Founding Finance Manager

About Truefoundry

Every production AI system, whether it's powering customer support, writing code, analyzing financial data, or diagnosing medical conditions, needs the same foundational infrastructure.A way to route between models. A way to manage tools and integrate them securely. A way to orchestrate agents and enforce governance. A unified compute layer to run it all.

That infrastructure layer is being built right now.

We're TrueFoundry, and we're building it. We're looking for a Founding Finance Manager to join the team.

The Problem We're Solving

Companies are moving beyond simple chatbots to production agentic systems. These systems route between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and self-hosted models. They integrate dozens of tools via protocols like MCP. They orchestrate multi-agent workflows where agents coordinate with other agents.

The infrastructure to support this doesn't exist yet. You can't just duct-tape together a few API calls and call it production-ready.

You need a control plane that handles:

• Intelligent routing with observability, cost policies, and fallback logic
• Centralized tool and MCP server management with security and lifecycle controls
• Agent orchestration with governance and guardrails
• A unified compute layer to run self-hosted models, custom tools, and agents

We've built two products to solve this:

AI Gateway is the control plane, a five-composable components (Prompts, LLM Gateway, MCP Gateway, Guardrails, Agent Gateway) that handle routing, orchestration, and governance.

AI Deploy is the compute layer, a Kubernetes-based platform that abstracts ML workloads as standard software primitives, so everything runs on unified infrastructure.

We're Series A, backed by Intel Capital and Sequoia. Companies like CVS, Mastercard, Siemens, Paytm, Synopsys, and Zscaler run production AI workloads on our platform.

What you'll own (end-to-end)

You will be the single owner of finance operations at TrueFoundry.

• Customer invoicing, revenue recognition, and collections (global)
• Bookkeeping, month-end close, and financial reporting
• Payroll in India and coordination with US payroll & compliance partners
• Tax compliance (GST, TDS, transfer pricing support, etc.)
• US financial compliance awareness (GAAP basics, sales tax / nexus concepts, audit readiness)
• Multi-currency accounting and FX tracking (USD, GBP, AUD, INR)
• Vendor payments, reimbursements, and expense controls
• Budgeting, forecasting, burn tracking, and runway visibility
• Audit readiness and coordination with US and India-based CAs, auditors, and advisors

What you'll do day-to-day

• Raise and manage customer invoices across geographies
• Maintain clean, audit-ready books with accurate currency conversions
• Ensure payroll accuracy and statutory adherence (India + US coordination)
• Track FX movements, conversions, and exposure
• Prepare monthly MIS for founders (revenue, burn, runway, margins)
• Work with Sales & Legal on contracts, billing terms, and collections
• Support US compliance needs through advisors (entity filings, audits, reporting)
• Design finance processes that scale without slowing the company down

What great looks like

• Founders have complete confidence in financial reporting
• US and India compliance is handled proactively, not reactively
• No surprises during audits, due diligence, or board reviews
• Finance acts as an enabler of speed and scale

You're a strong fit if

• You've handled end-to-end finance in a startup or scaling company
• You've worked with US-facing businesses or US entities
• You understand the basics of US GAAP, audit processes, and compliance requirements
• You're comfortable managing multi-currency and cross-border operations
• You're hands-on, detail-oriented, and founder-facing
• You can translate complex financial requirements into simple decisions

Experience & skills

• 7-12 years in Finance / Accounting / Controllership roles
• Startup or high-growth experience strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of:
• Revenue recognition and invoicing
• Indian statutory compliance (GST, TDS, payroll)
• US financial compliance concepts (GAAP, sales tax exposure, audits)
• FX accounting and international payments
• Experience with accounting systems (Tally / Zoho / QuickBooks / Xero)
• Ability to manage and coordinate US-based finance, payroll, and tax advisors

(CA / CPA preferred but not mandatory if experience is strong.)

Why join TrueFoundry

• Build the finance function from zero → scale
• High ownership, high trust role reporting directly to founders
• Exposure to global operations and board-level decisions
• Clear growth path to Head of Finance / Controller
• Work at the core of a global AI infrastructure company