Chief Financial Officer

• Build and lead the finance organisation from its current early-stage infrastructure into a world-class function capable of supporting a public company.
• Oversee and develop the Controller and FinOps teams, establishing robust systems, processes, and internal controls.
• Establish accounting governance, financial reporting, and audit-readiness in line with the company's growth trajectory and IPO timeline.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to embed financial discipline across the organisation without creating unnecessary friction for a fast-moving engineering culture.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-financial leaders and the board.
• Manage and optimise deployment of multi-billion dollar capital across supply chain investments, manufacturing partnerships, and factory production capacity.
• Lead the Series C fundraise (>$1B target) and manage ongoing relationships with institutional investors including Jane Street and major AI-focused VCs.
• Oversee the execution of the company's debt financing strategy — including the existing ~$2B debt‑like facility — ensuring supply chain security and manufacturing readiness.
• Work alongside founders to develop and execute long-term capital structure strategy aligned with the path to IPO.
• Drive the business toward exit readiness targeting approximately 2029, including financial infrastructure, governance frameworks, and investor relations capability.
• Support board and investor reporting requirements, including standing and ad hoc board discussions.
• Advise founders on strategic exit considerations if acquisition opportunities arise from major technology players.
• Ensure Jane Street and board-level involvement in senior finance hiring and strategic decisions is well managed and productive.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive finance experience including a track record of scaling finance functions in high-growth, capital-intensive businesses.
• Hardware, semiconductor, manufacturing, or deep tech background with genuine understanding of supply chain economics, COGS, and manufacturing financial flows.
• Proven experience raising very large institutional rounds and managing complex, multi-billion dollar capital structures.
• IPO experience — either as CFO or a senior finance leader who has taken a company through the public markets process.
• Banking or consulting background viewed positively — strong financial modelling and capital markets credentials
• Exceptional intelligence and quantitative reasoning — able to engage credibly with world-class engineers using logic and data.
• Intellectual honesty and humility — no ego, no politics, and genuinely collaborative.
• Autonomous and self-directed — able to operate independently while maintaining close alignment with founders.
• Aligned with a culture that prioritises speed over capital efficiency where appropriate — comfortable with ambiguity and pace.
• Bay Area-based, or able to commit to approximately 3 days per week in the Bay Area office.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in scaling finance functions within high-growth, capital-intensive businesses, with a strong focus on IPO readiness, financial governance, and strategic capital management. Capable of translating complex financial data into actionable insights while fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 15+ Years Finance Experience
• IPO Experience
• Capital Structure Management
• Financial Modelling
• Supply Chain Economics

Hard Skills

• Financial Reporting
• Audit-Readiness
• Capital Deployment
• Debt Financing Strategy
• Financial Governance
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Institutional Fundraising
• Financial Analysis
• Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Understanding
• Manufacturing Financial Flows

Soft Skills

• Intellectual Honesty
• Collaboration
• Autonomous
• Self-Directed
• Comfortable with Ambiguity

Industry Keywords

• High-Growth Businesses
• Deep Tech
• Semiconductor
• Manufacturing
• Bay Area