VP, Finance

Bedrock Ocean Exploration; Richmond (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedrock Ocean Exploration seeks a seasoned VP of Finance to lead the finance and accounting functions, reporting to the CEO and guiding FP&A, treasury, and risk management. You will scale financial processes, deliver board-ready reporting, and drive fundraising with venture capital partners while building a lean, effective team.

You'll own budgeting, forecasting, monthly/quarterly/annual closing, regulatory compliance, and strategic financial planning across R&D, operations, and go-to-market

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent certification (e.g., CPA or CFA)
• 10+ years of experience in senior finance roles.
• Strong understanding of financial principles and practices, including accrual accounting.
• Extensive experience with financial modeling, analysis, and reporting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's financial strategy, including creative financial engineering.
• Own all aspects of Finance operations, including: monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements, forecasts, budgeting, financial analysis, cash management, and procurement.
• Timely and accurately provide reporting of financial information to internal parties, regulators and outside agencies.
• Maintain a detailed financial operating model and provide oversight to the management team.
• Lead and develop a lean finance and accounting team.
• Own financial storytelling for board, investors, and lenders.
• Own the risk management function for the company and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Financial leadership

Strategic planning

Financial modeling

Communication

Regulatory compliance

Problem solving

Education

Master's in Accounting/Finance

CPA/CFA certification

Tools

ERP systems

Financial reporting tools

Job description

About Bedrock

Our mission is to accelerate the exploration of Earth’s final frontier—the ocean—by pioneering autonomous technologies and unlocking transparent, actionable intelligence.

We believe that understanding the ocean is essential to thriving on this planet and beyond. The ocean is not just a vast body of water—it is the foundation of our climate, our resources, our communications, and our energy. As critical infrastructure increasingly moves beneath the waves, our ability to explore, map, and safeguard the ocean’s bedrock becomes vital.

We’re not just connecting the world by sea—we’re revealing the deep, unseen structure that connects all life. To secure our future, we must first understand the ground beneath us, the foundation of our civilization.

The Role

As the VP of Finance at Bedrock, you will report directly to the CEO and will be responsible for leading and scaling the finance and accounting functions. You will drive communicating financial performance and projections to board members and investors, implementing financial processes and systems, and overseeing FP&A, Accounting and other initiatives, including venture capital fundraising.

If you want to do innovative work with new and compelling challenges, then join us!

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute the company's financial strategy, including creative financial engineering.

• Own all aspects of Finance operations, including:

  • Regular financial reporting (e.g. preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements), forecasts, planning, budgeting, financial analysis, cash management, and procurement

  • Timely and accurately provide reporting of financial information to internal parties, government regulators and outside agencies

• Maintain a detailed financial operating model and provide oversight and guidance to the management team.

• Lead and develop team of finance and accounting professionals, currently one full-time team member owning accounting management.

• Own financial storytelling for key stakeholders, including board members, investors, and lenders

• Own the risk management function for the overall company

• Ensure the company complies with all applicable financial regulations, including management of external tax providers.

About You

Experience & Expertise

• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent certification (e.g., CPA or CFA)

• 10+ years of experience in senior finance roles.

• Strong understanding of financial principles and practices, including accrual accounting.

• Extensive experience with financial modeling, analysis, and reporting.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

What You’ll Bring–Preferences:

• Strategic Finance & Forecasting – Long-range planning, scenario modeling, and capital deployment strategy across R&D, go-to-market, and manufacturing.

• Venture-Stage Capital Markets Expertise – Experience raising equity (Series A/B/C), managing investor relations, and crafting pitch narratives with founders.

• Hardware + Services Financial Modeling – Comfort building and managing cost structures, margin models, and pricing for HaaS, DaaS, and multi-client data licensing models.

• GovCon & Dual-Use Acumen – Familiarity with government grant/contract accounting (SBIR, OTAs, IDIQs), cost-plus models, and indirect rate structures.

• Cash Flow Management – Proven experience managing burn rate and extending runway without stalling key initiatives.

• Budgeting & Departmental Partnering – Capable of partnering with R&D, BD, Ops, and Field teams to track and manage budgets cross-functionally.

• Systems Implementation – Stands up and scales finance systems (ERP, billing, inventory, revenue recognition).

• Board & Audit Preparedness – Board deck readiness, KPIs, and prep for diligence or audit-level reviews.

• Contract & Risk Oversight – Can review commercial and government contracts for financial risks and contingencies.

• Team Building – Ability to hire, manage, and scale a lean, high-performance finance org.

Explore the last true frontier left on Earth with us

We are seeking mission oriented, purpose driven teammates who are willing to push boundaries to learn and execute when things seem impossible. The ocean is the ultimate level playing field, anyone can go, but not many can build successful systems that can survive and thrive in earth’s last frontier. We get to illuminate the darkness, explore the unknown, and be first to see what we can discover. We can see everything on earth, except in the depths of the sea.

Bedrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Bedrock determines employment on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected status covered by either the law or common sense.

If you need any reasonable accommodations in the process, please let us know how we can support you.