Business Operations Associate

Viam Viam · Robotics · New York, NY · People & Operations

Business Operations Associate role at a robotics company, focusing on financial, legal, compliance, and operational tasks. The role involves managing bill pay, monthly close, reimbursements, agreements, procurement, ISO 27001 program, and KPI dashboards. Requires 4+ years in finance/business ops, SQL, and BI tools. Experience with AI tools like Claude and building AI workflows is mentioned as a plus, along with automating routine work.

What you'd actually do

  1. Bill pay, AP, and invoice processing
  2. Monthly close with our outside accounting firm, including customer-facing work
  3. Reimbursements, equity issuances, and cap-table upkeep
  4. NDAs, SOWs, and vendor agreements, drafted and tracked with outside counsel
  5. The ISO 27001 program and annual audits, plus insurance renewals and compliance deadlines

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years in finance ops, business ops, or a related role
  • Own processes end to end
  • Use good judgment
  • Adapt easily as priorities shift
  • Collaborate well across teams
  • Strong systems thinking
  • Hands-on financial work: close support, reconciliations, budgeting, and light modeling
  • SQL and a BI/dashboard tool
  • Real data analysis instincts

Nice to have

  • Claude
  • building AI workflows
  • automate routine work
  • build AI into own and team's processes
  • Brex
  • Carta
  • QuickBooks
  • Vanta
  • DocuSign

What the JD emphasized

  • ISO 27001 program
  • annual audits
  • compliance deadlines