Chief Financial Officer
Smartcat · Boston, MA · 1 mo ago
Sales$20/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. We need to extract content from posting.
The posting includes many sections: About Smartcat (company description), Why You Should Join Our Team (mission), Outcomes (list of outcomes), How You'll Ramp (by day 30, 60, 90), What You've Accomplished (requirements/qualifications), Role Details (What You'll Own), What We're Looking For (skills/attributes), Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far (benefits/culture). Also there is mention of location: Based in the U.S., with regular collaboration across U.S. and European time zones.
We need to map to headings: About the role (maybe company description and mission?), Responsibilities (outcomes, what you'll own, ramp?), Requirements (what you've accomplished?), Qualifications (maybe similar), Skills (what we're looking for), Benefits (why joining Smartcat...), Pay (none), Schedule (none). Since no explicit pay or schedule, we should not include those sections.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent. Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to avoid boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
About the role
Smartcat is building the future of work...
(the initial About Smartcat paragraph). Also maybe include mission? But mission is under Why You Should Join Our Team. Could be part of About the role. Better: About the role includes company description and mission outcomes? But we have separate sections for Responsibilities etc. Let's decide: About the role: company overview (About Smartcat) + mission statement (Why You Should Join Our Team Mission). Could combine. Responsibilities: list of outcomes (Drive enterprise value creation..., Design the financial architecture..., Architect Smartcat's financial strategy..., Optimize Smartcat's global corporate structure..., Lead Smartcat's capital markets strategy..., Serve as the executive team’s strategic thought partner...). Also maybe "What You'll Own" could be responsibilities. Requirements: What You've Accomplished bullet points. Qualifications: maybe same as requirements? But we need to avoid duplication. Could treat What You've Accomplished as Qualifications. Requirements could be "What We're Looking For"? But that's more skills/attributes. Better: Requirements: What You've Accomplished (the bullet list). Qualifications: maybe not needed if same. But we need to include only if real specific content. Could combine. Skills: What We're Looking For bullet points. Benefits: Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far (global team, AI native organization, innovating industry, rocketship, culture code). Also mention location: Based in the U.S., with regular collaboration across U.S. and European time zones. We need to turn those into- lists.
Let's extract specifics.
About Smartcat paragraph: "Smartcat is building the future of work, where human expertise meets digital teammates to drive 10x to 1000x productivity gains for the world’s leading enterprises. We’re on the frontier of an entirely new category: Agentic AI. We enable enterprises to build high-performing hybrid workforces made up of both humans and AI agents. These AI agents aren’t generic copilots. They’re fully trained digital teammates that learn from your best people, your content, and your business strategy—ready to get to work from day one. Our platform combines generative AI, human-in-the-loop workflows, and a living Enterprise Skill Graph that continuously learns and improves. Whether you're launching a product globally, onboarding new hires, translating learning content, or aligning legal teams across regions, Smartcat turns knowledge into action and action into scale. Over 1,000 companies, including 20% of the Fortune 500, rely on Smartcat to bring their business to the world—instantly, accurately, and in every language. As a Series C company with consistently high year-over-year growth, we’re scaling fast and investing in people who want to shape the future of work with us. Join us in unlocking global potential, one human and agent team at a time."
Mission: "The CFO will be the financial architect of Smartcat's $20M to $100M ARR journey — owning the full finance function, leading the Series D, and building the financial infrastructure of one of the most compelling AI-native platforms in the market."
Outcomes list:
- Drive enterprise value creation, identifying new revenue streams, business model innovations, pricing and packaging opportunities, and strategic investments that expand Smartcat's growth trajectory while improving long-term profitability and capital efficiency.
- Design the financial architecture of an AI-native business, creating the operating model, pricing strategy, unit economics, and performance framework that maximize the long-term value of Smartcat's agentic platform.
- Architect Smartcat's financial strategy and operating model, building a world-class AI-first Finance organization spanning Strategic Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Treasury, and global business operations to support the company's next stage of scale.
- Optimize Smartcat's global corporate structure, ensuring the company's legal entities, capital allocation, tax strategy, and international operations are built to scale efficiently and support long-term growth.
- Lead Smartcat's capital markets strategy, preparing the company for its next institutional financing by owning investor relationships, board reporting, financial storytelling, due diligence, and overall investment readiness.
- Serve as the executive team’s strategic thought partner, translating financial insights into company strategy and influencing product investment, go-to-market priorities, organizational design, hiring, and capital allocation through data-driven decision making.
