Head of Finance

November 13

Apply Now

Receive Emails with Similar Jobs

Guidewheel

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

Manufacturing • Energy • Artificial Intelligence

Guidewheel is a company that offers an AI-powered FactoryOps platform designed to enhance manufacturing operations. Their solution focuses on improving factory performance by providing real-time visibility, optimizing production, and enabling predictive maintenance. Guidewheel helps manufacturers reduce downtime, track cycle time, improve machine health, and reduce energy costs. The platform aims to drive continuous improvement and sustainability by digitizing and automating production reporting, cross-training teams effectively, and enhancing overall factory efficiency.

11 - 50 employees

⚡ Energy

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 $9M Series A on 2022-12

📋 Description

• Build a world-class foundation for financial visibility and control • Design and implement scalable reporting systems, leveraging the best available technology and smart applications of AI. • Build reliable, automated forecasting and consolidation workflows. • Deliver dashboards for budget owners that deliver clarity and accountability, and equip them from true ownership of their performance. • Establish GAAP-compliant financial statements and lead audits as necessary. • Drive strategic capital allocation and cash management to fuel growth • Develop scenario-planning models that link strategy, growth targets, and capital needs. • Help manage burn rate and runway with precision, aligning spending to value creation milestones. • Optimize working capital (e.g., for hardware) and capital allocation (e.g., product features, lead generation) to maximize ROI. • Instill world-class cash discipline: rigorous invoicing, AR collection, and write-off practices that sustain predictable, high-quality revenue and liquidity. • Make Finance a force multiplier: operational excellence and margin expansion • Embed financial acumen across the organization and create a shared understanding of how every decision drives value. • Partner with department heads to align budgets to measurable outcomes and margin improvement. • Institutionalize performance metrics that sharpen accountability — unit economics by cohort, CAC payback, gross margin, profitability by account. • Collaborate with Product Marketing to continually evolve pricing strategy for both competitiveness and profitability. • Lead investor relations and fundraising strategy • Maintain transparent, data-driven communication with the Board and investors. • Craft the financial story and KPIs for the Series C round, positioning Guidewheel as a world-class operator with a differentiated growth engine.

🎯 Requirements

• You have demonstrated success at a Series B/Series C stage high-growth company (or equivalent), and you’ve held a senior finance role where you helped scale the finance function. • Your accounting foundation is world-class— you’re comfortable with GAAP, audit readiness and you are ideally CPA or CFA certified. • You are a builder with systems thinking: you create scalable models, processes, and dashboards that unlock business leverage. • You have a strategic mindset and are a true business partner: equally comfortable setting financial strategy and rolling up your sleeves to make it real. • You are adaptable and hands-on: you understand the demands of a scaling startup, can operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, and build the foundation as you go. • You are an excellent communicator and trusted advisor: you distill complexity into clear, actionable insights and build credibility at all levels of the organization.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fair & equitable pay. Annual on-target earnings for this role are in the range of $180,000-$220,000, dependent on many factors, including our internal compensation and role bands. • 100% remote culture. Work from wherever, whenever - we hired you to get a job done, and as long as that is happening, you have the autonomy to get it done where and when you feel comfortable. • Flexible PTO policy. We value balance and boundaries. To be the best version of you, you need time away from your screen, so we want you to take it. • Generous equity. Everyone at Guidewheel receives equity in the business. You will be working hard to build something great, and when we reach the finish line, you should be rewarded for your hard work. • Health Benefits. We offer different health benefits to cover your personal needs from day one of employment - you pick the plan that makes the most sense to you. • Additional Perks. Included but not limited to, 401k (match up to 4%), $500 home office set-up, parental leave, company laptop, retirement plan, paid company holidays, and some (if you choose) company travel to spend time with your Guidewheel peers.