About

Compute is a commodity. We think people should buy it like one.

Startups shouldn’t be forced to buy a year’s worth of compute time in order to get market rate and compute providers shouldn’t go bankrupt because they can’t fully book their clusters.

At SF Compute, our goal is to solve this issue the same way this was solved for every other commodity — by building a venue where compute contracts are traded in real-time and by bringing a new kind of participant into the supply chain, traders.

If we succeed, buyers will be able to get a good price for any order, whether it’s 32 H100s for a month or 8,000 H100s for an hour, and sellers will instantly book out their clusters because traders will speculatively buy them, for a spread. Every FLOP will flow through us somewhere in the supply chain. What Brent is for oil, we will be for compute.

About the Role

SFC is hiring a Head of Finance to own, build, and lead our finance function. This role will touch everything from payroll and RP&A to strategic finance functions like contract negotiations and forecasting. You will be both operator and strategist. You’ll serve as a trusted partner to the CEO and leadership team while we rapidly scale our business.

The Head of Finance will also enforce budget discipline, assist in fundraising processes, and provide the financial insight to guide decisions across the entire company. This role is perfect for a high agency person looking for a fast-paced environment to build the financial foundation for a category-defining company.

In this role, you will

• Serve as a key business partner across operations, GTM, Engineering, and legal by driving analysis and shaping decisions.

• Build financial models and frameworks to evaluate pricing, expansion opportunities, capacity planning, and capital efficiency.

• Establish and grow a high-performing finance function, putting in place systems and processes that scale.

• Collaborate on future fundraising efforts and be the primary finance counterpart for our investors and board.

• Oversee our ERP implementation.

• Collaborate directly with engineering to build useful internal tools to surface financial insights across the company.

• Deliver accurate, timely, and clear reports and forecasts to executives and stakeholders.

• Provide analytical rigor to guide resource allocation, customer deals, partnerships, and growth bets.

• Own strategic processes such as capital planning, vendor negotiations, and customer contracts.

• Oversee daily financial operations, from expenses and payroll to invoicing and cash management.

• Ensure our books are accurate, compliant, and close-ready at all times.

Your background looks like

• 6+ years of finance experience, ideally with a mix of startup finance, investment banking, growth equity, private equity, and or consulting.

• A track record of building or scaling a finance function in a high-growth environment.

• Experience leading teams while staying hands-on with execution across payroll, invoicing, and board prep.

• Exceptional financial modelling skills.

• Proven ownership of a complex P&L, with accountability for business outcomes.

• Familiarity with audits, internal controls, and close processes — with the ability to implement improvements.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain financial drivers to non-finance leaders.

• History of partnering with executives and investors, including running fundraising processes.

• Comfortable operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where strategy and execution go hand-in-hand.

• High attention to detail, accuracy, and accountability.

Benefits

Generous equity grant

Team members are offered a competitive salary along with equity in the company

Visa Sponsorships

Yes, we sponsor visas and work permits

Retirement matching

We match 401(k) plans up to 4%

Medical, dental & vision

We offer competitive medical, dental, vision insurance for employees and dependents and cover 100% of premiums

Time off

We offer unlimited paid time off as well as 10+ observed holidays

Parental leave

We offer biological, adoptive, and foster parents paid time off to spend quality time with family

Daily lunch

We cover lunch daily for employees

Unlimited office book budget

You can buy as many books for the office as you want

The San Francisco Compute Company is committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.

We make employment decisions based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, belief, national origin, social or ethical origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.

We welcome the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Our commitment to diversity includes hiring talented individuals regardless of their criminal history, in accordance with local, state, and federal laws, including San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance and California’s ban-the-box laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any reason, please reach out to us at team@sfcompute.com.