Head of Finance

About the role

This is not a traditional SaaS finance role. Yes, you'll own forecasting, planning, reporting, and the core finance function. But you'll also work directly with the founders on some of the company's most important decisions:

• How should we allocate capital as Blacksmith scales?
• How much infrastructure should we invest in and when?
• How do we balance growth, reliability, and capital efficiency?
• How should we finance infrastructure growth through a combination of equity, cash flow, and debt?
• How do we think about pricing, margins, and long-term unit economics?
• When should we raise capital and how much?

Requirements

You'll help build the financial foundation for a company that sits at the intersection of software and large-scale infrastructure. As Blacksmith scales, we expect infrastructure investment to become a major use of capital. We're looking for someone who can help us think through not only how much capacity to build, but how that growth should be financed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, growth equity, or a high-growth technology company.
• An exceptional financial modeler.
• Enjoy solving ambiguous, first-principles problems.
• Can communicate effectively with both engineers and executives.
• Have strong business judgment and a bias toward action.
• Want to work closely with founders and help shape company strategy.
• Understand how high-growth companies finance expansion and think strategically about capital structure.

Skills

• Experience in an infrastructure, cloud, or developer tools company.
• Experience with consumption-based businesses.
• Experience with fundraising, capital planning, debt facilities, equipment financing, or infrastructure-intensive businesses.
• Experience building a finance function from the ground up.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
• Competitive base + equity.
• 401K match.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Annual offsite.
• Early-exercise stock options
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US)

Pay

Compensation details are confidential and will be shared during the interview process.

Schedule

The role requires being based in San Francisco, California, USA, 5 days a week.