Head of Finance

Are you a full‑stack finance leader who loves turning complexity into clear choices for executives and Boards? Do you thrive in high‑growth AI environments where the right operating model, systems, and narratives determine how fast the company can move? If you’re energized by building a modern Finance function, we’d love to talk.

As Head of Finance: you will lead our Finance organization; own our company model and planning rhythm; strengthen our controllership and revenue practices; and be a key partner to our executive team on capital strategy and scaling the business.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Lead the Finance organization

• Directly manage leaders of FP&A & Operations, Accounting, Procurement & Compliance Clarify swim lanes, ownership, and interfaces across Finance and with executive partners in Product, GTM, G&A, and Operations.

Provide executive oversight and direction for controllership, revenue practices, audit readiness, and financial operations

• Ensure the company operates with rigor, transparency, and confidence by defining the governance model, operating cadence, and financial narratives used by the executive team and Board.
• Elevate financial discipline by designing scalable control, policy, and governance frameworks and holding functional leaders accountable for implementation
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Security, HR, and other executives to shape entity strategy, support international/adjacent market expansion, and proactively manage enterprise risk.
• Ensure Ridgeline is prepared for future audits and capital events by driving the roadmap for systems, processes, talent, and external advisor relationships that enable clean audits and investor‑ready financials.

Provide strategic leadership over the integrated company model and planning rhythm

• Own the company financial model and planning cadence at the executive level, ensuring it is robust, scenario‑based, and tightly aligned to Ridgeline’s strategy
• Translate Ridgeline’s strategy into clear, company‑wide financial guardrails for growth, burn, headcount, and margin improvement, and hold leaders accountable for operating within them.
• Partner with the executive team to frame choices, pressure‑test trade‑offs, and recommend decisions grounded in data, scenarios, and risk/reward
• Ensure operating reviews, QBRs, and Board materials are anchored in simple, accurate, and consistent financial narratives that connect metrics to actions and forward‑looking plans, rather than just retrospective reporting.

Own the economic story: revenue quality, pricing, and unit economics

• Define and maintain the economic “source of truth” for the business—unit economics, LTV/CAC, payback, cohort behavior, and contribution margin.
• Partner with GTM and Product on pricing and packaging, discount governance, and deal structures that balance growth, margin, and risk.
• Provide clear, concise narratives around performance, variance drivers, and forward‑looking risk/opportunity.
• Work with senior leaders to develop and provide strategic guidance on new streams of revenue.

Lead capital strategy and external stakeholder engagement

• Over time, become a key partner to our founders and executive team on capital allocation, fundraising strategy, and banking relationships.
• Prepare and evolve Board‑level and investor‑ready materials that explain Ridgeline’s financial trajectory in simple, compelling terms.
• Build trusted relationships with current and future investors, banks, and advisors
• Modernize Finance systems, data, and AI‑enabled workflows
• Champion automation and AI in close, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis to reduce manual work and cycle times.
• Ensure Finance is seen as an early adopter and role model for leveraging AI to increase leverage, not a lagging function.

• 15+ years of Finance experience, including leadership of both FP&A and Accounting/Controllership in AI, SaaS, fintech, or technology.
• Prior experience as Head of Finance / VP Finance or equivalent with full‑stack ownership (planning, controllership, revenue, procurement).
• Demonstrated success operating in pre‑scale…