Strategic Finance Consultant

Required

• Direct, substantial experience in finance roles at venture-backed startups in the AI and AI-adjacent sectors. This is the top qualifier.
• Specific experience with compute cost management, cluster costs, cloud infrastructure, training/inference expenses, and hybrid pricing models.
• Other startup finance experience, particularly related to SaaS models & metrics.
• Significant knowledge and usage of current AI tools, skills and LLMs as applied to the Office of the CFO - financial analysis, processes, accounting, reporting, etc.
• A history of managing and owning the numbers from a C-suite perspective, not just doing the accounting or building the models.
• Broad and deep experience with, or advising through, major capital events — equity & SAFE fundraising, SAFE debt facilities, M&A, and exits.
• Comfortable operating at the board level and working with investors, founders and other stakeholders using your exceptional soft skills.
• At least 7–10 years in finance/operations, ideally in progressively responsible positions, ideally in AI/SaaS, machine learning, big data or digital infrastructure companies.
• Strong familiarity with financial technology platforms such as QBO, Carta, Rippling, Ramp, Rillet, etc.
• MBA or CPA preferred, not required.
• Preference given to candidates based in Northern California, New York metro area, Austin or Boston, but not a requirement.