Chief Financial Officer

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Assail

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2025

🔒 Cybersecurity

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🎖️ Defense

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $5.3M Seed Round on 2026-02

Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence • Defense

Assail is a cybersecurity company that builds autonomous offensive security systems for continuous adversarial testing and evidence-driven validation. Its flagship Ares platform (and mission-focused variants like Reaper and Ares Harnesses) uses coordinated AI agents and domain-adapted models (Sidewinder, Predator) to perform continuous autonomous red teaming, attack emulation, API/mobile/AI surface testing, and exposure validation. The platform can be deployed on-premises, in air-gapped or isolated networks, in customer clouds, or as SaaS, and is positioned for enterprise and federal/military use where data and AI sovereignty, governance, and validated exploitation evidence are required.

📋 Description

• Lead financial strategy, annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis for Assail, Inc. and Assail Federal, Inc. • Own cash management, runway planning, working capital, banking relationships, and capital allocation • Oversee accounting, monthly close, payroll coordination, accounts payable and receivable, revenue recognition, and timely financial reporting • Maintain entity-level and consolidated financial reporting, including intercompany accounting and cost allocation • Build reporting for the CEO, board, and investors, explaining results, forecast changes, risks, and recommended actions • Track recurring revenue, retention, gross margin, customer acquisition costs, unit economics, and other operating metrics • Support fundraising, investor diligence, financial modeling, capitalization planning, and investor and financing partner relationships • Provide financial oversight for Assail Federal, including contract budgeting, pricing support, project profitability, cost allocation, and coordination on government requirements • Establish scalable financial systems, internal controls, purchasing discipline, and financial policies; coordinate tax, audit, insurance, and other financial matters • Build and develop the finance function, selecting internal hires and outside support as the business grows • Report directly to the CEO and partner with the CEO, board, and leadership team to translate business priorities into financial plans • Support leadership, board, investor, and other business meetings as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Progressive finance leadership experience, including responsibility for financial planning, accounting oversight, cash management, and executive reporting • Experience supporting a growing technology or SaaS business and practical understanding of recurring revenue models and business economics • Experience partnering with CEOs, boards, and investors, with the ability to explain complex financial matters clearly • Record of building reliable forecasts, improving financial processes, and implementing sound controls in a changing business • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with willingness to work directly in the details • Sound judgment, integrity, discretion, and ability to lead collaboratively across commercial and federal operations • Experience with venture-backed companies, fundraising, and investor due diligence • Experience with government contracting finance, contract pricing, project accounting, and applicable federal cost and reporting requirements • Experience managing multiple legal entities and consolidated reporting • CPA, MBA, or comparable professional experience would be valuable

🏖️ Benefits

• Travel for leadership, board, investor, and other business meetings as needed

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