Efficient Computer - Director of Finance
Requirements
• 10+ years in finance and accounting, including ownership of both a close and a forecast • Experience doing this in a capital-intensive business, whether semiconductor or another industry where large commitments are made long before revenue and cash planning has to run years out • Time in a fast-moving startup, ideally as an early or first finance hire, and comfort operating without a finance team behind you • A track record of maturing a finance function: taking something scrappy and making it rigorous without slowing the company down • Clear communication with people who do not think in accounting terms, including engineers, executives, and the board • Comfort being hands on. For a while you will be doing the work, not directing it • Bonus points for a CPA, semiconductor or hardware experience, having run a company's first audit, having implemented finance systems that outlasted your tenure, or having prepared a company for the reporting rigor that comes with an IPO track or an acquisition. Semiconductor experience is a plus rather than a requirement: what matters is that you have built and run this function somewhere capital intensive before. • We offer a competitive base salary for this role, generally ranging from $160,000 to $240,000, plus a 10% annual bonus, meaningful equity, and comprehensive benefits. Final compensation will depend on experience, level, and location, with flexibility for the right candidate.
Responsibilities
• Accounting, tax, and compliance. Run the month-end close with our outsourced bookkeepers and make it fast, clean, and repeatable. Ready the books for taxes, work with our external CPAs through filings and year end, and manage those partner relationships to a standard you set. Own the GL, revenue recognition, and inventory and cost accounting as we move into production volume, including the contract manufacturer and international vendor questions that come with it. Own payroll, AP, AR, billing, and collections as commercial revenue ramps, along with R&D tax credits and Section 174 treatment, sales tax, and the multi-state obligations of a distributed team. • Accounting, tax, and compliance. • Planning, forecasting, and budgeting. Own the operating model, the annual budget, and the rolling forecast, and improve all three: better drivers, tighter assumptions, and a model people trust enough to decide against. Build a real departmental budgeting process hand in hand with department heads, so each function owns its numbers instead of inheriting them. Deliver variance analysis that explains what the numbers mean, not just what they are. • Planning, forecasting, and budgeting. • Cash and capital. Forecast cash and manage treasury in a business that commits large amounts of capital well ahead of revenue, including the impact of tape-outs, wafer and substrate commitments, test hardware, and other long-lead spend. Own our banking and insurance relationships, and support future financings, debt facilities, and the diligence that comes with them. • Cash and capital. • Systems, controls, and reporting. Own the finance systems roadmap and make sure our stack is ready for scale: integrated, well understood, and able to support a much bigger company without a rip and replace. Build the controls, approval flows, and documentation a company our size should have, without adding process for its own sake, and get us audit ready. Prepare board and investor reporting alongside the VP of Operations and CEO, and support equity administration, 409A refreshes, and cap table work with our counsel and outside partners. • Systems, controls, and reporting.
Benefits
• Build what's next. At Efficient, you'll tackle big challenges with room to take ownership and make an impact. We back you with competitive pay, equity, a 401(k) match, company-paid benefits, paid parental leave, and flexibility—plus opportunities to grow your skills and career as we scale.
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