Finance Lead

Austin Sensing Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Insurance benefits

Lunch and dinner served daily

Job summary

Austin Sensing Company, a designer and manufacturer of radar, acoustic, and RF sensors in Austin, TX, is hiring a Finance Lead to own financial planning, budgets, cash flow, and capital allocation as the team scales manufacturing operations.

You will work closely with founders on budgets, projections, fundraising, and strategic finance decisions, building detailed models and communicating insights to both leadership and investors.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of finance experience in investment banking, private equity, or similar analytical roles.
• Experience owning finance functions within a company with budgets, cash, or operating performance.
• Ability to build and explain financial models and projections to non-finance audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own financial models, budgets, projections, and cash forecasts; keep them current as plans change.
• Build revenue, expense, headcount, and capex projections and model growth scenarios.
• Track spending, burn, and runway; explain variances and recommend adjustments.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and sales on product costs, margins, and inventory.
• Evaluate hiring plans, financing options, and other uses of capital.
• Manage banking relationships, cash balances, and equipment financing.
• Coordinate monthly close with external accountants; ensure timely, accurate statements.
• Create financial reporting for founders, board, and investors; support fundraising with models and data rooms.

Skills

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Cash flow management

Corporate finance

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

Building the future of sensing is extremely hard work. We move fast, tackle difficult technical problems, and expect a lot from one another. We look for self-starters who take ownership and deliver. If you are looking for a traditional 9-to-5, this is not the place for you.

But if you want to build advanced sensing systems in Austin, strengthen U.S. military capabilities, protect American warfighters, support public safety and aerial firefighting, and work alongside operators in the field, we want to hear from you.

Why Austin Sensing Co.

We design and manufacture vertically integrated sensing systems for defense, public safety, and critical infrastructure. Our products are deployed in demanding environments where failure is not an option. Built in America and headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Finance Lead

Location

Austin, TX

On-site

Operations

About Austin Sensing Company

Austin Sensing Company builds radar, acoustic, and RF sensors for defense, public safety, critical infrastructure, and autonomous systems. We design and manufacture our hardware in Austin, Texas, with a focus on making high-performance sensing reliable, affordable, and widely available.

About the Role

We’re hiring a Finance Lead to own financial planning and day-to-day finance as we grow our team and manufacturing operations. You’ll work directly with the founders on budgets, projections, capital allocation, fundraising, and the financial decisions behind hiring and production.

We’re looking for someone with a background in investment banking, private equity, or a similar analytical role, along with experience operating inside a business. You should be able to build detailed financial models, understand what’s driving the numbers, and turn that work into clear decisions. You’ll also handle the daily work, from managing cash to coordinating with our accountants.

What You’ll Do

Own the company’s financial models, budgets, projections, and cash forecasts. Keep them current as hiring, sales, and production plans change.

Build revenue, expense, headcount, and capital expenditure projections. Model different growth scenarios and their impact on cash needs and runway.

Track spending, burn, and runway. Compare actual results against projections, explain the differences, and recommend adjustments.

Work with engineering, manufacturing, and sales to understand product costs, margins, inventory needs, and customer economics.

Evaluate hiring plans, equipment purchases, financing options, and other uses of capital.

Manage banking relationships, cash balances, and equipment financing.

Coordinate with external accountants on monthly close, financial statements, payroll, and tax filings. Make sure the numbers are accurate and delivered on time.

Build financial reporting for the founders, board, and investors.

Support fundraising with financial models, projections, investor materials, and an organized data room.

Establish practical processes for budgeting, purchasing approvals, expense management, and collections.

What You’ll Bring

7+ years of relevant finance experience, including investment banking, private equity, or a comparable analytical role, along with experience operating inside a business.

Experience owning finance responsibilities inside a company, with direct accountability for budgets, cash, or operating performance.

Strong experience building financial models, operating projections, and scenario analyses, with a clear understanding of how the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement connect.

Sound judgment about spending, financing, and the tradeoffs involved in growing a business.

The ability to explain financial information clearly to people outside finance.

Comfort working with incomplete information and updating your assumptions as the business changes.

Attention to detail and a willingness to handle both strategic decisions and daily finance work.

Preferred Experience

Experience at a hardware, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or industrial technology company.

Familiarity with inventory accounting, working capital, capital expenditures, and product costing.

Experience building a finance function at an early-stage company.

401(k)

Insurance benefits

Lunch and dinner served daily