VP, Finance

About the Company

Exa is building a search engine for the AI era. Our Search API currently powers Agents, Fortune 500s and AI labs as we transform an industry that hasn’t been disrupted since the 90s. We're a largely SF-based team of ~100 from Harvard, MIT, Meta, Google Research, ex-founders & dropouts alike.

Responsibilities

• Build the Finance Function by establishing internal controls, systems, and processes to support scale and audit readiness
• Bring core accounting and finance operations in-house and hire a high-caliber finance team
• Build and own financial models and forecasting suited to a consumption-based API business
• Own company-wide budgeting, scenario planning, and financial reporting integrity
• Serve as a strategic partner on pricing, unit economics, capital allocation, and infrastructure decisions
• Partner with GTM on pricing, packaging, and strategic deal-making
• Own investor reporting, board communications, and prepare for future financing events

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field
• 8 - 15 years of finance experience, including time at a high-growth technology company
• Strategic finance background in IB, PE, venture capital, or growth-stage operations
• Proven track record building a finance function at a scaling startup
• Deep fluency in financial modeling and FP&A for API/consumption-based business models
• Hands-on experience managing compute costs in infrastructure, AI, or usage-based businesses
• Experience leading institutional fundraising
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex data for executive and board-level insights