Head of Finance

Turbalabs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid/remote-friendly options

Top-tier hardware setup

Job summary

Turbalabs is seeking a finance leader to partner with the co-CEOs, owning the financial model, forecasting, and decision support as the company scales. This role integrates operational strength with strategic finance to drive growth and investor confidence.

You will manage international financials (US and Germany), lead fundraising workstreams, and build a lean, high-impact finance function. Based in the SF Bay Area or open to relocation.

Qualifications

• Senior finance leadership in a high-growth tech startup (CFO, VP Finance or Head of Finance)
• Experience turning strategy into execution with the leadership team
• Direct experience raising institutional venture funding, leading the finance workstream on a Series B+
• Strong modeling, forecasting and scenario-planning judgment
• Cross-border experience with US and Germany/Europe including intercompany and transfer pricing
• Ability to communicate complex numbers to founders, boards and investors
• Strategic, hands-on operator in founder-led environments with multiple co-leads
• Based in the SF Bay Area or willing to relocate

Responsibilities

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning; partner with co-CEOs on decisions shaping the company.
• Bridge finance with day-to-day operations to enable execution.
• Lead fundraising and manage investor relations, data room, diligence, and reporting.
• Coordinate consolidation across US and German entities; manage intercompany & transfer pricing with external partners.
• Ensure a clean, timely close and robust internal controls.
• Develop a lean, high-leverage finance function and team that scales with the company.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Scenario planning

Cross-border finance

Intercompany & transfer pricing

Investor relations

Strategic execution

Leadership

Business partnering

Education

CPA

MBA

Job description

Your mission

We’re looking for a finance leader with real operational range: a genuine partner to our co-CEOs in running and scaling the company, not finance in isolation. You’ll own the model and the numbers, bring operational lift to how the business runs, and build a compact, high-leverage finance function that sets us up for the next stage.

Responsibilities

• Financial planning & advisory: Own budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning, and be the analytical partner to the co-CEOs on the decisions that shape the company including pricing, hiring, compute spend, and runway. Turn financial data into decisions the leadership team can act on.
• Operational partnership to the leadership team: Bring operational leadership to how the company is run day to day. Help the leadership team turn strategy into execution.
• Fundraising & investor relations: Partner with the co-CEOs to prepare for and run our Series B — build and defend the financial model, own the data room and diligence, and drive investor materials, reporting, and relationships. Be a trusted, straight-talking counterpart to the board.
• International & cross-border (managed through partners): Own consolidation across our US and German entities including intercompany, transfer pricing, R&D cost allocation, multi-currency, and local compliance. We run accounting through external partners rather than in-house, so this means managing accounting, tax, and audit firms across both countries and coordinating how that work is priced and shared between entities.
• Accounting, close & controls: Ensure a clean, timely close and right-sized internal controls.
• A compact, world-class finance function: Build lean finance infrastructure and, over time, a small, high-leverage team that scales with the company.

Your profile

• Senior finance leadership in a high-growth tech startup (CFO, VP Finance or Head of Finance), or a combined finance and operations background
• Experience helping run a company, not only its finances, turning strategy into execution alongside a leadership team
• Direct experience raising institutional venture funding, ideally leading the finance workstream on a Series B or later round
• Strong modeling, forecasting and scenario-planning judgment, with the instinct to guide decisions rather than just report them
• Cross-border experience managing finance and external accounting and tax partners, ideally across the US and Germany or Europe, including intercompany and transfer pricing
• The ability to make complex numbers land with founders, boards and investors
• A strategic, hands‑on operator who thrives in a founder‑led company with two co‑CEOs
• Based in the SF Bay Area or willing to relocate

Nice to have

• Understanding of AI and infrastructure cost structures (compute economics, burn discipline), beyond SaaS FP&A
• Experience building a finance function and vendor stack from an early baseline
• CPA and/or MBA

Why us?

• Build something big: Help build and scale a fast-growing AI infrastructure startup.
• Pay & perks: Competitive compensation
• Work your way: Flexible hours with hybrid and remote-friendly options.
• Fast lanes, no red tape: Flat hierarchies and rapid decision-making mean ideas move quickly.
• Global team: Work with a diverse, international team across Germany and the US.
• Top setup: Your choice of high-quality hardware and equipment.