Head of Finance
San FranciscoFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Head of Finance role to build and lead Braintrust’s finance function from the ground up, owning forecasting, planning, budgeting, treasury, and cross-functional partnering to enable growth and strategic decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning & Forecasting: Manage forecasting, financial planning, and capital allocation. Own our quarterly and annual planning cycle end-to-end, guiding overall company strategy and resource allocation.
- Financial Discipline & Budgeting: Ensure financial discipline and set budgets across the organization. Establish and uphold rigorous financial principles, ensuring teams make decisions grounded in strong unit economics.
- Performance Monitoring: Monitor KPIs and performance across teams and the overall company. Build dashboards and identify the right levers to accelerate growth and efficiency.
- Headcount & Hiring Strategy: Collaborate closely with the recruiting team and managers on headcount planning, hiring prioritization, and organizational scaling.
- Treasury & Cash Management: Manage treasury strategy, monitor cash flow, and optimize our capital structure to support hyper-growth.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Operate cross-functionally by design, partnering deeply with Sales, Marketing, and Engineering, to ensure aligned priorities and data-driven decision-making.
- Board & Investor Relations: Create materials for our Board meetings and serve as a key partner on future fundraising processes, communicating our financial performance and long-term strategy.
Qualifications
- Experience: 8-12+ years of progressive finance experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Investment Banking, ideally within a high-growth B2B SaaS or AI technology company.
- Leadership: Proven track record of building or leading a finance function, with the ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in an early-stage or scaling environment.
- Analytical Rigor: Deep expertise in financial modeling, long-range planning, and capital allocation. Ability to build from scratch, stress-test assumptions, and translate complex data into clear strategic insight.
- Business Acumen: Strategic and business-minded perspective, familiar with ARR-based metrics and subscription economics.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to distill complex topics for executives, Board, and investors.
- Execution: High ownership mentality; capable of turning ambiguous needs into structured, executable plans.
Skills
Required:Strategic PlanningFP&Afinancial modelingCapital Allocation
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Daily lunch, snacks, and beverages
- Flexible time off
- Competitive salary and equity
- Wifi & cellphone stipend
Last updated Jul 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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