Finance Manager

WatneySan Francisco, CA

About The Position

At Watney, the Finance Manager is the first dedicated finance hire. This role owns financial strategy: building the forecasting, cash management, and reporting structure the company needs as it grows, and becoming the strategic partner leadership relies on to make spend decisions. This person will build the function from scratch, helping the company navigate new site leases, manufacturer builds, and vendor contract negotiation.

Requirements

  • Have built a finance function at an early-stage startup from close to zero.
  • Have modeled cash and capital needs through a manufacturing or hardware scale-up.
  • Are comfortable being the first finance hire with no existing systems to inherit.

Responsibilities

  • Build financial planning, reporting, and budgeting processes from the ground up.
  • Own cash management and forecasting.
  • Bring vendor contracts and spend approvals under real financial process.
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