*Hybrid

*Full-Time with benefits

*Travel 5-10%

What You Will Do

This role will lead an internal maturation within the Finance function, moving from foundational department budgets and models to a disciplined, forward-looking planning architecture: consolidated forecasts, spend management frameworks, scenario analyses, and the KPI infrastructure that lets leadership make high-confidence decisions with confidence.

If you are energized by building from the ground up, comfortable working closely with a new CFO to define what great looks like, and excited by a company with both commercial and government momentum, this is a rare opportunity to shape the financial operating model of a mission-driven, high-growth technology company.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Budgeting
• Own the annual budgeting process end-to-end, building rigorous department-level budgets that create real accountability across the business.
• Establish a quarterly forecasting cadence that gives leadership a clear, rolling view of financial performance and resource requirements.
• Develop long-range financial models that translate Clearspeed's strategic priorities into multi-year revenue, headcount, and investment plans.
• Build and maintain consolidated financial models reflecting Clearspeed's multi-entity, multi-currency operations across the US, Canada, and EMEA.

Spend Management & Investment Prioritization
• Partner with the CFO to identify where the business can and should invest, and where it should hold the line, using data-driven analysis of returns and trade-offs.
• Establish spend visibility frameworks that allow department leaders to manage their budgets with transparency and accountability.
• Proactively surface financial risks and opportunities, providing leadership with the analysis needed to act decisively.

Reporting & Business Insight
• Own monthly management reporting and variance analysis, translating financial results into clear, actionable narratives for executives and business unit leaders.
• Develop and maintain ARR, MRR, and revenue models tailored to Clearspeed's commercial and public sector business, including usage-based dynamics.
• Build and scale KPI infrastructure that connects financial outcomes to operational drivers across GTM, product, and operations.
• Partner with the CFO to develop board-level financial presentations and scenario analyses that build investor confidence.
• Manage the end-to-end administration, including processing, tracking, and reporting of sales commissions for the go-to-market team.

Strategic Finance
• Partner with accounting to align forecast and close processes, ensuring a single source of financial truth across the organization.
• Support government and public sector financial planning, including program-level budgeting and an understanding of government contracting structures.

Team & Process Leadership
• Build the FP&A function from the ground up: tools, processes, systems, and, over time, team.
• Establish FP&A as a trusted partner to every part of the business, not a back-office function.
• Mentor and grow FP&A team members as Clearspeed's needs evolve.

Who You Are

You are a rigorous, commercially minded finance leader who knows what it takes to build a planning function, not just run one. You have operated in fast-growing global technology companies, understand what "good" looks like at scale, and are energized by the work of getting there. You are as comfortable in the weeds of a multi-entity consolidation model as you are presenting a clear narrative to a board of directors.

You thrive in ambiguity, move quickly without sacrificing accuracy, and bring a builder's mindset to process and systems. You want to be part of something that matters, and you understand that great financial infrastructure is what enables everything else to scale.

Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA a plus.
• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in FP&A leadership roles at global technology companies.
• Demonstrated track record of building FP&A functions and scaling financial processes in high-growth, venture- or growth equity-backed technology environments.
• Deep experience with multi-entity organizational structures, global consolidations, and multi-currency financial reporting.
• Advanced financial modeling skills and proficiency with modern FP&A platforms (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan, Mosaic, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience supporting or executing an IPO, including S-1 preparation, investor relations support, and public company reporting frameworks.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights for executive and board audiences.
• Experience with public sector clients or government contracting environments is a strong plus.
• Located in or willing to work regularly from the Greater Washington, DC area.

Our benefits (may vary based on geographical location)

*Competitive compensation: salary + performance-based bonuses

*Stock options

*Unlimited paid time off

*Health and wellness coverage

Salary Description

$151,000 - $211,000