Ramp sections: we could include under Responsibilities as well, but maybe better to put under Responsibilities as list of what you'll do in first 90 days. However the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can list ramp milestones as duties.
But we already have outcomes list; we could also include ramp as separate list under Responsibilities.
What You'll Own: list of items (An AI-native Finance organization..., The global Finance organization..., The company's Legal function..., The systems and tools..., The relationship with the Board..., Company-wide financial operating rhythm). Could be responsibilities.
What We're Looking For: list:
- A builder at heart. You've intentionally chosen high-growth, founder-led companies where you could create systems, scale organizations, and solve hard problems — building from ambiguity energizes you more than operating within established structures.
- An AI-native leader, full stop. Using AI daily isn't a nice-to-have for you — it's how you think and work, and you're excited to build one of the world's first truly AI-native Finance organizations.
- Comfortable owning broad scope. You're equally comfortable zooming out to shape strategy and zooming in to close the books correctly — and you want both in one seat.
- An exceptional communicator and trusted advisor, able to simplify complex financial concepts for the Board and executive team and earn trust through transparency and sound judgment.
- Based in the U.S., with regular collaboration across U.S. and European time zones (the CEO is based in Austin, Texas).
Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far: paragraphs:
- A global, connected team: description of team across 30+ countries, hub-and-spoke model, remote-friendly, etc.
- Be part of an AI Native Organization: description.
- Innovating a $100 Billion industry: description.
- Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together: description of growth 130% YoY, etc.
- Smartcat Culture Code: Where Diversity Meets High Performance: description.
We need to turn these into bullet list items for Benefits.
Now we need to decide sections.
Let's create:
About the role
Smartcat is building the future of work... (the About Smartcat paragraph).
The CFO will be the financial architect of Smartcat's $20M to $100M ARR journey — owning the full finance function, leading the Series D, and building the financial infrastructure of one of the most compelling AI-native platforms in the market.
Responsibilities
- Drive enterprise value creation, identifying new revenue streams, business model innovations, pricing and packaging opportunities, and strategic investments that expand Smartcat's growth trajectory while improving long-term profitability and capital efficiency.
- Design the financial architecture of an AI-native business, creating the operating model, pricing strategy, unit economics, and performance framework that maximize the long-term value of Smartcat's agentic platform.
- Architect Smartcat's financial strategy and operating model, building a world-class AI-first Finance organization spanning Strategic Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Treasury, and global business operations to support the company's next stage of scale.
- Optimize Smartcat's global corporate structure, ensuring the company's legal entities, capital allocation, tax strategy, and international operations are built to scale efficiently and support long-term growth.
- Lead Smartcat's capital markets strategy, preparing the company for its next institutional financing by owning investor relationships, board reporting, financial storytelling, due diligence, and overall investment readiness.
- Serve as the executive team’s strategic thought partner, translating financial insights into company strategy and influencing product investment, go-to-market priorities, organizational design, hiring, and capital allocation through data-driven decision making.
- What You'll Own: an AI-native Finance organization, transforming Finance through AI, automation, intelligent workflows, and agentic technologies to maximize leverage and improve decision‑making.
- The global Finance organization end to end, including Strategic Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, and financial operations across all legal entities.
- The company's Legal function, in partnership with the Head of Legal, including legal budgeting, executive-level vendor relationships, and governance.
- The systems and tools that power Finance, from planning and reporting platforms to the AI/automation layer that runs underneath them.
- The relationship with the Board, delivering the financial reporting and communication cadence that builds Board confidence.
- Company-wide financial operating rhythm — the planning, forecasting, reporting, and business review processes that align every function.
Responsibilities
- By Day 30: complete a comprehensive assessment of Smartcat's Finance, Accounting, Legal, Tax, and global operating structure, identifying organizational strengths, capability gaps, and the highest-impact opportunities to scale; build trusted relationships with each member of the executive leadership team; evaluate existing financial systems, reporting, planning processes, and internal controls, delivering a prioritized roadmap for improvement; develop a deep understanding of Smartcat's AI-native business model, pricing strategy, unit economics, and revenue streams; establish credibility with the Board and executive team through thoughtful financial insights and strategic recommendations.
