Phonely (YC S24) · 1 week ago
Strategic Finance Lead
San Francisco, CA, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expPhonely is a fast-growing company focused on optimizing voice AI for businesses. They are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to manage the financial model and operating system, ensuring tight financial processes as the company scales.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information and Communications Technology (ICT)Software
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Own our financial model and the finance operating system behind it
Focus primary on forecasting, budgeting, scenario planning
Make sure contracts, billing mechanics, and month-end reconciliation are tight as we scale
Maintain the company operating model and keep it decision-ready across ARR, gross margin, unit economics, cash runway, and headcount planning
Build forecasts and budgets
Run scenario analyses
Produce monthly reporting for leadership
Own a contract repository and ensure contracts are tracked correctly for commitments, renewal dates, pricing terms, and billing alignment
Run the monthly reconciliation workflow
Partner with external accounting support as needed to ensure the books match reality
Tighten finance processes around spend tracking, approvals, and month-end close so the company stays clean as volume grows
Qualification
Required
3+ years in strategic finance, FP&A, investing, or consulting, with strong modeling skills and comfort turning messy inputs into a clear plan
Fluent in SaaS metrics and able to reason about ARR, retention, margin, and unit economics
Organized enough to manage contract tracking and monthly reconciliation without losing the big picture
Clear communicator who moves fast and has strong judgment
Preferred
FP&A experience at a tech company is a plus; startup finance experience strongly preferred
Early-stage startup experience, including building finance processes from scratch
Experience partnering with legal on contracting workflows
Familiarity with modern finance tools (billing systems, QuickBooks or NetSuite support, Ramp or Brex)
Benefits
The company pays for food
We rent out Airbnb’s in cool places (Rocky mountains, Costa Rica, Indonesia) four times a year
Company
Phonely (YC S24)
🌍 On a mission to create the world's most advanced AI phone service 🤖 Experience AI agents that sound and act just like people 📊 Gain insights with our detailed analytics dashboard 🔗 Effortlessly integrate with Zapier, Google Calendar, and more 🌐 www.phonely.ai 📞 Give our AI a call: +1 (844) 734-4902
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
7BC Venture CapitalY Combinator
2024-10-08Seed
2024-05-28Pre Seed· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Will Bodewes
Chief Executive Officer
Nisal Ranasinghe
Co-Founder and CTO
Recent News
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