Mission Sciences is building AI-native capabilities for national security and enterprise applications. They are seeking a Director of Finance who combines strong financial discipline with the ability to leverage AI as a force multiplier, owning the company’s financial backbone while increasing speed, accuracy, and insight through modern tooling.
Responsibilities:
- Own bookkeeping and general ledger (GL) integrity
- Manage month-end and year-end close
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal controls
- Oversee AP/AR, payroll coordination, and financial systems
- Lead financial planning and analysis (FP&A)
- Build and maintain financial models, forecasts, and scenario plans
- Drive annual and quarterly budget planning cycles
- Provide leadership with insight into burn, margins, and growth drivers
- Produce monthly and quarterly reporting packages
- Develop executive dashboards and board-level materials
- Translate financial data into clear, actionable narratives
- Use AI tools to:
- Automate reconciliation, reporting, and analysis workflows
- Accelerate modeling and forecasting
- Improve visibility into financial and operational performance
- Own and optimize enterprise AI token spend
- Track usage across teams and tools
- Implement cost controls and efficiency measures
- Report on utilization and return on spend
- Build repeatable AI-assisted workflows
- Use prompting to support financial analysis and modeling
- Integrate AI into daily finance operations