AI Finance Operations Manager

Tread is an AI-native vertical SaaS platform transforming construction materials logisticsa massive essential industry that moves the aggregate asphalt and concrete behind every road bridge and July 2026 we crossed $2Bn in monthly delivered load value on the platform and were at $XM ARR and growing fast.

Our AI-powered platform serves Haulers Producers and Contractorsoptimizing truck routing loaded-mile delivery and project planning while delivering exceptional customer service through personalized AI agents.

Were a Series A company backed by Mucker Capital and were building the team that will take us from $XM to $XXM ARR.

Tread has built a powerful company brain that is available for our internal team to power decision making and context setting that helped power us to $XM in ARR. This is a unique and powerful asset that we believe can help us build a lean and incredibly fast AI driven finance operations practice. We believe that in extending our existing AI powered workflows Tread can continue to scale revenue efficiently without a traditional Finance function. To get to $XXM and beyond we need a dedicated AI-pilled finance professional who owns the entire revenue dollar journey from forecasting modeling biz-ops and some business development. This individual will build the function extend the agents in place and create the playbooks that help accelerate our journey to revenue growth and profitability.

Were deliberately looking for someone from an investment banking or growth equity / private equity background who wants to stop advising from the outside and start operating from the inside. You already know how to model a business pressure-test unit economics and tell a crisp story to investors. Here youll do all of that for a company whose numbers you actually own sitting next to the founders as decisions get made.

• Own the model. Build and maintain the companys operating model budget and rolling forecast - and make it the source of truth leadership runs the business on.

• Unit economics. Own the metrics that matter for a vertical SaaS usage business: ARR net revenue retention CAC payback gross margin magic number and burn multiple. Identify where the economics break and which levers matter most.

• Decision support. Turn ambiguous questions - pricing changes new segments hiring plans go/no-go on a big deal - into clear quantified recommendations the team can act on.

• Board & investor materials. Build the board deck the data room and the reporting package. Own the numbers investors see and be able to defend every one of them.

• Fundraising support. Partner with the CEO to run the next raise - model narrative diligence and the financial engine room that keeps a process moving fast.

• Cash & capital. Own cash-flow forecasting runway and scenario planning. Nobody at Tread should be surprised by the cash position.

• Revenue operations. Connect the quote-to-cash workflow - from deal to invoice to collections - and make sure ARR is live reconciled and trustworthy.

• Operating cadence. Run the rhythms that keep a scaling company aligned: KPI dashboards weekly business reviews and the metrics definitions everyone agrees on.

• Cross-functional leverage. Partner with GTM on comp plans and pipeline math and with product/ops on the cost and margin side of how we deliver.

• Automate first hire second. Design the finance and ops stack to run lean. Use AI tools - Claude ChatGPT and the modern automation layer - to handle reconciliations variance narratives data cleanup reporting and the busywork that eats an analysts week.

• Build the systems. Own the tooling - billing ERP/accounting CRM integrations dashboards - and wire them together so data flows without manual handoffs.

• Set the standard. Establish how a modern AI-first finance and ops function operates at Tread and write the playbook for it.

Were looking for someone who is action oriented and high agency and skilled in corporate finance and modeling. Specifically:

• 25 years in investment banking growth equity private equity or a top-tier strategic finance / corporate development seat.

• Elite financial modeling and analytical chops - you can build a three-statement model and an operating model from a blank sheet and defend every assumption.

• Commercial instinct on top of financial rigor - you want to understand why the business wins.

• AI-native. You already lean on AI tools to work faster and you want to build a finance function around them. Comfort with AI is not optional here.

• Extreme ownership and comfort with ambiguity. Theres no org chart or process here yet - youll build both.

• Clear executive-level communicator who can move between a founder a board member and a customers controller in the same afternoon.

• No task is beneath you and youd rather ship the answer than hand off a recommendation.

• Exposure to SaaS or usage-based business models and the metrics that go with them.

• Some accounting fluency (close revenue recognition) or willingness to get fluent fast.

• Light technical skills - SQL spreadsheets-as-code or hands-on with automation tools (Zapier / Make / n8n).

• Interest in logistics construction tech or hard-industry software.

• You own the whole thing. The model the board materials the cash the systems - the full scope a banker or investor usually only sees from across the table.

• Direct line to the CEO and the cap table. Youll sit in the room where decisions get made and help make them from day one.

• A real launchpad. This is the seat that becomes Head of Finance VP Finance or Head of BizOps as Tread scales.

• Build the AI-native version. Most finance functions are being retrofitted for AI. You get to build one thats AI-native from day one.

• Real company real numbers. Series A real revenue real enterprise customers in a giant market thats barely been digitized.

• Leadership runs the business off your operating model and the board trusts your numbers.

• Monthly close is fast clean and largely automated. Cash and runway are never a surprise.

• Unit economics are defined instrumented and understood across the team and youve flagged the levers that matter most.

• The next fundraise (when we run it) has a finance engine room that makes diligence move fast.

• The finance & ops stack runs lean and AI-native doing the work of a much larger team.

Competitive salary plus meaningful early-stage equity - this is a foundational hire and the equity matches it. Full health coverage and a flexible remote/hybrid setup.

Send a note on why this role fits you to . Tell us about a time you owned a number or a decision that mattered - and if youd like show us something youve built with AI. Tread is an equal-opportunity employer. We hire for talent and drive and we welcome applicants from every background.

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