Head of Finance

About LangChain

LangChain was founded in early 2023 to help developers build context-aware reasoning applications. LangChain, open source software, is a framework that gives developers the building blocks to create production-ready applications with LLMs. LangSmith is our commercial, all-in-one SaaS platform that enables the end-to-end, development workflow for building LLM-powered apps. LangSmith is now trusted by the best teams building with LLMs, at companies such as Airbnb, ByteDance, Klarna, Google, Meta, Home Depot, and our 100+ paying enterprise customers.

Backed by some of the best venture capitalists, Benchmark and Sequoia, we have 10x’d+ our revenue last year and have big ambitions and are set up to build an enduring business.

About the role

We’re looking for a Head of Finance to lead the function and build a high-performing team that enables LangChain to scale quickly. We are a fast growing (10x+), efficient startup serving thousands of customers including some of the largest enterprises (Rakuten, Cisco, Bridgewater, Google), as well as the most innovative startups (Lovable, Mercor, Replit, Clay). This role is equal parts operational and strategic and is a key leader hire for the company. We are looking for someone with FP&A roots and will bring on partners for accounting / corporate finance work.

Key Responsibilities

Corporate Finance & Accounting

• Oversee all core finance operations including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cash management.

• Manage our external accounting partner to ensure accurate and timely tax filings, compliance, and audits.

• Own our 409A valuation process.

• Own financial systems and tools that support scalable processes and real-time insights, including selection and implementation of an ERP platform.

• Ensure internal controls and financial processes that scale with the business.

FP&A and Strategic Planning

• Develop annual operating plans and budgets with a strong focus on:

  • GTM finance: marketing funnel / pipeline and sales capacity planning to achieve big growth targets.

  • Headcount and expense planning across departments.

• Establish KPIs to track financial and operational health of the business.

• Support board reporting, fundraising, and strategic initiatives.

Business Partner

• Support pricing strategy for new product launches in partnership with Sales and EPD.

• Gross margin and unit economics analysis; identify opportunities to drive efficiency.

How to be successful in this role

• 8+ years of finance experience, with at least 3 years at a high-growth, mid to late stage startup ($50M+ ARR).

• Deep understanding of b2b GTM finance, including marketing pipeline and sales capacity planning.

• Prior experience working with or managing accounting firms.

• Type-A, sweat the details person, but also able to see the big picture and know what excellent looks like — constantly raising the bar and achieving lofty goals

• Excited to work in person in SF or NY

• Bonus if you have open source startup experience

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity stake for role and stage of company. Commensurate with experience.

• Annual salary range: $220,000 - $260,000 USD