Quality Control Technician — Water Purification

Headquartered in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, NALA's pioneering technology makes water reuse and desalination cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and scalable. Since its founding in 2018, the company has received multiple awards, most recently, the prestigious Global Prize for Innovation in Desalination by the Saudi Water Authority, the world's largest producer of desalinated water. Engineered to withstand the rigors of the most challenging water sources, NALA's chlorine-tolerant reverse osmosis membranes deliver robust performance and reliability to operations across the food and beverage, semiconductor, consumer electronics, and energy industries.

Join the team revolutionizing water treatment; check out our open roles below:

NALA is seeking a talented financial leader with a demonstrated track record of raising both institutional VC equity and non-dilutive debt for complex manufacturing. Ideal candidates will be able to build and run a capital plan to enable NALA to scale pilots into repeatable production while protecting unit economics and cash runway.

NALA's CFO will partner with the CEO and executive team to create, implement, and manage the company's financial strategy. They will lead the organization's financial planning and accounting practices, as well as its relationships with lending institutions, shareholders, and the financial community, by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate managers.

• Financial Operations & Reporting
  - Execute, lead, and oversee the organization's operating financial strategy, making sure all financial operations, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, audits, tax, real estate, insurance, and cash flow management, are aligned with business objectives. Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting. Assists with day-to-day operations such as payroll, benefits, financial contributions, and budgeting for salaries and new hires. Own the monthly board financial package and issue monthly reports on the organization's financial stability and growth.
• Financial Strategy and Planning
  - Develop and execute organizations’ long-term financial strategy and budgeting, aligning with business objectives and R&D pipelines. In partnership with the CEO, ideal candidates will be able to effectively translate membrane pilot-to-production milestones into a 3-year model, which outlines hiring, capex, working capital, and cash runway, each tied to decision gates and capital requirements.
• R&D and Capital Management
  - Oversee capital raising, debt financing, investor relations, and grant funding. Evaluates and recommends business partnering opportunities. Establishes and maintains contacts with stockholders, financial institutions, and the investment community. Lead end-to-end fundraising for both equity and debt (materials, data room, pipeline, term negotiation, closing). Design and execute any covenant and compliance reporting lenders require during the manufacturing ramp.
• Risk Management & Compliance
  - Identify, manage, and mitigate financial risks, reporting monthly to leadership and the board.
• Financial & Strategic Leadership
  - Collaborate with R&D, operations, sales, and the CEO to optimize cost management, pricing models, and operations efficiencies. Provide financial insights to support key operations and strategic financial decisions. Own unit-level economics and project ROI analysis; build standard cost and variance tracking; run sensitivities and own capital allocation recommendations. Lead complex supply chain and partnership structuring: negotiate terms that move margin and cash, and reduce single points of failure.

Position Requirements:

• Leadership
  - Exhibits confidence in self and others; inspires and motivates others to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; accepts feedback from others; gives appropriate recognition to others. Builds credibility across R&D and manufacturing; runs a tight operating cadence; hires and develops a lean finance team and sets clear accountability.
• Fundraising & Capital Strategy Design
  - Proven track record raising institutional VC…