Head of Strategic Finance

Maybell Quantum Industries • Denver, CO

1d • $140,000 - $220,000

About The Position

We're seeking an experienced Head of Strategic Finance to join our leadership team. In this pivotal role, you'll drive financial strategy and operational excellence during a period of accelerated growth. You'll partner directly with executive leadership to shape financial decisions that impact the company's trajectory in the advanced hardware technology ecosystem.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 3+ years in leadership roles
• Comfort modeling businesses with long development cycles, hardware production ramps, and revenue recognition complexity across contract types.
• Experience with government contract structures (cost-plus, FFP, SBIR/STTR) and the financial reporting obligations that accompany them.
• Ability to build rigorous financial structure around inherently uncertain R&D timelines—translating technical milestones into financial planning inputs without false precision.
• Proven track record in high-growth technology startups or deep tech environments
• Experience with investor relations, and financial strategy in venture-backed companies
• Experience partnering with accounting, tax, and external advisors to support board reporting, planning, and strategic finance initiatives
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate complex financial data into strategic insights
• Excellence in stakeholder management across all organizational levels
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CFA, or CPA a plus, but not required; demonstrated analytical horsepower matters more than credentials.

Responsibilities

• Own the financial roadmap: Translate ambitious growth objectives into comprehensive financial strategies and KPIs.
• Build and maintain the company's core metrics framework—spanning revenue, gross margin, burn, and operational efficiency—ensuring leadership has a single source of truth for decision-making.
• Develop and continuously refine sophisticated financial models (operating plans, rolling forecasts, scenario analyses, and customer- and unit-level P&Ls) that surface actionable insights, not just outputs.
• Define and track leading indicators of business health, including pipeline coverage, contract velocity, margin progression by product line, technology readiness milestones, and the financial implications of R&D stage gates—connecting technical progress to capital deployment and revenue timing.
• Model and track non-dilutive funding (government grants, SBIR/STTR awards, strategic contracts) alongside equity capital, maintaining a consolidated view of total capital availability and deployment across funding sources.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership, driving cross-functional initiatives and bringing a financial lens to product and go-to-market decisions.
• Partner with the Controller to ensure financial results are translated into clear insights on burn, runway, budget variance, and operating performance —with consistent reporting cadences that hold the organization accountable.
• Analyze unit economics at the hardware level—tracking cost-per-system, manufacturing yield, and bill-of-materials trends—to build financial models that reflect the realities of a capital-intensive hardware business scaling through production ramp.
• Establish variance analysis discipline across departments: identify drivers of deviation from plan, synthesize root causes, and drive corrective action with functional owners.
• Build dashboards and reporting infrastructure that give the executive team real-time visibility into the metrics that matter most.
• Lead Investor Relations: Prepare compelling board materials and investor updates grounded in rigorous metric storytelling—translating operational performance into the financial narrative that supports future fundraising.
• Define the KPI framework shared externally with investors, ensuring consistency between internal management metrics and what is communicated to the board and prospective capital partners.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing internal finance team as the organization scales.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Base salary range $140,000 - $220,000, with additional compensation through performance bonuses and equity options in one of the country's most promising startups
• Growth Trajectory: Significant opportunities for professional development and career advancement in a rapidly scaling organization
• Impact: Direct influence on the success of a company developing revolutionary technology
• Exceptional Team: Collaboration with world-class scientists, engineers, and business leaders who are defining a new industry
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible PTO policy, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed