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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Harmonic Finance Inc is a VC backed start-up specializing in AI chip and semiconductor design and manufacture. The VP Finance will shape the company's financial strategy during a capital-intensive R&D phase, acting as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team while building the financial infrastructure necessary for scaling the business. Responsibilities • Own the development of robust, milestone-driven financial models aligned to hardware R&D phases and technical risk retirement • Establish forecasting and budgeting frameworks suited to capital-intensive engineering environments rather than traditional revenue-led models • Play a central role in preparing the business for future capital raises and strategic financing events • Partner closely with the CEO as a trusted executive advisor on capital allocation, timing of major spend events, and strategic trade-offs • Build KPI frameworks that connect engineering progress, operational execution, and capital efficiency • Design and manage budgets for advanced research, silicon development, external vendors, and manufacturing partners • Produce short-, mid-, and long-term strategic financial plans tied to key technical and commercial inflection points • Support contracting and financial oversight for government, research, or regulated-industry engagements • Prepare detailed Board materials and investor reporting, providing clear insight into progress, risks, and capital outlook • Act as a business partner across engineering, operations, and leadership teams, challenging assumptions and improving decision-making Skills • Background in investment banking, corporate finance, VC/PE, or strategic finance • Senior finance experience within a capital-intensive hardware technology business • Experience operating in R&D-heavy, technically complex environments (e.g. semiconductors, deeptech, advanced computing, robotics, defense, biotech, climate tech, spacetech, AI) • Exceptional financial modelling capability • Comfortable operating as a hands-on finance leader in an early-stage VC environment • Excellent communication skills with the credibility to engage engineers, investors, and board members • High level of commercial judgement and intellectual curiosity • Experience in a venture-backed technology company that has raised significant institutional capital • Exposure to semiconductor, hardware, or infrastructure-led business models • Experience supporting government or highly regulated customers • Track record of building finance functions from first principles Benefits • Bonus • Meaningful equity participation Company Overview • Harmonic is a B Corp Recruitment & Executive Search company that partners with some of the fastest growing start-arenaflex, scale-arenaflex, and entrepreneur-led organisations worldwide. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, US, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job

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