Head Finance & Legal Jobs at Startups
There are 107 open head finance and legal roles at 99 early-stage startups, 37% of them remote. Where pay is stated it is typically USD 187.5k to 256.8k, with a median of USD 225k.
Who is hiring head finance and legal roles
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- 107open roles
- 99startups hiring
- 37%remote
Salary
Annual pay for this page’s roles that state a salary, in USD. The typical range covers the middle half of those postings.
- $225Kmedian pay
- $188Ktypical range: lower
- $257Ktypical range: upper
Based on 30 postings stating pay in USD.
Pay figures come from the 37 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
Industries
Fintech and payments (24), healthcare (14) and AI and machine learning (11) startups have most of the openings.
What finance and legal work involves at an early-stage startup
You build the books, the contracts and the controls rather than inherit them. Founders ask you about runway, a customer agreement and a new country's rules in the same afternoon. At a large company each of those sits with a different specialist team.
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Questions people ask
How much do head finance and legal jobs pay?
Typically USD 187.5k to 256.8k a year, with a median of USD 225k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring head finance and legal roles?
capital.com (3 roles), Eneba (3) and Dojo (2) have the most; 99 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
37% of these roles are remote.
Are new roles coming in?
10 were posted this week.