Head of Finance

Tonal

Lead Finance & Accounting functions at Tonal, guiding strategic financial planning and investment evaluation. Collaborate across departments to strengthen finance systems and decision-making processes.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a trusted strategic advisor and proxy to the CFO, CEO, and C-suite on financial planning, performance, and strategy.
Lead investment evaluation and prioritization that supports the VP+ population in making informed decisions on headcount, opex, and growth investments.
Surface risks and opportunities in cross-functional forums before they become visible in the numbers, fostering data integrity and financial discipline.
Own the design and delivery of financial narratives for the Board of Directors, executive team, and investor audiences.
Drive the corporate finance calendar and align the organization on forecast cadence, key assumptions, and financial targets.
Own the production and executive delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial presentations, including forecast-to-actual variance analysis and forward-looking insight.
Drive the long-range financial plan, annual operating plan, and interim forecasts, grounded in business drivers and scenario modeling, with the agility to reforecast dynamically.
Define the company's financial modeling architecture and standards, and stand up driver-based reporting that bridges board summaries and transactional detail.
Provide strategic counsel on capital allocation and trade-offs across competing priorities that support sustainable growth.
Oversee corporate accounting, financial reporting, and operational accounting, ensuring compliance with GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements.
Ensure audit readiness and a strong internal-control environment across revenue recognition, inventory accounting, and reserves, with a clean, accelerated monthly close.
Build cross-training, documentation, and redundancy on critical processes to eliminate single points of failure and strengthen succession.
Support the systems updates and upgrades that enable channel expansion into healthcare and B2B, in partnership with Business Technology as the technical lead.
Drive automation of high-effort manual processes and recurring-entry automation to accelerate the close and reduce operational risk.
Champion systems and AI fluency across the team, applying AI-assisted commentary, anomaly detection, and opportunity analysis to reporting and analysis.
Lead, develop, and inspire an established team of functional leaders across FP&A and accounting, fostering a high-performance culture of financial rigor, continuous improvement, and business ownership.
Define the organizational roadmap (talent, systems, and processes) in line with business growth, attracting and developing top talent and building a pipeline of future finance leaders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA strongly preferred.
12+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience spanning both FP&A and accounting/controllership, including senior leadership at the Director / Senior Director level or equivalent.
Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing finance teams through periods of significant organizational change and growth.
Strong command of FP&A and accounting (revenue recognition, inventory, reserves), financial modeling, scenario analysis, and BI tools.
Hands-on experience modernizing finance systems and automating manual processes; comfort applying AI tooling to reporting and analysis.
Proven ability to build trust with C-suite members and boards, with the executive presence to influence at the highest levels; operates at both strategic altitude and a detailed level.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
retirement savings benefits
life insurance and disability benefits
flexible paid time off
parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningperformance analysisinvestment evaluationfinancial modelingscenario analysisGAAP compliancefinancial reportingautomation of processesrevenue recognitioninventory accounting

Soft Skills

strategic advisinginfluencingteam leadershipcross-functional collaborationhigh-performance culturetrust buildingcommunicationcontinuous improvementorganizational change managementbusiness ownership

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in FinanceBachelor's degree in AccountingBachelor's degree in Business AdministrationMBA