About This Role
Fractional Head of Finance, Strategy \& Capital — Founding Team
Kolek \| Fractional \| 5–10 Hours per Week
About Kolek
Kolek is an early\-stage consumer tech company based in the Bay Area and currently preparing for launch.
By the time this position begins, Kolek will have a completed, market\-ready product.
We're looking for a Fractional Head of Finance, Strategy \& Capital to be one of those leaders.
The Role
We're looking for someone who understands the financial side of building an early\-stage technology company and has experience helping companies navigate growth and fundraising.
This is broader than a traditional finance or accounting position.
We're looking for someone who can help build the financial foundation of the company, think strategically about how capital should be used, prepare for future fundraising, and help leadership make better decisions as the company grows.
You'll work closely with the founder on financial planning, forecasting, fundraising strategy, capital allocation, investor preparation, and longer\-term company strategy.
The right person should be able to take complicated financial questions and turn them into clear decisions.
Nobody is expected to know everything. We're much more interested in finding someone experienced, thoughtful, resourceful, and comfortable working through the uncertainty that comes with an early\-stage company.
What You'll Help With
- Building and maintaining the company's financial model
- Creating budgets, forecasts, and cash\-flow planning
- Understanding burn rate and runway
- Helping determine where capital should and shouldn't be spent
- Developing financial KPIs and reporting
- Creating different growth and funding scenarios
- Helping leadership evaluate major financial and strategic decisions
- Preparing the company financially for future fundraising
- Helping develop fundraising strategy and timing
- Supporting valuation and financing discussions
- Helping prepare investor materials and financial information
- Thinking through potential funding structures
- Helping identify and evaluate potential investors and capital partners
- Supporting investor conversations and due diligence when appropriate
- Working alongside the company's legal, accounting, and other professional partners
- Helping build the finance function as the company grows
Who We're Hoping to Find
Ideally, you've already worked in a senior finance, strategy, investment, or capital role with early\-stage or high\-growth companies.
Relevant backgrounds could include startup CFO or finance leadership, venture capital, investment banking, private equity, corporate strategy, startup fundraising, or a combination of these.
Titles aren't everything. We're much more interested in what you've actually worked on and the decisions you've helped companies make.
Experience helping technology companies raise outside capital would be especially valuable.
You should understand startup financial modeling, cash management, fundraising, capitalization, valuation, and how investors evaluate early\-stage companies.
Just as importantly, you should be able to communicate those things clearly without making them unnecessarily complicated.
At this stage, there will be times when we're discussing long\-term capital strategy and other times when we simply need to build a model, evaluate a decision, or figure out the smartest way to spend the next dollar.
Time Commitment
Approximately 5–10 hours per week to start.
We're intentionally trying to keep meetings limited and productive so most of your time can actually be spent working on the company.
The schedule can be flexible, and the position can be remote.
Kolek is based in the Bay Area, so being local and having relationships within the Bay Area startup and investment community is a plus, but definitely not a requirement.
Compensation \& Ownership
Compensation: TBD
Compensation will depend on experience, availability, and the scope of the role.
The intention is for compensation to scale as the company grows, rather than treating this as a short\-term consulting project.
There will also be an ownership/equity component for the right person.
We're looking for someone who sees the long\-term opportunity, wants to have a real seat at the table, and is interested in growing alongside the company.
Confidentiality
Because Kolek is still pre\-launch, we're intentionally keeping details about the product, financials, business model, and company strategy private.
Additional information will be shared with selected candidates during the interview process, with more sensitive information discussed as appropriate.
Applying
No long cover letter is necessary.
Send your resume and references.
Ultimately, we're looking for someone who understands how early\-stage companies are built and funded, brings meaningful financial and strategic experience to the table, and is interested in becoming part of the company for the long run.
Pay: $80,000\.00 \- $120,000\.00 per year
Work Location: Remote