VP of Finance

About the Team Born at X, Google’s Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world. Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world. Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future. About the Role Taara is hiring a VP of Finance to own the finance function end to end: strategy, planning, capital, and financial operations. This is the senior finance seat at a venture-backed hardware startup preparing for its next funding round: you will be the CEO’s partner on strategic finance, capital decisions and the source of truth on the numbers. It is a player-coach role. You will own the financial model, help prepare board materials, participate in investor meetings, and execute the day-to-day finance processes together with our internal team and external partners. From the long-range operating model to the annual budget, from capitalization to board reporting, and from invoicing and collections to the monthly close, you will be the person the leadership relies on for the numbers and the strategy behind them. You will oversee our external accounting partners and finance operations, set the financial reporting cadence for the company, and translate analysis into clear business decisions: which growth initiatives to fund, how to structure pricing, and cash runway. How you will make 10x impact Lead the Finance Function: Own finance end to end. Direct our outsourced accounting and international accounting partners, oversee finance operations, and execute the monthly close, and the reporting calendar. Own the Financial Model and the Plan: Build and maintain the company operating model and long-range plan. Build the annual budget with the CEO and leadership, re-forecast as the business needs evolve, run scenario and sensitivity analyses, and reconcile the plan to actuals monthly. Drive Capital and Fundraising Strategy: Own the financial na rrative, model outputs, and data room for future growth capital. Join investor meetings alongside the CEO, build investor ready scenarios, manage financial diligence, and help shape optimal capital structure decisions. Prepare Board and Executive Materials: Build clear, decision-focused financial packages for board meetings, investor updates, and monthly executive reviews. Frame materials around key strategic choices and milestones rather than raw data alone. Run Strategic and Commercial Analysis: Lead the analysis behind the company’s biggest choices: market sizing, pricing, unit economics, make-vs-partner decisions, and the financial case for new business lines, deals, and partnerships. Oversee Money In and Money Out: Oversee invoicing and AR function, AP and procure-to-pay.