Head of Finance, AirGarage
$200-250k
+ Equity
More information about location
Parking management solution
Posted today
Parking management solution
21-100 employees
Posted today
$200-250k
+ Equity
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To rethink the 30% of downtown city real estate dedicated to parking.
Role
Who you are
- Built-from-scratch experience: You’ve been the first or very early finance hire at a high-growth company and have personally implemented systems, closed the books, owned the model, and taken a company through its first audits
- Hands-on operator: You’re comfortable toggling between 10,000-ft strategy and ground-level detail. You’ll roll up your sleeves to fix a mapping in the ERP at 10am and present a board-ready scenario at 2pm
- Modeling + judgment: Strong command of driver-based modeling, scenario analysis, and cohort economics paired with the judgment to simplify and focus on what moves the business
- Systems & process builder: Experience moving from QuickBooks to ERP. You know how to design a chart of accounts, shorten close cycles, and make data trustworthy
- Story + numbers: Clear communicator who can translate complexity into crisp narratives for executives, the board, banks, and investors while keeping the story aligned with the data
- Commercial and vendor acumen: Comfortable reviewing terms, standardizing templates, and leading vendor renegotiations that materially improve unit economics
- People partnership: Experience supporting comp design, leveling, and workforce planning with a pragmatic, operator-friendly approach
- Bias for action: You move fast, measure results, and improve the system every cycle. You know when “80/20 and shipping” beats “perfect and late.” Your mindset is that Finance should never slow the company down and does not exist to make the final decision but rather serves as a supporting function for other leaders in the business to quickly make more informed decisions
- Strongly preferred: Multi-location and / or revenue-share / transactional business exposure, hardware / inventory familiarity, prior ownership of legal / G&A functions beyond “pure” finance, and experience preparing for / leading the company’s first audits
What the job involves
- As our first Head of Finance, you’ll be the hands-on builder who turns a solid foundation into a high-leverage finance function
- You’ll partner closely with our founders and leadership team across product, operations, sales, and engineering to sharpen how we plan, decide, and execute as we scale
- This is not a “present the dashboard once a month” role
- You’ll own our forward-looking model, obsess every day over unit economics across hundreds of real-world locations, and work with our in-house accounting team to upgrade our systems from scrappy to scalable (think: QuickBooks → ERP)
- You’ll also take the wheel on cap table management, vendor negotiations, investor readiness, and the legal/G&A odds-and-ends that keep a growing company running and enable the rest of the leadership team to focus on building and selling our product to customers
- This job is for someone who’s done it before (”it” meaning: meaningfully owned finance at a rapidly scaling venture-backed company)
- You’ll be the cornerstone of our finance org and will shape the processes, systems, and culture that help AirGarage compound, turning messy reality into crisp signal so the rest of the company can move faster with confidence
- Own the model, not just the math: Maintain and continuously improve a driver-based, forward-looking model that maps to reality. Build scenarios (base/low/high), pressure-test assumptions, and translate “levers” into clear tradeoffs for leadership
- Live in our unit economics: Track and improve margins and P&Ls by location; cohort and segment intelligently (region, seasonality, property type, etc.); surface insights and partner with the Operations team to increase contribution margin and reduce complexity as we scale
- Turn data into decisions: Build lightweight, reliable budget vs. actuals and KPI dashboards (cash, runway, sales productivity, marketing efficiency, portfolio performance) that leaders can use every day, not just once per quarter
- Upgrade our finance stack: Lead our transition from QuickBooks to a scalable ERP, partner with the in-house Accounting team to rationalize the chart of accounts, tighten close processes, and ensure clean books that roll up cleanly to corporate
- Cap table & equity operations: Own Carta hygiene, option grants, refreshes, and board approvals in an accurate, timely, buttoned-up, and market-informed manner
- Investor & board readiness: Keep us “always ready” with consistent metrics definitions, a clean data room, and crisp monthly/quarterly reporting. Make sure the story and the numbers match
- Vendor spend & commercial rigor: Identify large cost buckets, renegotiate where we have leverage, and standardize commercial terms to reduce one-off complexity. Partner with Sales & Operations to hold the line on templates that scale
- Compensation & leveling: Partner with leadership on comp philosophy, leveling frameworks, annual reviews, and headcount planning that align with goals and runway
- Legal/G&A stewardship: Coordinate commercial contract review, insurance matters, and office operations as needed; bring in external counsel efficiently and build toward pragmatic in-house coverage over time
- Capital strategy & banking: Maintain cash forecasts, evaluate debt options, cultivate banking relationships, and plan for audits as we grow
- Create leverage for everyone: Build simple ROI templates and decision frameworks so teams can stack-rank projects, weigh paybacks, and move quickly without sacrificing financial discipline
Our take
The parking industry has long adhered to traditional practices, relying on attendants and disparate payment and management systems. However, AirGarage is changing the landscape by providing software and management services to parking lot and garage owners. With its all-encompassing approach spanning from signage installation to payment handling and even parking enforcement.
One of AirGarage's key innovations is its revenue-sharing model, offering property owners a favorable 70-30 split and full transparency on earnings. This approach addresses the longstanding issue of parking managers reaping their share of revenue, leading property owners with just a fraction of the income generated by their spaces. With over 200 locations across 30 states under its management, AirGarage has become a pivotal player in reshaping the parking industry.
In 2021 the company closed its Series A funding round. That capital injection has gone towards expanding its software and services, catering not only to personal vehicle parking but also accommodating food trucks and cloud kitchens in need of parking and storage solutions. The future looks promising for AirGarage as it continues to modernize and streamline an industry ripe for technological transformation.
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Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO - Enjoy travel or just take some time off -- whatever you need to relax and recharge
- Health, Dental, & Vision - Choose the benefits and health plan that best suits you and your family, we’ll cover the cost
- 401k - Plan and invest in your future with a 401K account via our partner, Guideline
- Parental Leave - We offer 12 weeks of fully paid Parental Leave to all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child
- Equity - Become an owner and earn equity by joining us in the early days of the company
- Remote Weeks - Take a trip with the team to live and work side by side together for a week in an interesting destination near our parking properties
Company HQ
The Castro, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jonathon Barkl
(CEO & Co-Founder)Before co-founding AirGarage, they earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics and Economics from Arizona State University. During their time at University, they held a role of Research Scholar at NASA.
Scott Fitsimones
(CTO & Co-Founder)Alongside co-founding AirGarage, they are also the Founder of CityDAO. Previously held Engineering Internships at Facebook and CERN.
Chelsea Border
(CDO & Co-Founder)Prior to co-founding AirGarage, they earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Data Analytics from Arizona State University.
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