Strategic Finance

Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

AIUC builds standards and insurance for frontier AI, with a mission to underwrite superintelligence. The Strategic Finance role will serve as the operational backbone of the company, owning how the business runs and building the systems and financial controls needed for growth. The role will bring core operations in-house, improve financial visibility, support hiring and onboarding, own strategic finance and reporting, and find ways to reduce organizational friction and improve efficiency.

The successful candidate will have meaningful ownership and impact, work from first principles, and be comfortable turning ambiguous problems into structured plans and durable systems. The role calls for analytical rigor, attention to detail, urgency, clear communication, and a strong commitment to enabling teammates and keeping operations running smoothly.

Requirements

• 6–10 years of experience, ideally having owned operations at a high-growth startup and experienced scaling challenges firsthand, or as a top-tier generalist in consulting, finance, or operations who can learn operations quickly.
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Strong focus on efficiency and a relentless work ethic.
• Ability to reason from first principles and develop plans from a blank page as well as execute them.
• Ability to move with urgency and communicate in a structured way.
• Satisfaction in enabling others and pride in seamless operations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience owning operations at a high-growth startup.
• Background as a top-tier generalist in consulting, finance, or operating roles.

Responsibilities

• Insource and own core operations, including operational infrastructure, systems, processes, vendors, contractors, legal, and HR.
• Centralize spending and financial controls by consolidating vendors and spend, establishing controls, and creating visibility into company expenditures.
• Support recruiting and people operations, including hiring and onboarding as the company grows across functions.
• Run strategic finance and reporting, including board reporting, financial planning, and the financial information leadership uses to run the company.
• Drive organizational efficiency by identifying sources of wasted time or money and designing fixes.
• Turn unstructured problems into structured, durable systems.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary.
• Equity, described as a significant part of total compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and dependents.
• Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring the employee to San Francisco, if needed.
• Daily lunch, dinner, and snacks.

What This Job Offers

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