Head of Finance & Operations, Kernel AI

• All-in: You’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and handle whatever needs doing — from chasing down invoices to building financial models. You have no problems ‘taking out the trash’
• Entrepreneurial: You’re a creative, resourceful generalist. You like solving problems, figuring things out fast, and working with limited structure or playbooks
• Analytical: You’re organised, detail-obsessed, and care deeply about doing things the right way. Whether it’s cleaning up messy data or triple-checking payroll
• ~4-7 years of high-stakes generalist experience
• A heavy (strategic) finance angle to your work. You will need to be an Excel (Sheets) expert. Often, we also find that having spent some time in Banking, Consulting or PE lends itself well to roles like these
• Proven ability to just GSD. Directly, and via influence / leadership
• Exceptional attention to detail and a master of written communications
• Comfortable with a broad range of modern Business Operations & Automation tools
• Strong analytical and technical skills (SQL + an excel wizard). You unblock yourself
• Ability to manage external partners (e.g. accountants, legal counsel, HR/payroll providers)

Desirable

• We’re looking for our first Finance & Operations Lead to join the team
• You’ll be the force behind everything from managing our financial engine to building the internal systems that help us scale
• This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of a VC-backed startup as we grow from Series A to beyond
• Hours - This will be an exciting but intense job. Kernel is growing extremely fast and hours can often be long. Many of our customers are on the West Coast, and meetings can be held late in the evening
• Build and own our finance function: You'll take us from spreadsheets and contractors to an in-house, automated, and scalable finance stack. Own everything from day-to-day bookkeeping to long-term financial planning
• Budgeting, forecasting & reporting: Work with our CEO to lead budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and cash flow. Set targets and ensure we’re making informed, financially sound decisions
• Be the operational backbone: Work cross-functionally to improve how we run. Whether it's streamlining customer billing, setting up new offices, thinking through our People strategies or legal affairs — you’ll make the machine run smoother
• Support our go-to-market and product teams: Help our teams stay ahead of customer contracts, onboarding & renewals