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Salary: USD 250,000 - 300,000 / annual
Rangeview is building an advanced foundry system to reindustrialize American manufacturing, focusing on gas turbine hot section parts for defense, aerospace, and energy customers. The company combines advanced software, deep automation, materials science breakthroughs, and modern financing strategies to disrupt legacy manufacturing.
As Head of Finance, you will be Rangeview's first finance hire and architect of the company's capital strategy. This is a hands-on leadership role operating at both strategic and tactical levels. You will personally manage financial models, board materials, and debt processes from day one, then hire and develop a controller and financial analyst as the function scales.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serve as leader accountable for the Finance organization and primary owner of capital strategy, financial planning, accounting, and financial controls
- Structure and close non-dilutive and low-cost capital for factory buildouts, including project finance, asset-based financing, contract-backed facilities, and government loan programs
- Lead engagement with the Department of Defense Office of Strategic Capital and related federal, state, and local capital programs
- Convert customer production contracts into bankable collateral by working with business development and legal on contract structure and terms
- Build and maintain relationships with lenders and capital providers across private credit, banks, export credit agencies, equipment lessors, and strategic investors
- Own the company's financial model, capital plan, and cash forecast with accuracy sufficient for factory-level capital decisions
- Recruit, hire, and manage a controller and financial analyst; establish organizational structure for multi-site manufacturing
- Stand up accounting function, monthly close, financial reporting, internal controls, and prepare for first audit
- Develop and justify departmental budgets, headcount plans, and capital-expenditure proposals across engineering, operations, and supply chain
- Manage board and investor reporting, covenant compliance, and lender reporting
- Lead pricing, contract economics, and margin analysis for production programs
- Select and implement finance and accounting systems to scale across sites and entities
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, contractual, and regulatory requirements, including government contract requirements
- Lead financial diligence for future equity rounds, strategic transactions, and vertical-integration opportunities
You will work directly with the CEO, board, lenders, customers, and government capital offices to structure financing behind each factory. You will ultimately own how Rangeview builds production capacity faster and cheaper than incumbents.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, engineering, or a quantitative discipline
- 3+ years of experience in investment banking at a bulge-bracket or top-tier boutique, with focus on industrials, aerospace and defense, leveraged finance, or M&A
- 3+ years of experience in private credit, direct lending, structured credit, or project finance, including originating, underwriting, and closing transactions
- Demonstrated experience taking a financing from term sheet to close, including negotiating structure, covenants, and documentation
- Expert financial modeling skills, including project-level and corporate models with debt sizing, covenant testing, and scenario analysis
- Strong understanding of how lenders underwrite manufacturing assets and contract-backed cash flows
- Working knowledge of GAAP and ability to build and oversee an accounting function you have not previously run
- Ability to clearly communicate complex financial information to executives, boards, lenders, government officials, and cross-functional teams
- Track record of sustained high output in demanding environments with appetite to maintain pace at a factory-building company
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced environment with evolving systems, processes, and organizational needs
- Must be able to work onsite in El Segundo, California
- Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
- Must be able to travel to lenders, customers, government offices, and factory sites
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Department of Defense Office of Strategic Capital, Defense Production Act Title III, Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, EXIM, SBA, or similar government capital programs
- Experience financing manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, or other hard-asset projects against offtake or production contracts
- Experience with equipment financing, sale-leaseback, and asset-based lending structures
- Experience at a venture-backed company or leading a financing process on the company side
- Knowledge of government contract accounting, FAR and DFARS cost principles, and CAS
- Experience selecting, implementing, or scaling ERP, accounting, and FP&A platforms
- Experience hiring and managing accounting and finance staff
- Familiarity with aerospace, defense, or industrial supply chains and customers
- CFA, CPA, or MBA
