Finance Manager - Accounting & FP&A

About 10a Labs

10a Labs is the safety and threat-intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms. Our adversarial red teaming, model evaluations, and intelligence collection enable engineering, safety, and security teams to stay ahead of evolving threats and deploy AI systems safely.

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Finance Manager to own and continuously improve our financial planning, accounting operations, and strategic finance capabilities. This individual will serve as the operational lead for budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, cash management, and business planning while partnering closely with leadership, department heads, external accounting partners, and other cross-functional teams.

You'll be responsible for ensuring the organization maintains accurate financial reporting while providing the insights, forecasting, and strategic guidance needed to support rapid company growth. This is a highly cross-functional role for someone who enjoys building scalable financial processes, translating complex financial data into actionable business insights, and helping leadership make informed decisions.

What You'll Do

• Own the company's budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Develop and maintain financial models supporting strategic planning, hiring, investments, and operational decision-making.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages, including variance analyses and executive dashboards.
• Partner with department leaders to develop budgets, monitor spending, and improve financial visibility across the organization.
• Own cash flow forecasting and help optimize liquidity and working capital management.
• Partner with external accounting firms to oversee month-end and year-end close activities, ensuring accurate financial reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Develop, document, and continuously improve financial policies, processes, and internal controls.
• Support annual audits, tax filings, and other financial compliance requirements.
• Build financial analyses and business cases to support strategic initiatives, pricing decisions, and operational investments.
• Assist with board reporting, fundraising activities, financial due diligence, and investor materials as needed.
• Evaluate financial and operational performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop executive dashboards and key performance indicators to measure business performance.
• Identify opportunities to automate financial reporting and improve operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with leadership across the organization to support informed, data-driven decision making.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in finance, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), accounting, corporate finance, or a related discipline.
• CPA strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial statement analysis.
• Demonstrated experience owning