Strategic Finance & Operations Lead

Edison Scientific; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Full healthcare coverage

Parental leave or family support

Job summary

Edison Scientific is seeking its first dedicated finance hire to fully own the financial operating system. The role involves building a core financial model, managing books, forecasting spend, and ensuring deals align with strategic direction.

You will shape the big picture and execute day-to-day tasks in a fast-paced startup environment. Based in San Francisco or New York, this in-person position favors SF and offers competitive salary, equity, and full benefits as the company scales into new

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in operations, consulting, finance, or a similar business-side role.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling experience.
• Executive level communication skills.
• Comfort working in ambiguity, context-switching, and high intensity.
• Actively uses AI tools to create leverage across daily work: automating tasks, optimizing workflows, and directing agents where appropriate.
• Strong interest in AI for science.

Responsibilities

• Own Edison’s books.
• Build and maintain the financial model, cash forecast, and runway view.
• Report on spend by team, vendor, and program so leadership can see where the money is going.
• Own revenue recognition, invoicing, and collections on pharma and biotech contracts.
• Own the finance stack (ERP, billing, procurement, expense) and keep it simple.
• Partner on payroll, benefits, and equity administration.
• Support headcount planning and budgeting with each function lead.
• Model major commitments (compute, data acquisition, facilities).
• Support and advise on commercial deals on pricing, structure, and margin.
• Prepare board and investor reporting.

Skills

Operations/Finance experience

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Ambiguity tolerance

AI tool usage

Interest in AI for science

Tools

ERP

Billing systems

Job description

Edison Scientific is seeking its first dedicated finance hire to fully own the financial operating system. The role involves building a core financial model, managing books, forecasting spend, and ensuring deals align with strategic direction.

You will shape the big picture and execute day-to-day tasks in a fast-paced startup environment. Based in San Francisco or New York, this in-person position favors SF and offers competitive salary, equity, and full benefits as the company scales into new