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GranicaGranicaSan Francisco, CA

Head of Finance — Strategic Finance & Corporate Development

Founding Head of Finance to lead capital strategy, FP&A, and performance systems for a high-growth AI infrastructure startup. Requires experience raising $50M+ rounds and scaling from Series B to IPO.

140k – 180k/yr
On-site10+ YOEFinance & Accounting

About the role

What You’ll Own

Capital Strategy & Fundraising

  • Partner with the CEO to lead $50M–$100M+ growth rounds across Series B+
  • Own the long-range financial model, capital strategy, and investor narrative
  • Build and manage relationships with top-tier venture, growth, and crossover investors
  • Lead diligence, investor Q&A, and board-level financial communications

Strategic Finance, FP&A & Systems

  • Build forecasting, scenario modeling, pricing, and long-range planning systems
  • Establish the operating discipline required to scale through Series B, C, D → IPO
  • Drive analysis across unit economics, GTM efficiency, R&D leverage, and infra cost modeling
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Sales to align economics with roadmap and GTM scale

Enterprise Economics

  • Translate system-level and technical value into CFO-relevant outcomes: infrastructure cost reduction, margin expansion, and multi-year cost predictability
  • Apply firsthand experience evaluating large-scale data, cloud, or infrastructure spend to pressure-test pricing, ROI models, and replacement economics
  • Act as an internal proxy for enterprise CFO decision-making, anticipating concerns around switching costs, procurement, risk, and budget governance
  • Inform early design-partner conversations and commercial structuring by embedding economic-buyer judgment into product, pricing, and GTM strategy

Performance & Compensation Architecture

  • Design and operationalize a company-wide performance-based compensation system (NPUs)
  • Build KPI-driven models for engineering, research, GTM, and operations
  • Own governance, payout logic, and transparency across total rewards

Operational & Strategic Leadership

  • Lead planning cycles, resource allocation, and financial readiness
  • Build global reporting and financial systems that scale with enterprise demand
  • Partner with the CEO on board materials, product strategy, pricing, and market expansion

Risk, Controls & IPO Readiness

  • Build audit, compliance, and governance frameworks for late-stage scale
  • Drive S-1 readiness, revenue recognition compliance, and investor-grade reporting

Team Building

  • Hire and scale FP&A, accounting/controllership, revenue operations, and analytics
  • Transition from outsourced support to a high-velocity internal team

What You Bring

  • Experience raising $50M–$100M+ for a high-growth startup
  • Scaled a company from Series B/C → Series D → IPO readiness
  • Deep expertise in performance-based compensation systems across technical and GTM teams
  • Hands-on ownership of FP&A, pricing, forecasting, and model optimization
  • Strong understanding of SaaS/AI infrastructure economics (usage-based preferred)
  • Ability to operate at founder altitude with clarity, speed, and disciplined execution

Compensation & Benefits

  • Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and substantial bonus for top performers
  • Flexible time off plus comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
  • Support for research, publication, and deep technical exploration

Skills

Financial ModelingFP&ACapital RaisingVenture CapitalSaas EconomicsPricing StrategyForecastingIpo ReadinessPerformance CompensationBoard ReportingUnit EconomicsRevenue Recognition
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