Finance Lead — Growth & Capital Strategy

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

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.