As Head of Finance at Axiom, you will partner directly with the CEO to drive strategic growth, pricing, and capital raising. You’ll transition existing outsourced infrastructure into a robust in-house function, managing everything from day-to-day accounting and FP&A to complex GTM strategy for a world-class team of researchers from Meta and DeepMind.
Head of Finance at Axiom
Head of Finance at Axiom in San Francisco leads the company's primary finance function and partners with the CEO on financial strategy.
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Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Axiom
Role overview
Axiom is a $1.6B valuation AI startup that raised $264M from Menlo Ventures and B Capital to build self-improving AI for formal mathematics and code verification.
What you will do
- Partner with the CEO on strategic go-to-market initiatives, pricing models, and future capital raising efforts to scale the business.
- Own the full-cycle finance function, including FP&A, cash management, reporting, and compliance, while taking over from existing outsourced firms.
- Implement scalable systems and controls to support a rapidly growing team of 30+ deeply technical AI researchers and engineers.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven experience as a Head of Finance or VP Finance at a venture-backed startup, having personally led equity fundraising from Series A through Series C.
- Demonstrated success building a finance function from scratch, including setting up core accounting, reporting, and unit economics frameworks.
- Ability to thrive in a non-hierarchical, high-ambiguity environment and act as a strategic partner on complex GTM and pricing decisions.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a hyper-growth AI company valued at $1.6B just months after founding, backed by $264M from premier investors including Menlo Ventures, B Capital, and Madrona.
- Work alongside a peerless technical team from Meta FAIR and Google Brain on a mission to build a self-improving AI mathematician that already achieved a perfect score on the Putnam Competition.
- Direct impact on the business model and financial trajectory, with the autonomy to build a world-class finance function from the ground up as a strategic partner to the CEO.
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