Head of Finance

Overview

This role builds and leads the organization’s finance function from the ground up. You’ll help drive the most critical decisions by owning planning and stress-testing bets, partnering directly with leadership to allocate capital against the organization’s biggest opportunities.

In the early stages, this is a hands-on position focused on building financial models, managing forecasting, and establishing operational discipline. Over time, you’ll define a strategic finance function, create repeatable processes, and scale a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Forecasting: Manage forecasting, financial planning, and capital allocation; own the quarterly and annual planning cycle end-to-end, guiding company strategy and resource allocation.
• Financial Discipline & Budgeting: Establish and uphold rigorous financial principles; set and manage budgets across the organization to ensure decisions are grounded in strong unit economics.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor KPIs and performance across teams and company-wide; build dashboards and identify the levers that accelerate growth and efficiency.
• Headcount & Hiring Strategy: Partner with recruiting and hiring managers on headcount planning, hiring prioritization, and organizational scaling.
• Treasury & Cash Management: Manage treasury strategy, monitor cash flow, and optimize capital structure to support hyper-growth.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Operations to ensure aligned priorities and data-driven decision-making.
• Board & Investor Relations: Create materials for Board meetings and support future fundraising processes by communicating financial performance and long-term strategy.

Requirements

• Experience: 8-12+ years of progressive finance experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Investment Banking; ideally within a high-growth B2B SaaS or AI technology company.
• Leadership: Proven track record building or leading a finance function; able to operate both strategically and hands-on in an early-stage or scaling environment.
• Analytical Rigor: Deep expertise in financial modeling, long-range planning, and capital allocation; able to build from scratch, stress-test assumptions, and translate complex data into clear strategic insight.
• Business Acumen: Strategic, business-minded perspective balancing financial rigor with long-term thinking; familiarity with ARR-based business metrics and subscription economics.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to distill complex financial topics into clear narratives for executives, the Board, and investors.
• Execution: Strong ownership mindset; ability to take initiative, drive projects to completion, and turn ambiguous needs into structured, executable plans.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building executive-ready reporting and long-range planning materials in a fast-scaling environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Daily lunch, snacks, and beverages
• Flexible time off
• Competitive salary and equity
• Wifi & cellphone stipend

Equal Opportunity

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.