Provide of monthly updates to financial model and report out to management team and board
- Work with operations teams to build robust COGS tracking system
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Born from the belief that a better understanding of soil is the key to unlocking productivity and efficiency gains in Agriculture, Pattern Ag uses metagenomic analytics that enables farmers to increase yield while optimizing spend on fertility and crop protection inputs. Using intelligence, Pattern Ag offers a platform that can assess what opportunities and threats a field will face in the coming season.
Unlike some competitors, Pattern is developing its technology around practical use cases and the results of this are clear. Pattern’s customers are seeing an increase in profits of up to $50 per acre. Essentially, farmers are taking action based on Pattern’s predictions and are seeing material returns on investments.
With continued investments, Pattern Ag plans to strengthen their connections and visibility with existing soil health initiatives that exist for farmers today. It has goals to scale biological analytics to both the US and international markets, including Brazil, whilst working to improve its current soil health analytics so they are as reliable and relevant as ever before.
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2022
$35m
SERIES B
Oct 2020
$15m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $50m
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
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Founders
Adam Kerr
(Senior Software Engineer)Previously worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Michigan Neuromuscular before serving as an Investment Analyst for Cultivation Capital. Has been working in Software Engineering since 2015, previously with The Climate Corporation.
Cameron Norgate
(Product and Marketing)Spent 3 years as a Consultant at Bain & Company before becoming an Associate at Francisco Partners. Served as a Senior Product Manager for Intuit and as the Director of Product Management for The Climate Corporation.
Jamil Alajrab
(Head of Engineering)Has worked in Software Engineering since 2005, previously at Visual Active Media, SureCircle and The Climate Corporation.
Merritt Jenkins
(Advisor)Previously founded Ceres Robotics before starting Pattern Ag. Assumed an Advisor role at Pattern Ag following the co-founding of Kodama Systems in 2021.
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