What we’re looking for in this role:
You built the finance function at a company that went from Series A/B through rapid scale, you know what breaks at each stage and how to build ahead of it. You want to build from scratch, not maintain something someone else started.
You operate at the speed of the business, not the speed of finance.
You can build a board-ready model in a week, pressure-test a pricing change over lunch, and have a point of view on a $10M decision with imperfect information. You don’t confuse rigor with slowness.
You’re a strategic partner, not a service function.
The founders and exec team will rely on you to challenge assumptions, reframe tradeoffs, and bring clarity to ambiguous decisions.
You toggle between board-level strategy and rolling up your sleeves on month-end close.
You know how to build the team and systems to scale the finance function, but you’re not above the details until then.