Head of Finance

Daytona Platforms Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Opportunity for growth

Job summary

A Series A infrastructure company is seeking its first Head of Finance in New York. The role involves building financial reporting systems, managing investor relations, and strategic finance planning. Ideal candidates have experience in scaling tech companies and fundraising, with a growth mindset to eventually become CFO. Competitive salary and equity are offered for this foundational role, which requires a proactive and strategic thinker ready to develop the finance function from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Multiple years in scaling tech companies with hypergrowth experience.
• Experience navigating fundraises from the finance seat.
• Comfortable being the sole finance person initially.

Responsibilities

• Build financial reporting infrastructure from nearly zero.
• Own accounting stack including the close process.
• Partner with CEO on subsequent fundraises.

Skills

Financial analysis

Investor relations

Strategic thinking

Budgeting

Model-building

Vendor management

Education

Training in investment banking or FP&A

Job description

We're a 25-person, Series A infrastructure company looking for our first Head of Finance. Today, our financial operations consist solely of an outsourced bookkeeper. We need someone who can own the finance function from the ground up and grow it as we scale.

This is a foundational hire. You'll be the first finance person in the building, reporting directly to the CEO. You should be comfortable working in ambiguity and building something from scratch. This isn’t a role for someone who wants to inherit clean systems, it’s for someone who thrives in the process of building.

What You'll Do

Finance Infrastructure

Build our financial reporting infrastructure from nearly zero, including evaluating and implementing the appropriate systems, team, reporting formats and cadence.

Own the accounting stack - including the close process and chart of accounts

Architect a robust reporting package - including not just the 3 statements, but also defining and reporting on key operating metrics to help management understand the business value drivers

& Investor Relations

Partner with CEO on subsequent fundraises - including building compelling financial narratives and driving data room builds and diligence readiness

Maintain relationships with current investors through clean, proactive reporting

Drive insightful analysis and scenario discussions to help navigate strategic conversations around capital allocation and growth

Strategic Finance & Capital Allocation

Work alongside leadership on planning exercises - balancing growth needs with acapital efficiency

Own budget process and rolling forecasts - working closely with business leaders to translate business objectives into measurable financial plans

Build frameworks for measuring ROI on growth spend and distinguishing investment costs from run-rate expenses

Ensure appropriate controls around spend

What We're Looking For

Background

Training in investment banking or FP&A at a strong company, where you learned the fundamentals at scale

Multiple years inside scaling tech companies, with firsthand experience in the messy reality of hypergrowth

Experience navigating at least one fundraise from the finance seat, with a clear understanding of what investors look for and how to present for it

Mindset

You think about value creation, not just budget vs. actual

You proactively think about financial narratives and the most effective way to convey performance and metrics to drive insight and value

You're comfortable being the only finance person for a while and doing everything from model-building to vendor management

You’re a strategic and flexible thinker excited to work hard

Title & Growth

This is a Head of Finance role. We're being intentional about that.There is ample opportunity to grow in this role, ultimately on a trajectory to CFO.

Compensation

Competitive salary + equity. This is an early-stage opportunity with meaningful ownership.

About Daytona

Daytona is building the agent-native runtime layer for modern software development. Our platform spins up secure, sandboxed environments in under 90ms, used by developers and AI agents alike. Daytona is open source, trusted by thousands, and backed by top-tier investors.

We’re not just making dev environments faster. We’re redefining how software gets built.

Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview. We appreciate all the applications we receive, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.