Head of Finance

Kunin Technologies is revolutionizing the critical mineral supply chain by implementing advanced separation technologies to capture value from overlooked resources. The company is hiring its first finance leader, hired with the explicit intent that the person becomes Kunin's Chief Financial Officer. In year one, the role owns the finances of a company closing a Seed round, executing a federal pilot award, standing up a first-of-a-kind plant with a partner, and forming a manufacturing joint venture.

Responsibilities

Own the monthly close, GAAP discipline, audit readiness, and the outside CPA relationship; Manage cash and treasury, runway, spend controls, payroll and benefits, tax, and insurance renewals; Lead government contract finance, including cost accounting, indirect rates, timekeeping, and invoicing across federal awards; Lead FP&A, including the operating model, unit economics per program, metal price sensitivity, and board and investor reporting; Structure deals with the CEO, including joint ventures, streaming and royalty style recovery agreements, offtake agreements, and debt and equipment financing, from model to redline to signature; Own capital strategy, including the Series A process and data room, and the layering of equity, debt, and project finance; Build out the finance organization beneath you, including controller, analysts, and systems; Within year one, close the Seed round financials, execute the Army OTA award cost accounting, and prepare a Series A data room; Put your name on the term sheet and model for at least one joint venture, stream, royalty, offtake, or debt financing; Deliver a written CFO readiness plan agreed with the CEO

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or engineering; 8+ years in finance, including at least one Controller, Head of Finance, or senior investment or banking seat; Operator who has run or stood up a close process inside a venture-backed industrial or hardware company and knows what institutional diligence looks for; Skilled in building the model and redlining the agreement for the same transaction; Fluent in government contract cost accounting, or able to become fluent in the first quarter; Builder who wants the CFO seat and can show the trajectory to earn it, not someone looking for a steady-state controllership; Communicator who translates financial results and deal structures into clear decisions for the CEO, the board, counterparties, and investors; Must be willing to relocate to Chattanooga, TN; Regular travel to counterparty sites, investors, and the partner plant; Must sign Kunin's standard NDA before interviewing; Extended hours and weekends frequently required to support critical project milestones

Nice to have

CPA, CFA, or MBA preferred; Exposure to streams, royalties, offtake, project finance, or metals and mining

Benefits

Path to Chief Financial Officer role at or before the Series A; No Tennessee state income tax