The RoleAs Finance Lead, you'll build Foresight's in-house finance function from the ground up - budgeting, forecasting, accounting and controls, and the systems that support all of it. You'll be our first senior finance hire, replacing fractional support (a fractional CFO, fractional FP&A, and an outside accounting firm) with a real in-house function you own. You'll partner directly with our co-founders and Chief of Staff to give the business - and our board - clear, reliable financial visibility for the first time.
What You'll Do- Own Foresight's budget and forecast end-to-end, running the annual and quarterly planning cadence.
- Own the metrics that matter - ARR, net revenue retention, CAC, burn, and runway - and drive real decisions off the trends, not just report them.
- Partner with Sales, Delivery, and Product to evaluate unit economics and the ROI of major spend.
- Own the monthly close, cash management, and runway tracking, managing vendor relationships and bringing work in-house over time.
- Establish and continuously enhance the financial controls and policies a scaling company needs.
- Stand up a scalable finance stack - ERP/accounting, billing, FP&A, expense, and revenue recognition tooling - chosen and implemented by you.
- Define Foresight's finance operating rhythm from scratch, then hire and mentor a small team as the business scales.
- Give the executive team and the board clear, comprehensive financial tracking and visibility into runway and unit economics.
Goals for the Role(illustrative, not exhaustive)
- Established budgeting and planning process with a regular review cadence
- Clear, comprehensive financial tracking for the executive team
- A reliable, faster monthly close
- A defined finance tech stack implemented and adopted
- Clear visibility into runway and unit economics
RequirementsProfessional Qualifications- 8+ years in finance with real depth in FP&A and enterprise SaaS business models.
- Experience as the senior finance hire at an early- or growth-stage company - you've built this function before, not just worked within one.
- Experience with international businesses and cross-border transactions, and comfort operating across globally distributed, cross-cultural teams.
- Strong command of SaaS metrics and unit economics, with the ability to translate them for non-finance leaders.
- A builder's mindset - comfortable creating process, models, and systems from scratch in real ambiguity, and happy to be hands-on.
- Direct experience selecting and implementing finance systems (accounting/ERP, billing, FP&A tooling).
- Comfortable driving discovery with senior stakeholders without a clear brief.
- FP&A background with consulting pedigree (e.g. Deloitte) is a plus, not a requirement.
Personal Characteristics- High-energy leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and embraces high ownership.
- Direct and transparent communicator, comfortable giving and receiving feedback to drive rapid improvement.
- Entrepreneurial thinker with an "earned trust" mindset - delivers results autonomously across global time zones.
- Adaptable operator, comfortable with ambiguity, makes decisions in a fact-based manner.
- Intellectually agile - stays ahead of the organization's needs and is willing to challenge assumptions.
Explicitly Not Looking For- Someone whose focus is investor relations or a traditional CFO-only remit.
- Candidates whose entire background is large companies with a narrow functional focus.
Benefits- Real ownership from day one. This isn't a layer-3-in-a-big-org role. You see a problem, you own it. Your decisions will play out in weeks, not years, and materialize in steel and concrete.
- Work directly with the founders. Close access to experienced, mission-driven leadership who are leading academic voices on why mega-projects fail, and have real-world scars to match.
- The momentum is real. Revenue has tripled every year since 2023. We're becoming the category leader, with the gap widening every quarter. This is already happening, not a future bet.
- Backed to build properly. A $25M Series A gives us the runway to do this right. We're only just getting started.
- A blank slate to build on. You're not stepping into a legacy finance function with entrenched process - you're building Foresight's finance function, systems, and team from scratch, with direct input from the board on what "good" looks like.
- Total compensation range: $185,000-$250,000+, based on experience and fit against the requirements above, and equity in a fast-growing, well-funded startup.
