Burklandassociates

Fractional CFO Consultant

United States - Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will act as a strategic Fractional CFO for fast-growing AI and AI-adjacent venture-backed startups. You will own financial strategy, manage monthly numbers, and advise founders and investors on capital requirements.

What you will do

  • Perform Head of Finance responsibilities including monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, capital planning and treasury management
  • Advise founders and management on financial strategy, growth, and management fee execution
  • Own the finance section of Board meetings including KPI dashboards and investor updates
  • Support fundraising and M&A including round structure, cap table scenarios, and diligence
  • Manage revenue cycle, cash flow planning, vendor spend, controls, and audit readiness
  • Flag opportunities to bring in bookkeeping, tax, and HR services

Required qualifications

  • Direct, substantial experience in finance roles at venture-backed startups in the AI and AI-adjacent sectors
  • Specific experience with compute cost management, cluster costs, cloud infrastructure, training/inference expenses, and hybrid pricing models
  • Other startup finance experience related to SaaS models and metrics
  • Significant knowledge and usage of current AI tools, skills and LLMs applied to the Office of the CFO
  • History of managing and owning the numbers from a C-suite perspective
  • Broad and deep experience with or advising through major capital events such as equity and SAFE fundraising, SAFE debt facilities, M&A, and exits
  • Ability to operate at the board level and work with investors, founders and other stakeholders
  • At least 7–10 years in finance/operations
  • Strong familiarity with financial technology platforms such as QBO, Carta, Rippling, Ramp, Rillet, etc.

Nice to have

  • MBA
  • CPA
  • Candidates based in Northern California, New York metro area, Austin or Boston

Benefits

  • Remote, work-from-anywhere flexibility
  • Flexible work schedule
  • New Business Bonus Program
  • Cross-Sell Bonus Program
  • Head of Finance Economic Interest bonus

About the company

Burkland is a remote-first company with over 185 team members and more than 800 clients. Their core purpose is to Accelerate Dreams.