Head of Finance
Metronome is the leading usage-based billing platform built for modern software companies. We help teams launch products faster, iterate on pricing quickly, and deliver a first-class billing experience—all with speed, control, and confidence.
Job Description
About the Role
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As the Head of Finance at a fast growing startup, your core responsibility is to facilitate the business to scale responsibly. You will establish and refine our financial strategy and operations across the business, in collaboration with our COO / CFO and our Head of Business Operations. As we grow, you will build out our finance and accounting functions.
Examples of Tasks You Might Work On
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- Refactor our operating and burn models to support ongoing financial planning & analysis
- Establish and put into operation department-level budgeting
- Run our company-wide budgeting processes, both on an annual and quarterly basis
- Prepare financial reporting and analysis for consumption by leadership, the board, the company, and investors
- Model and monitor the margin profile of our products and services in partnership with our product and go-to-market organizations, informing pricing and packaging, infrastructure investments, and product viability assessments
- Perform our annual financial audit
- Develop and manage our accounting practice and operations
- Own or consult on our approach to risk management across the business, including legal, security, and HR
- Stand up data analytics to support business operations
Impact You'll Have
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- Improve the operating rigor of the business across the board
- Inform leadership on core KPIs and outcomes
- Bring revenue and usage data into our core business operations (use Metronome to make Metronome better)
Minimum Requirements
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- 7+ years of professional experience, with at least one stint in finance or business operations at a small startup (less than ~200 people)
- Expertise with FP&A and attendant work, like burn modeling, budgeting, and margin analysis
- Expertise with modeling in general, including capacity planning and headcount
- Ability to supervise and own accounting, up to an audit process
- At least a spreadsheet wizard — strength with SQL and various data analytics platforms (Hex, Looker, etc.) are a plus
- Strong communication skills, especially communication with data
- Facility with revenue operations and its tools, including Salesforce
- Experience with management and team building
Bonus Points
- Business operations and strategy experience
- Experience working with business problems in infrastructure SaaS, including COGS analysis and R&D opex budgeting
About the Role
As the Head of Finance at a fast growing startup, your core responsibility is to facilitate the business to scale responsibly. You will establish and refine our financial strategy and operations across the business, in collaboration with our COO / CFO and our Head of Business Operations. As we grow, you will build out our finance and accounting functions.
Examples of Tasks You Might Work On
- Refactor our operating and burn models to support ongoing financial planning & analysis
- Establish and put into operation department-level budgeting
- Run our company-wide budgeting processes, both on an annual and quarterly basis
- Prepare financial reporting and analysis for consumption by leadership, the board, the company, and investors
- Model and monitor the margin profile of our products and services in partnership with our product and go-to-market organizations, informing pricing and packaging, infrastructure investments, and product viability assessments
- Perform our annual financial audit
- Develop and manage our accounting practice and operations
- Own or consult on our approach to risk management across the business, including legal, security, and HR
- Stand up data analytics to support business operations
Impact You'll Have
- Improve the operating rigor of the business across the board
- Inform leadership on core KPIs and outcomes
- Bring revenue and usage data into our core business operations (use Metronome to make Metronome better)
Minimum Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience, with at least one stint in finance or business operations at a small startup (less than ~200 people)
- Expertise with FP&A and attendant work, like burn modeling, budgeting, and margin analysis
- Expertise with modeling in general, including capacity planning and headcount
- Ability to supervise and own accounting, up to an audit process
- At least a spreadsheet wizard — strength with SQL and various data analytics platforms (Hex, Looker, etc.) are a plus
- Strong communication skills, especially communication with data
- Facility with revenue operations and its tools, including Salesforce
- Experience with management and team building
Bonus Points
- Business operations and strategy experience
- Experience working with business problems in infrastructure SaaS, including COGS analysis and R&D opex budgeting
