Head of Finance

About the Company

Blacksmith builds infrastructure to run CI workloads fast. By operating a global fleet of bare-metal machines, they help companies run GitHub Actions more efficiently. They have reached ~$10M in ARR in less than 2 years and are backed by Google Ventures (GV).

Responsibilities

• Own financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and board reporting
• Build models to support company planning and strategic decision-making
• Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to forecast investment and capacity requirements
• Own cash forecasting, treasury management, capital planning, and financing strategy
• Analyze pricing, margins, and business performance
• Support fundraising, investor relations, and strategic projects
• Build scalable financial systems and processes

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or growth equity
• Exceptional financial modeling skills
• Ability to solve ambiguous, first-principles problems
• Effective communication skills for both engineers and executives
• Strong business judgment and bias toward action
• Understanding of how high-growth companies finance expansion and capital structure
• Ability to work in person 5 days a week in San Francisco

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure, cloud, or developer tools companies
• Experience with consumption-based business models
• Experience with fundraising, capital planning, debt facilities, or equipment financing
• Experience building a finance function from the ground up

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance
• Competitive base + equity
• 401K match
• Unlimited PTO
• Annual offsite
• Early-exercise stock options
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US)