Strategic Finance Lead

Strategic Finance Lead

As a Strategic Finance Lead at Solace, you will be responsible for developing and executing finance and strategy initiatives that drive positive outcomes. You are a self-starter interested in working on a broad set of in-house initiatives and taking on significant direct ownership responsibility. The Strategic Finance Lead is responsible for supporting all departments across Solace. This individual contributor role is for the ambitious, the curious and those who don't shy away from feedback. This is a unique opportunity as a Strategic Finance hire, reporting directly to our CFO.

This job is a hybrid role with the in-office portion in Redwood City, CA, 3 days a week.

What You'll Do

• Financial Modeling & Forecasting: Own and evolve Solace financial model: ARR, retention, CAC payback, burn/runway, and unit economics.
• Annual & Long-Term Planning: Lead the annual planning cycle, including headcount, revenue targets, expense budgets, and scenario modeling; collaborate with leadership on multi-year financial strategy.
• Board Reporting: Lead the preparation of board materials and presentations, distilling insights into actionable narratives.
• Accounting Partnership: Work closely with our outsourced accounting firm to support the monthly close and investor-ready reporting.
• Automation & Systems: Build automation into reporting, forecasting, and finance workflows.
• Bring innovative ideas—and bring them to life.
• Be autonomous. You'll take full ownership of your work, and you take responsibility for every last detail, every step of the way.
• Rapidly produce and launch concepts while laughing in the face of potential failure.
• Serve as the go-to liaison with cross-functional partners. Define initiative-level roadmaps of supporting workstreams to ensure work delivers on goals and your deadlines are met.
• Provide up-to-date visibility into current projects and ensure the right stakeholders and cross-functional team members are involved at the right time. You'll document decisions and action items and follow up with owners on commitments.

What You Bring to the Table

• A bias toward action and execution. You have an exceptional craving for momentum, and you thrive on timelines that would be unrealistic for most others.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a refined palate for controlled chaos.
• Unfettered creativity.
• Intuition on what it takes to win.
• Great communication skills that help you work across departments to make visions come to life.
• No job too big or too small.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, or Strategic Finance at a startup.

Applicants must be based in the United States.

We look forward to meeting you.