Finance Manager

Groundup.ai is building a cognitive maintenance platform that combines industrial hardware, data intelligence, and recurring SaaS to reduce unplanned downtime for asset-heavy industries. We are seeking a commercially minded and detail-oriented finance professional to own day-to-day finance operations and act as a strategic finance partner to the leadership team. This role sits at the intersection of hardware economics, SaaS unit economics, and services delivery, and is critical to ensuring we scale without breaking cash flow, margins, or long-term valuation. You will run monthly close, controls, and reporting, while also building the financial models and decision frameworks that guide pricing, hiring, market expansion sequencing, and fundraising readiness. This is a hands-on role for someone who can execute reliably and think commercially, turning financial data into clear trade-offs and recommendations for the C-suite. The ideal candidate understands that in a business like Groundup.ai, hardware generates the signal, SaaS captures the value, and services enable adoption, and knows how to model, monitor, and steer all three together. Key ResponsibilitiesFinancial Operations & Control • Own budgeting, forecasting, and regular management reporting. • Run month-end close with accuracy, discipline, and clear timelines. • Manage AP/AR, collections cadence, vendor payments, staff claims, and reimbursements. • Maintain financial controls, compliance processes, and audit readiness. • Perform variance analysis across revenue, operating costs, inventory, and capital expenditure, with clear explanations of underlying drivers—not just numbers. • Support tax reporting and tax planning activities. Hybrid Business & Strategic Finance • Act as a finance business partner to leadership, translating operational activity into decision-grade financial insight. • Model and analyse hardware, SaaS, and services economics together , including: a) device cost, inventory, warranty, and lifecycle economics b) ARR, deferred revenue, churn, expansion, and cohort performance c) services margins, utilisation, and their impact on true product economics • Identify which customers, deals, or product configurations create value—and which quietly destroy it. • Support pricing strategy, discount discipline, and deal profitability analysis across enterprise and regional markets. • Flag early warning signals where growth, cash flow, or margins are misaligned. • Build and maintain integrated 3-statement and driver-based financial models. • Support hiring plans, market expansion sequencing, and capital allocation decisions, explaining trade-offs and operating leverage points. • Run scenario analyses (base, upside, downside) to stress-test runway, growth assumptions, and operational capacity. • Help leadership understand timing risks such as what breaks first, when, and why before issues surface. Cash, Treasury & Capital Readiness • Own cash flow forecasting and working capital planning with a strong focus on runway preservation and optionality. • Monitor inventory cash impact, supplier payment terms, and prepayment risks. • Track loan balances, interest costs, and covenant compliance where applicable. • Support financing documentation, investor reporting, and internal approval papers. • Assist leadership in preparing for fundraising by ensuring financial data, models, and narratives are robust and credible. Stakeholder, Board & Investor Support • Coordinate with auditors, tax advisors, valuers, and bankers on routine financial matters. • Prepare finance materials for board and investor discussions, including performance summaries, risk areas, and forward-looking indicators. • Ensure consistency and integrity in financial data used internally and externally. Systems & Process Improvement • Drive implementation and improvement of finance systems to support scale. • Ensure inventory records are accurate and properly reflected in financial reporting. • Support system testing, data validation, and process mapping across finance, operations, and hardware workflows. • Identify automation opportunities to improve reporting speed, accuracy, and control. • Support ad-hoc financial analysis as required in a fast-moving environment. 6 Requirements & Experience • 5-8 years of experience and qualifications in finance, accounting, audit, or FP&A, with ownership of month-end close, management reporting, and financial analysis in operating companies • Experience with at least two of the following: a) Hardware devices / electronics / asset-heavy businesses b) SaaS or subscription models (ARR, deferred revenue, churn, pricing) c) Services or implementation-led delivery models • Ability to model and explain hybrid economics across hardware, SaaS, and services, including cash flow, margin, and growth trade-offs • Strong financial modelling skills (3-statement, driver-based), used to support pricing, hiring, market expansion, and runway decisions • Solid understanding of SaaS unit economics and deal-level profitability • Practical operating exposure to hardware and inventory economics (supplier terms, prepayments, inventory risk, warranties) • Strong cash flow and working capital intuition, including multi-scenario runway planning and fundraising • Comfortable partnering with Sales and Operations on pricing, costs, and performance drivers • Able to translate financial data into clear, decision-grade insights and challenge assumptions constructively. • Structured, detail-oriented, and reliable, while adaptable in a fast-moving, regional environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr