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Actively AIActively AINew York, NY

Finance Lead

Builds and leads finance function for growth-stage AI startup, partnering with founders on strategy, planning, fundraising, and ROI-driven investments. Requires early-stage startup finance experience, IB/PE background, and familiarity with AI economics.

175k – 210k/yr
On-siteFinance & Accounting

About the role

Key Responsibilities

  • Help lead the quarterly and annual planning cycle guiding overall company strategy, resource allocation, and decision-making
  • Serve as strategic partner to founders, GTM, and R&D across opportunities to drive ROI, make strategic investments that drive growth.
  • Own materials for our Board meetings and serve as a key partner on future fundraising processes
  • Manage relationship with accounting firm and oversee the bookkeeping process
  • Drive accountability from a metric, KPI, and monitoring perspective

Requirements

  • Experience as an early hire in a finance function at a growth-stage startup
  • Familiarity with economics of AI / tokens / agents
  • Prior experience in investment banking and/or PE
  • Entrepreneurial and proactive - looking for creative ways to make the team better and improve processes and looking to take on responsibility
  • Flexible, adaptable, willing to get hands dirty, collaborative

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation Range: $175,000—$210,000 USD

  • Competitive Early-Stage Equity
  • Health, Dental, Vision Coverage
  • Unlimited PTO + Recharge Days
  • Catered Lunch on Tuesday & Friday, Dinners every day!
  • Fully Stocked Kitchen
  • Cutting-Edge Tech & Tools
  • Annual Off-sites & Monthly Events
  • Commuter Benefits

Skills

Financial PlanningKpi MonitoringBookkeepingFundraisingBoard ManagementInvestment BankingPrivate EquityAi EconomicsToken EconomicsStrategic Planning

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