Director of Finance

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