Shape the future of the Intelligence Age with II.
We are building the public utility for the Intelligence Age. Our mission is to keep AI open, verifiable, and aligned with the public good. We've shipped leading Open Source AI systems and are charting a third path for AI and crypto, where proof of public benefit mints value and every person can command a sovereign AI.
We're hiring a practical, service-led
VP of Finance
who keeps velocity high and risk low, builds simple systems that scale, and partners work with engineers and researchers. You will make Finance AI-first, automated reporting, real-time unit economics, scenario models, and clear guardrails, so teams can ship fast without avoidable financial risk or bureaucracy.
About the role
Turn mission and long-term goals into a crisp Finance roadmap. Own FP&A, controllership, treasury (fiat + digital assets), tax, and investor relations. Design controls that scale from start-up pace to scale-up discipline, spanning SaaS/usage revenue, marketplace flows, and crypto/web3 mechanics.
Apply if you
* Align finance strategy tightly to mission and business outcomes
* Are pragmatic, data-driven, and human-first
* Use AI daily and can coach team-wide adoption (forecasting, anomaly detection, close automation)
* Set healthy boundaries with leadership and the org
* Preserve innovation while upholding standards and law
* Communicate clearly and directly, in writing and live
* Sweat the details and run compliant, audit-ready operations
What you've done
* 12+ years in Finance with meaningful in-house leadership (VP/Head/Director), start-up → scale-up experience
* Built finance functions for deep-tech/AI and (ideally) crypto/web3 businesses; trusted by product and engineering
* Owned company-level planning (OKRs budgets), board reporting, multi-entity consolidations, and audits
* Implemented ERP + billing + data stack (e.g., NetSuite/Sage, Stripe/crypto rails, data warehouse) with measurable cycle-time and accuracy gains
* Managed fiat and digital-asset treasury, custody policies, and on-/off-ramp controls; designed token-adjacent economics with clear disclosures
* Shipped revenue recognition for hybrid models (IFRS 15/ASC 606), crypto accounting under IFRS/UK GAAP/US GAAP, and multi-country tax
* Supported fundraising and investor relations; modeled scenarios and capital strategy; maintained a clean compliance/audit record
What you will do
Finance Strategy → Business Outcomes
Translate company strategy into quarterly finance plans with owners, SLAs, and decision rights. Track runway, time-to-decision, and control maturity.
FP&A and Business Partnering
Own budgets, rolling forecasts, and scenario planning. Instrument real-time unit economics (CAC/LTV, payback, gross margin by product/workload, cost-to-serve, compute/unit costs). Target forecast accuracy ±5–10% on revenue and cash.
Revenue, Pricing & RevOps
Partner with Product/Go-To-Market on pricing/packaging for agents, APIs, and marketplace flows. Define rules for usage, credits, and incentives. Reduce days-to-close and DSO through tight invoicing and collections.
Treasury (Fiat + Digital Assets)
Design secure, policy-driven treasury with segregation of duties, custody, and monitoring. Manage liquidity, hedging, and yield within strict risk limits. Provide transparent on-chain/off-chain reconciliations.
Token/Web3 & Public-Benefit Mechanics
Advise on compliant value mechanisms where proof of public benefit mints value. Build disclosures, controls, and reporting fit for UK/EU/US and priority markets. Coordinate closely with Legal and Compliance.
Controllership & Reporting
Own monthly close, consolidations, technical accounting, and audits. Target day-5 close, zero material weaknesses, clean audit opinions, and searchable source-of-truth financials.
Tax & Global Expansion
Manage corporate, VAT/GST, transfer pricing, and employment tax across jurisdictions. Stand up scalable processes to add countries quickly and safely.
Procurement & Vendor Governance
Implement lightweight intake, tiering, and AI-assisted reviews. Optimize cloud/compute, data, and tooling spend; drive committed-use and architectural efficiencies with Engineering.
Investor Relations & Capital Strategy
Own board materials, metrics, and narrative. Support equity/token-adjacent financing where appropriate. Maintain disciplined cap table and incentive design aligned to long-term value creation.
AI-First Finance Ops
Deploy AI across close, reconciliations, anomaly detection, forecasting, and narrative generation. Publish simple, trusted dashboards and explain the "why" without making anyone uneasy. Target weekly adoption across Finance and measurable time/quality gains.
Working arrangement
* On-site in our London office, 5 days per week
* Reports to the COO
* Some international travel and right to work in the UK
How to apply
* Complete all required questions
* 1–2 short paragraphs on what you built, the business impact, and the metrics you used
* Optional: a brief case on pricing/treasury/crypto accounting or a close acceleration you led (anonymised), including your approach, decision, and learning
* If you have worked with Open Source AI communities or research teams, share how that shaped your approach
The AI Challenge: TBC
We'll share a practical product + finance scenario (AI usage + web3 mechanics) to test judgment, speed, and clarity.