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Right now those things are spread across an outside accounting firm, a payroll vendor, outside counsel, a fractional Head of Ops and the CEO. As we continue to scale, we are seeking someone who can up-level this organization both in terms of our daily operations and in key moments like M+A, equity and debt financings, key partnerships etc.\nThis role reports to the CEO with tight partnership. There will be opportunity to hire and/or bring in additional outside resources over the next twelve months.\nWhat You'll Do\nFinance & Accounting\nYou run the finance function. Both FP&A and accounting.\n\nPartner with teams to ensure they pick the right strategies for both cost and revenue optimization as Seneca scales.\n\nOwn the monthly close with our outside accounting firm.\n\nGet the accounting right for a hardware company moving into production: inventory, BOMs, capitalized R&D, fixed assets, and revenue recognition on multi-year contracts with agencies and utilities.\n\nHandle invoicing and collections, including milestone billing on government and utility contracts.\n\nFigure out the right policies for expense management and suggest our monthly budget - keeping us tracking to it.\n\nKeep the budget and board package current.\n\nContracts, Compliance & Risk\nOwn contracts. Work with outside counsel on customer agreements, supplier terms, NDAs, and government contracting paperwork. Know what we have signed and what it commits us to.\n\nOwn insurance, including aviation and product liability. For a drone company this is real work.\n\nKeep the compliance calendar: corporate filings, state registrations, export controls, and the requirements that come with selling to public agencies.\n\nPurchasing & Vendors\nRun purchasing so engineers can get what they need fast and we still know where the money went: approvals, corporate cards, expense policy, vendor setup.\n\nNegotiate large vendor and supplier agreements.\n\nPartner with outside lawyers on where to draw the lines on NDAs, partnership agreements, and any other day to day legal questions.\n\nPeople Operations\nOversee payroll, benefits, and the HRIS through our vendors.\n\nHelp us continue to drive exceptional recruitment.\n\nOwn compensation and equity: bands, offers, grants, refreshes, and the promotion process, with the CEO.\n\nMake sure the basics are covered: I-9s, multi-state registrations, handbook, required trainings. Bring in outside HR counsel when a situation calls for it.\n\nBe someone employees can come to in confidence when something is wrong.\n\nSystems & the Office\nOwn the finance and ops systems (Ramp, Rippling, Carta, QuickBooks) and decide when to replace one.\n\nRun the Sausalito office: lease, facilities, IT and security basics, equipment. There are others in the loop here, but you have the opportunity to formalize facilities.\n\nWhat You Bring\nThis is a high visibility / high upside role for a candidate who wants to be an early strategic partner to an experienced CEO in a high impact, high growth startup. You’ll often partner with the CEO, so a history of excellence is valued.\nExperience in strategic finance or private equity and/or investment banking\n\nYou have run finance and operations at a venture-backed startup, ideally one that builds hardware, through a period of real growth.\n\nYou understand accounting well enough to manage an outside firm and catch their mistakes: GAAP, revenue recognition, inventory, capitalized R&D.\n\nYou are a generalist and you like operating. You fix things rather than write about them.\n\nYou love to design scalable operational processes, including automating manual workflows, identifying future bottlenecks, and evaluating tools, partners, and vendors for long-term scalability\n\nYou handle confidential information with care.\n\nYou write and speak plainly, and you can explain business concepts to anyone.\n\nYou want to work in person in Sausalito.\n\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive Salary - Reflective of your skills and experience\n\nEquity Compensation - Be an owner in the company's future\n\nComprehensive Health Coverage - Medical, dental, and vision plans\n\nHealth Savings Account (HSA) - Optional pre-tax savings for medical expenses\n\nUnlimited PTO - Flexible time off to recharge, plus paid company holidays\n\nAbout Us\nSeneca is building cutting-edge drone and sensor technology for wildfire suppression, aiming to eliminate wildfire risk across 500 million acres of high-risk U.S. + allied territory. Backed by top-tier investors, including Convective Capital, Caffeinated Capital, First Round Capital, Slow Ventures, Nextview Ventures, Transition Capital, Bullpen Capital, Stepstone Group, Roar Capital, Offline Ventures, and leaders from Palantir, Google, Meta, and many others. Founded by Stu Landesberg (former Founder & CEO of Grove Collaborative - IPO in 2022 at $1.7B) and fire industry experts, Seneca is a mission-driven company dedicated to climate resilience and fire prevention.\nDon’t meet every single requirement? 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