Director of Finance & Business Operations

Overview

Infinite Machine is hiring a Director of Finance & Business Operations to own finance, accounting, HR, legal, facilities, and reporting. This is a senior, hands-on role reporting to the CEO.

Responsibilities

- Own financial planning and analysis, including the annual budget, rolling forecasts, and the company's long-range cash flow model.

- Manage cash, runway, and working capital, with close attention to supplier payment terms, landed cost, and duties and tariffs.

- Partner with vehicle operations on inventory planning, purchasing, and cost tracking, owning the financial view of stock, landed cost, and supplier terms.

- Oversee accounting and the monthly close, whether in-house or through an outside firm, and own audit, tax, and sales tax compliance.

- Support equity and debt fundraising by building models, preparing investor materials, maintaining the data room, and running diligence.

- Manage the cap table, 409A valuations, option grants, and board and investor reporting.

- Run HR operations, including payroll, benefits, onboarding and offboarding, compensation planning, and employment compliance across the states where we operate.

- Manage legal work with outside counsel, including supplier, dealer, and commercial agreements, corporate governance, IP, and regulatory matters.

- Oversee facilities, including leases, insurance, vendors, and workplace safety, in partnership with vehicle operations.

- Build the company's reporting on sales, inventory, unit economics, and operating metrics, with dashboards the team uses to make decisions.

- Partner with the CEO on special projects, board preparation, priorities, and operating cadence.

- Put systems and processes in place that hold up as we grow, without adding overhead the company doesn't need.

Qualifications

- 5+ years of experience in finance, business operations, or strategy, including time at an early-stage, venture-backed company.

- Experience in hardware, consumer products, automotive, or another business with physical inventory and overseas manufacturing.

- Strong financial modeling skills and a working command of accounting, including GAAP, the monthly close, and audit.

- Direct experience on an equity or debt raise, from model to diligence to close.

- Comfort managing outside counsel, accountants, and advisors, and judgment about when to bring them in.

- Working knowledge of HR operations, payroll, and benefits at a small company.

- Clear writing and the ability to explain numbers to people outside finance.

- Comfortable taking ownership, making decisions, and solving problems independently in a fast-moving environment.

- Properly AI-pilled

ABOUT INFINITE MACHINE

Our mission at Infinite Machine https://www.infinitemachine.com/?lp_location=wf is to build the best non-cars on earth. We design and manufacture premium electric vehicles that blend design with breakthrough hardware and software.

With P1 https://www.infinitemachine.com/p1?lp_location=wf and Olto https://www.infinitemachine.com/olto?lp_location=wf, we are reimagining how people move through cities and laying the foundation for a broader ecosystem of vehicles, software, and services. We are hiring world-class engineers, designers, and operators to build a generational company shaping the future of urban mobility.