Director, Finance

At REGENT, we’re on a mission to revolutionize regional transportation between coastal cities. We're not just building vehicles, we're creating a new category of transportation: the Seaglider. These groundbreaking wing-in-ground-effect craft travel just above the water’s surface, combining the speed of an airplane with the low operating costs of a boat. Capable of 180 miles at 180 mph on today's battery tech (and up to 400 miles with next-gen batteries), Seagliders will unlock fast, affordable, and sustainable coastal transit for passengers and cargo - connecting cities, islands, and communities like never before. Backed by leading investors and powered by a team of passionate, forward-thinking engineers, builders, and operators, we’re now scaling from a breakthrough prototype to full production - and building the team to make it happen.

Overview REGENT is building a new category of vehicle that will transform how people and goods move across coastal and maritime environments - creating new possibilities for both commercial transportation and defense missions. Doing that requires a financial foundation built for the realities of a growing hardware and manufacturing company: complex supply chains, multiple R&D programs, increasing production investment, commercial and military customers, and major decisions about where and when to deploy capital. Following our $240M Series B, we're looking for a Director of Finance to lead our day-to-day Finance function and serve as REGENT's Controller through our next stage of growth. You'll lead the Finance team while staying close to the work yourself — owning accounting, financial planning and modeling, analysis, and reporting while building the financial infrastructure REGENT needs as we prepare for production. You'll work closely with leaders across REGENT to bring financial context into decisions early and help navigate tradeoffs across programs, headcount, manufacturing investment, CapEx, and other company priorities. You'll also build greater visibility into program and manufacturing economics so we can better understand where we're investing, how we're performing against our plans, and what needs to change as we scale. This is a build-stage Finance leadership role. As REGENT moves from prototype development toward production, you'll strengthen the financial infrastructure needed for that transition — from planning, accounting, reporting, and controls to manufacturing cost visibility and the financial design and implementation of our ERP. If you're excited to build and lead a Finance organization through a defining stage of growth, turn ambitious plans into thoughtful financial decisions, and help create the foundation REGENT needs for what comes next, we'd love to meet you.

Lead the Finance Team: Lead the day-to-day Finance function, setting priorities, developing the team, and building the clarity and accountability needed as REGENT scales. Build Manufacturing & Program Finance: Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, and People to build visibility into program and production economics, including material, labor, overhead, inventory, CapEx, supplier commitments, and product costs. Own Financial Planning & Modeling: Personally build and maintain the models that guide REGENT’s plans and priorities, including budgets, forecasts, cash and runway, scenario planning, program investment, CapEx, and growth. Shape Business & Capital Decisions: Partner with leadership to evaluate investments and tradeoffs across programs, headcount, manufacturing capacity, suppliers, facilities, and other priorities — bringing financial context into decisions early. Own Accounting, Reporting & Audit: Own REGENT’s accounting, close, financial reporting, and first external audit, ensuring the numbers are accurate, defensible, and ready for the board, investors, auditors, and government customers. Lead the ERP Implementation: Own the financial