Chief Financial Officer

The role

The CFO will be a strategic and operational partner to the CEO and executive team. This person will lead financial strategy, execution, and infrastructure across accounting, FP&A, fundraising support, compliance, and systems.

What you will do

• Partner with the CEO and Board to define and execute financial strategy
• Provide financial insights to support business decisions and long-term planning
• Advise the executive team on budgeting, forecasting, and trade-off decisions
• Own company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning
• Build and maintain operating models for R&D, manufacturing, and deployment programs
• Track KPIs and financial performance
• Oversee accounting operations including monthly close, financial statements, and audits
• Ensure internal controls and compliance with GAAP and regulatory requirements
• Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, and banking partners
• Support equity and debt fundraising

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience (CFO, VP Finance, or equivalent senior role)
• Proven experience operating in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment
• Strong expertise across FP&A, accounting, and financial operations
• Experience supporting venture capital fundraising and Board-level financial reporting
• Hands-on, detail-oriented leader
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong judgment, analytical rigor, and ability to drive decisions under ambiguity

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, space, defense, hardware, or other capital-intensive technical environments
• Experience supporting government customers, grants, or regulated contracts
• Familiarity with manufacturing cost models and hardware program economics
• Experience scaling finance teams and systems from early-stage to growth-stage
• Exposure to ERP implementation or financial systems build-out
• CPA, CFA, and/or MBA

Before you apply

• For U.S. Roles: applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual
• For U.K. Roles: requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks and eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC)
• For Canada Roles: must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR

About the company

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth. With Pulsar, Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system.