Director of Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Cross-Functional Finance Support: Handle a wide array of tasks including monthly/quarterly close, operational budgeting, and forecasting.
• Operations and Supply Chain FP&A: Collaborate with operations to model costs, inventory valuation, CapEx fixed assets, etc.
• Vendor Finance Management: Review and analyze the financial impacts of major vendor agreements, supplier contracts.
• Process Improvements: Identify opportunities to update legacy processes, implement scalable financial systems, and build automated reports/dashboards to support business growth.
• Ad-Hoc Executive Analysis: Drive rapid-turnaround financial modeling and big-data analysis to provide leadership with insights on pricing, risk management, and strategic investments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 5 to 8+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience, with at least 2–3 years within a semiconductor or global hardware technology company.
• Demonstrated experience working with international business entities, global supply chains, and foreign currencies/subsidiaries.
• Solid understanding of semiconductor operations, wafer/chip manufacturing flows, inventory costing, and supply chain logistics.
• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel and AI Tools. Solid experience with ground-up ERP/MES/PLM implementation
• Comfortable pivoting from a micro-level inventory audit to a macro-level international forecast.
• Highest regard for accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.

Preferred Skills

• Prior experience navigating both the engineering side (foundries, OSATs, and CMs) and the commercialside of the semiconductor ecosystem.
• Basic SQL skills or experience manipulating large, complex datasets into clean financial models.
• MBA, CPA, or progress toward an advanced financial certification.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to build successful partnerships across different cultures and time zones.

Benefits and Perks

• Opportunity to join a small, well-funded start-up company that is doing pioneering work in optical switches
• Competitive salary and equity package, including early-stage company stock options
• 401k
• Full healthcare coverage: medical, dental, and vision
• Fitness center access