Finance & Operations Lead

Inworld AI

Finance & Operations Lead overseeing financial and operational decisions at Inworld, an AI startup. Partnering with leadership to drive strategic financial initiatives and operational growth.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeMountain View • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $285,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the financial model, annual planning and budgeting, and capital strategy of the company. Build the forecasts, scenarios, and unit economics that shape how we invest and where we grow.
Work closely with our external accounting firm on monthly close, audit, tax, and internal reporting, ensuring numbers are accurate and timely.
Partner with leadership on fundraising workstreams and board and investor communications, including board materials, investor updates, and the financial narrative around the business.
Drive M&A, investment opportunities, strategic partnerships, and broader inorganic growth initiatives.
Partner with GTM and customer-facing teams on pricing, deal structuring, billing, revenue operations, and the systems that make the commercial engine run cleanly.
Build the analytical foundation and frameworks used to run the business.
Take on the highest-leverage problems the company faces, from new market entry to building out new functions.
Use AI across every workflow, from modeling, analysis, diligence and reporting to operations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience across some combination of investment banking, private equity, venture capital, corporate development, hedge fund, or top-tier management consulting, ideally with operating experience inside a high-growth company
Strong accounting and controllership foundation. Comfortable being the internal owner of close, reporting, audit, and tax in partnership with an external accounting firm
Demonstrated excellence in transactional work, such as M&A, fundraising, or principal investing, including modeling, diligence, valuation, and deal execution
Sharp commercial instincts and the judgment to know what moves the business, not just what's interesting
Deep fluency with AI tools and a strong point of view on how to apply them across finance and operations
Comfort operating with significant autonomy and ambiguity, and the maturity to engage credibly with founders, executives, investors, and board members
Exceptional analytical, written, and verbal communication skills
Fluency in Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides at a level where modeling and slidebuilding are second nature.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial modelingbudgetingcapital strategyM&Atransactional workmodelingdiligencevaluationdeal executionanalytical frameworks

Soft Skills

commercial instinctsjudgmentautonomyambiguity managementengagement with stakeholdersanalytical skillswritten communicationverbal communication