Founding Strategic Finance

Roadrunner

• $150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience running finance at a high-growth startup, ideally as the first or only finance hire.
  • Strong operator and strategist capable of transitioning between detail-oriented and board-level insights.
  • Good judgment regarding building, buying, and outsourcing tasks, with accountability for outcomes.
  • Ability to function as a strategic partner to the business, rather than just a reporting function.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset that thrives in ambiguity and creates structure.

Responsibilities

  • Own the financial health of the company from the ground up as the first finance hire.
  • Create systems and processes that provide clear financial insights to leadership.
  • Manage the financial narrative for stakeholders, including runway and growth metrics.
  • Collaborate with various teams to assess deal economics and budget decisions.
  • Evaluate what finance tasks to handle internally versus outsourcing based on strategic value.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family.
  • Complimentary lunch, dinner, snacks, and coffee offered.
  • Flexible vacation policy allowing employees to take what they need.
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Be Roadrunner's first finance hire - you'll own our financial health end-to-end and build the function from the ground up.
  • Set up the systems, reporting, and processes that give leadership a clear picture of where we stand and where we're going.
  • Own our financial narrative for the board and investors - runway, burn, growth, and what it all means for the business.
  • Be the finance partner to every team: helping Sales think about deal economics, helping leadership make headcount and budget decisions with real numbers.
  • Decide what you handle yourself and what you outsource - you'll have the judgment to know the difference and own the outcomes either way.

Example projects
  • Take over financial operations from the founder and build the processes so nothing falls through the cracks - then make it scale.
  • Build our first real FP&A model: budgets, scenario plans, and a headcount plan that gives leadership the numbers to make big decisions with confidence.

What you'll bring
  • Experience running finance at a high-growth startup - ideally as the first or only finance hire.
  • Equally strong as an operator and a strategist. You can get in the weeds and zoom out to the board level.
  • Good judgment about what to build, what to buy, and what to outsource - and the ownership to see it through regardless.
  • A real partner to the business, not a back-office function. You lean into the decisions, not just the reporting.
  • A driver, not a passenger. You create structure where none exists and are comfortable with ambiguity.
  • Based in SF or excited to relocate - we're an in-person team.

Bonus points if...
  • You've been the first finance hire at an early-stage company and know what zero-to-one feels like.
  • You've worn multiple hats - accounting, FP&A, RevOps, compliance - and know how they connect.
What we offer
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family.
  • Lunch and dinner, as well as snacks and coffee to keep you energized.
  • Take what you need vacation policy.


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