Director of Finance

The Hiring Advisors

  • San Mateo, California
  • 1 day ago

    Highlights

    You will step in as the "adult in the room"—building the entire strategic finance function from scratch, managing a multi-billion-dollar balance sheet, and directly advising founder-led executive leadership on capital deployment. If you have built finance orgs at top-tier tech logos and are ready to own a multi-billion-dollar balance sheet from the ground up, submit your resume or reach out directly for a strictly confidential conversation.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Mateo, California

    Description

    The Hiring Advisors is partnering with a pioneering, $1.8B+ backed frontier AI and autonomous hardware company at the absolute cutting edge of technological innovation.

    They are preparing for their next massive hyper-growth phase and looking for a Head of Finance to serve as the company's first true finance leader.


    The founders are looking to hand over the financial keys to a trusted partner. You will step in as the "adult in the room"—building the entire strategic finance function from scratch, managing a multi-billion-dollar balance sheet, and directly advising founder-led executive leadership on capital deployment.


    What You’ll Be Doing

    • Build the entire financial operating model from scratch—including long-range forecasts, burn/runway analysis, cost-center structures, and annual budgeting.
    • Act as a core strategic partner to the founders, deploying billions in capital across complex AI infrastructure, hardware R&D, and global ops.
    • Own high-profile board decks, investor communications, and fundraising strategy alongside executive leadership.
    • Audit current financial processes/talent, establish best practices, and architect the future size, shape, and structure of the finance org.
    • Ensure absolute precision in spend, establish ironclad accounting oversight, and govern capital burn with high conviction.


    What We’re Looking For

    • 10+ Years of Finance Experience
    • Proven track record in FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Corporate Finance, with deep operational experience inside venture-backed scale-ups (Series B–D+).
    • Demonstrated experience building and scaling a finance function from zero (or near-zero) in high-growth tech.
    • Exposure to high-CAPEX, deep-tech, or hyperscale environments (e.g., frontier AI, cloud infrastructure, autonomous systems, semiconductor, or advanced hardware).
    • An unflappable communicator who can confidently push back, partner with technical founders, and simplify complex financial dynamics for non-finance leaders.
    • Comfortable managing multi-billion-dollar capitalization models and high-velocity investment decisions.


    Why This Role?

    • Complete Autonomy: Zero corporate bureaucracy. You will have full ownership to build the financial architecture your way.
    • Generous Executive Equity: Meaningful ownership stake in a category-defining enterprise.


    How to Apply

    If you have built finance orgs at top-tier tech logos and are ready to own a multi-billion-dollar balance sheet from the ground up, submit your resume or reach out directly for a strictly confidential conversation.


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