FinOps Specialist

Summary

Join PlantingSpace, a company building an AI system for analysts and scientists, as a senior Finance Operations professional. You will be part of a lean team, contributing to the day-to-day needs of the organization and building systems for effective scaling. This role requires a strategic mind with deep financial expertise and an entrepreneurial spirit. You will help architect the financial and operational infrastructure as the company scales. The ideal candidate possesses hands-on finance and revenue operations experience, strategic financial insight, advanced technical proficiency, and experience in a top-tier management consulting firm and early-stage startup. This position requires an advanced degree in Finance or a related quantitative field and a desire to work at the forefront of AI research and engineering.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in finance and revenue operations, with an interest in other operations areas
• Proven ability to drive strategic financial insights
• Advanced technical proficiency, with proven ability to build and leverage sophisticated financial tools, models, and data analytics platforms
• 1-2 years in a top-tier management consulting firm combined with early-stage startup experience, setting ambitious goals and achieving them
• Advanced degree in Finance, or related quantitative field
• Desire to grow and work at the forefront of AI research and engineering

Responsibilities

• Develop our legal entity strategy for revenue, tax, and employment considerations
• Explore and implement upgrades to our stock co-ownership program
• Manage fundraising rounds and investor relations
• Provide strategic financial counsel
• Develop revenue and product pricing strategies
• Expand our global hiring and payroll capabilities
• Optimise workforce planning and spend predictions
• Research and implement innovative Reward / Incentive structures
• Negotiate contracts with vendors and service providers, monitor performance, and optimise processes
• Prepare finance infrastructure for revenue
• Develop agile financial systems and processes that can adapt to rapid organisational growth