Strategic Finance Lead

Vannevar Labs is a defense technology company focused on building AI to deter adversaries. The Strategic Finance Lead will shape the company's growth trajectory and financial strategy by partnering with executive leadership and owning high-leverage analyses to guide investment and scaling decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Own financial planning and modeling that informs company strategy, headcount growth, and investment priorities
• Evaluate tradeoffs across growth initiatives, resourcing decisions, and new bets to maximize long-term value
• Build and maintain multi-year financial models that connect strategy to outcomes
• Support board- and investor-level planning, including scenario analysis and downside / upside planning
• Partner with sales, capture, and product leadership to shape pricing, packaging, and contract structures aligned with strategic goals
• Develop financial frameworks to assess new products, customer segments, and go-to-market motions
• Translate operating metrics into clear insights that guide growth decisions
• Design scalable reporting that ties revenue performance to strategic intent
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership, providing clear, opinionated financial perspectives
• Build analyses and narratives that support executive decisions, board discussions, and internal alignment
• Help define and track the metrics that matter most for long-term enterprise value
• Partner with the finance and accounting team to ensure systems, controls, and reporting scale with the business
• Drive automation and process improvements that reduce friction and enable faster decision-making
• Ensure financial data is accurate, timely, and useful—not just compliant