Finance Lead - GAAP, Forecasting & Strategic Finance

Moonfire; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity package

Paid time off aligned with local regs

Hardware, tools and services

Subscriptions for AI agents and IDEs

Biannual team off-sites

Job summary

White Circle, an AI Safety company, is hiring a hands-on Finance Lead to own day-to-day accounting and finance operations, including reviewing expenses, invoices, and receipts, and driving financial reporting, forecasting, and cash burn tracking.

You will manage the US entity under US GAAP, coordinate with external accountants, and build financial models for strategic decisions while improving processes as we scale.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with US GAAP accounting (must-have).
• Strong accounting fundamentals and comfortable owning financial close and reporting.
• Experience in multi-entity or group company setups.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day finance and accounting operations across entities, focusing on US GAAP.
• Manage monthly financial close, ensuring accurate reporting and data.
• Collaborate with external accountants, tax advisors, auditors, and finance providers as needed.
• Build and maintain financial reporting showing revenue, expenses, cash, burn, runway and health.
• Own budgeting and forecasting processes including revenue, expenses, headcount, cash needs, runway.
• Develop financial models for hiring, spending, pricing, fundraising and strategic decisions.
• Help design and improve accounting processes as the company scales.
• Prepare analyses for investors, fundraising, board materials and due diligence.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive finance workflows and speed reporting.

Skills

US GAAP

Accounting fundamentals

Financial close

Forecasting

Multi-entity experience

Automation in finance

Job description

White Circle, an AI Safety company, is hiring a hands-on Finance Lead to own day-to-day accounting and finance operations, including reviewing expenses, invoices, and receipts, and driving financial reporting, forecasting, and cash burn tracking.

You will manage the US entity under US GAAP, coordinate with external accountants, and build financial models for strategic decisions while improving processes as we scale.