- By Day 60: deliver Smartcat's Annual Operating Plan, aligned across every function and translated into a board-ready financial plan that supports the company's growth objectives; establish a rigorous monthly business review cadence with the CEO and executive leadership team, providing actionable insights into company performance, investment decisions, and execution against plan; recommend improvements to capital allocation, organizational investment priorities, and operating efficiency based on data-driven analysis; present a strategic roadmap for evolving the Finance organization, including organizational design, systems, automation, and AI-first workflows; begin developing Smartcat's long-term capital strategy, including financing options, investor positioning, and key value creation milestones.
- By Day 90: design and implement
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can list ramp milestones as duties.
But we already have outcomes list; we could also include ramp as separate list under Responsibilities.
What You'll Own: list of items (An AI-native Finance organization..., The global Finance organization..., The company's Legal function..., The systems and tools..., The relationship with the Board..., Company-wide financial operating rhythm). Could be responsibilities.
What We're Looking For: list:
- A builder at heart. You've intentionally chosen high-growth, founder-led companies where you could create systems, scale organizations, and solve hard problems — building from ambiguity energizes you more than operating within established structures.
- An AI-native leader, full stop. Using AI daily isn't a nice-to-have for you — it's how you think and work, and you're excited to build one of the world's first truly AI-native Finance organizations.
- Comfortable owning broad scope. You're equally comfortable zooming out to shape strategy and zooming in to close the books correctly — and you want both in one seat.
- An exceptional communicator and trusted advisor, able to simplify complex financial concepts for the Board and executive team and earn trust through transparency and sound judgment.
- Based in the U.S., with regular collaboration across U.S. and European time zones (the CEO is based in Austin, Texas).
Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far: paragraphs:
- A global, connected team: description of team across 30+ countries, hub-and-spoke model, remote-friendly, etc.
- Be part of an AI Native Organization: description.
- Innovating a $100 Billion industry: description.
- Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together: description of growth 130% YoY, etc.
- Smartcat Culture Code: Where Diversity Meets High Performance: description.
We need to turn these into bullet list items for Benefits.
Now we need to decide sections.
Let's create:
- lists.
Let's extract specifics.
About Smartcat paragraph: "Smartcat is building the future of work, where human expertise meets digital teammates to drive 10x to 1000x productivity gains for the world’s leading enterprises. We’re on the frontier of an entirely new category: Agentic AI. We enable enterprises to build high-performing hybrid workforces made up of both humans and AI agents. These AI agents aren’t generic copilots. They’re fully trained digital teammates that learn from your best people, your content, and your business strategy—ready to get to work from day one. Our platform combines generative AI, human-in-the-loop workflows, and a living Enterprise Skill Graph that continuously learns and improves. Whether you're launching a product globally, onboarding new hires, translating learning content, or aligning legal teams across regions, Smartcat turns knowledge into action and action into scale. Over 1,000 companies, including 20% of the Fortune 500, rely on Smartcat to bring their business to the world—instantly, accurately, and in every language. As a Series C company with consistently high year-over-year growth, we’re scaling fast and investing in people who want to shape the future of work with us. Join us in unlocking global potential, one human and agent team at a time."
Mission: "The CFO will be the financial architect of Smartcat's $20M to $100M ARR journey — owning the full finance function, leading the Series D, and building the financial infrastructure of one of the most compelling AI-native platforms in the market."
Outcomes list:
- Drive enterprise value creation, identifying new revenue streams, business model innovations, pricing and packaging opportunities, and strategic investments that expand Smartcat's growth trajectory while improving long-term profitability and capital efficiency.
- Design the financial architecture of an AI-native business, creating the operating model, pricing strategy, unit economics, and performance framework that maximize the long-term value of Smartcat's agentic platform.
- Architect Smartcat's financial strategy and operating model, building a world-class AI-first Finance organization spanning Strategic Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Treasury, and global business operations to support the company's next stage of scale.
- Optimize Smartcat's global corporate structure, ensuring the company's legal entities, capital allocation, tax strategy, and international operations are built to scale efficiently and support long-term growth.
- Lead Smartcat's capital markets strategy, preparing the company for its next institutional financing by owning investor relationships, board reporting, financial storytelling, due diligence, and overall investment readiness.
- Serve as the executive team’s strategic thought partner, translating financial insights into company strategy and influencing product investment, go-to-market priorities, organizational design, hiring, and capital allocation through data-driven decision making.
Ramp sections: we could include under Responsibilities as well, but maybe better to put under Responsibilities as list of what you'll do in first 90 days. However the instruction: Use