Head of Finance (Full-time or Fractional)
Head of Finance (Full-time or Fractional)
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Job Description
Note: This role is posted as full-time but we welcome applications from exceptional fractional candidates aligned with our mission and risk profile.
Our Mission and Vision
At Verdigris our mission is to sustain and enrich human life through responsive energy intelligence. As AI accelerates global energy demand we envision a future where Verdigris unlocks data center efficiency drives carbon-neutral electricity and enables intelligent energy systems for humanitys benefit.
About you
Youre a finance leader with sharp modeling instincts and board-ready presence. Youve helped growth-stage teams navigate complexity support fundraising and scale through financial insight. You bring a strategic lens thrive in ambiguity and know how to partner with operators to turn vision into execution.
Your Role on the Team
As Head of Finance youll own FP&A and strategic finance guiding Verdigris financial planning board storytelling and investor readiness. Youll partner with our Assistant Controller to build a high-leverage finance function and advise leadership during a pivotal phase of growth. Were open to full-time or fractional leaders with a flexible equity-forward comp structure.
Responsibilities
- Lead Strategic Finance and FP&A. Own the planning cycle forecasts and budget vs. actuals. Align financial plans with company strategy and team OKRs.
- Support Fundraising and Board Readiness. Collaborate with the CEO and COO on investor updates board materials and long-range planning.
- Build Executive-Level Financial Models. Develop and maintain dynamic models for cash flow runway scenario planning and pricing strategy.
- Partner Across the Business. Engage cross-functionally with product ops sales and engineering to inform decisions with data and financial insight.
- Collaborate in a Dyad Model. Work closely with the Head of Business Operations to guide organizational development and G&A planning.
- Enable Accounting Excellence. Support the Assistant Controller on reporting accuracy financial operations and close cadence.
- Support Future Operational Scope. Provide strategic finance input into potential future responsibilities in supply chain and revenue operations.
- Integrate AI and Automation. Champion automation in finance workflows using AI tools and help define the roadmap for an AI-enabled finance function.
- Uplevel Financial Visibility. Improve internal dashboards reporting cadence and communication of key financial metrics across the team.
Required Qualifications
- Mission and Values Alignment. You believe in the power of electricity software and AI to enable a cleaner more human futureand want to build a business that advances this vision with clarity care and conviction.
- Builder Mentality. Youve built from zero: budgets models processes systems. You thrive in ambiguity move with urgency and know how to create leverage where none exists yet.
- Strategic Finance and FP&A Depth. You have led or directly contributed to forecasting board-level reporting cash planning and scenario modeling at a high-growth company.
- AI Literacy. You are familiar with general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT Claude Excel Copilot Slack AI or Notion AI. You think critically about how AI can automate workflows and improve financial planning analysis and communicationwithout needing to be a technical expert.
- Operational Fluency. You know how to partner across G&A and Business Operations and can flex into adjacent domains like legal HR or systems architecture when needed.
- Tool Stack Proficiency. Youve worked with modern tools like Ramp QuickBooks Google Sheets Salesforce and documentation or invoicing platforms.
- Experience Level. 7 years in finance with growth-stage or startup experience. Backgrounds in strategic finance PE/IB or SaaS operations are welcome.
- Board-Ready Communication. You bring structure and strategic clarity to financial storytelling and know how to engage executive stakeholders and boards with precision.
- Collaborative Low-Ego Style. You are accountable kind and direct. You uplift others earn trust quickly and know that clarity is a form of care.
Demonstrated Expertise
- Financial Planning and Analysis. Youve owned forecasts budgets and monthly reporting with the ability to translate numbers into actionable insights across functions.
- Strategic Modeling. Skilled in building robust three-statement models scenario plans and investment cases to support executive decisions and capital raising.
- Board and Investor Communication. Comfortable preparing materials presenting financial strategy and supporting investor diligence and board meetings.
- Business Partnership. Adept at working with product engineering operations and sales to align financial planning with business goals and OKRs.
- G&A Fluency. Familiar with supporting or guiding HR legal IT and business operations through planning and operational scaling.
- Operational Rigor. Proven ability to partner with controllers or accounting leads to ensure accurate financials clean audits and transparent reporting.
- AI Fluency in Workflow. Uses tools like ChatGPT Excel Copilot or FP&A platforms to automate analyze and iterate faster. Brings an automation mindset to how the finance function evolves.
- Change Agility. Comfortable leading through uncertainty and capable of evolving tools structure and cadence as the company grows.
Nice to Haves
- Board Exposure. Youve presented to or worked closely with boardsideally served on one or more. You understand the distinction between governance and operations and can support executive and board-level accountability.
- Hardware-Enabled Business Experience. You understand how physical products and software interact in margin models pricing strategy and operational complexity.
- International Channel Strategy Awareness. Exposure to distribution partnerships or financial strategy in Japan Taiwan or global markets is a plus.
- Experience Supporting Series B (or Similar) Fundraising. Youve played a role in fundraising with a venture-backed company and can anticipate investor expectations.
- IP Licensing or Partnership Finance. Familiarity with licensing reseller contracts or multi-entity financial structures is valuable for future planning.
If youre excited to help orchestrate electricity for the age of machine intelligence wed love to meet you. This role is listed as full-time but we welcome exceptional fractional candidates who share our mission and are energized by your first 90180 days youll help lead Verdigris through a fundraising cycle evolve our board reporting cadence and operationalize a dynamic financial plan alongside our leadership team. Youll also play a key role in helping Verdigris transition responsibilities currently supported by our former Head of Finance who remains with us in a fractional capacity. Youll work directly with our CEO Head of Operations Assistant Controller and team leads across Product Sales and Operationswithin a culture that values ownership clarity and collaboration.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
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