# VP/SVP, Finance **Company**: Backstory **Location**: Remote **Work arrangement**: remote **Experience**: executive **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: USD 275,000-330,000 per-year-salary **Category**: Finance **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/people-ai/e97e7a4e-e257-436e-bf4f-58004de89276?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c7741f1c-4d3 ## Description ## Job Description We're hiring a VP/SVP of Finance to lead Finance end to end for an enterprise B2B software business: FP&A, accounting, and cash. Reporting to the CEO, you'll lead a lean team, shape the company's financial strategy, represent Finance on the exec team, and support board and investor reporting. ### Responsibilities #### Financial Planning and Analysis - Own the annual budget, scenario modeling, and rolling forecasts for revenue, headcount, opex, and cash, tied directly to how each part of the business plans and operates. - Deliver monthly and quarterly reporting with plan-to-actuals, and partner with each operating leader to highlight and understand the drivers behind their results. - Partner with Sales, Customer, Marketing, and Product leaders on investment trade-offs as we move from a cash-flow-neutral business to growing cash flow. - Provide leadership and the board with guidance on our financial trajectory in out quarters. #### Strategy and Capital - Serve as the CEO's and executive team's trusted financial advisor on strategic decisions. - Prepare board materials and investor reporting with the CEO, and serve as the primary contact for routine investor reporting and information requests. - Prepare the company for its next funding event. - Keep the company audit-ready: audited financials, clean metric definitions, and an organized data room. #### Pricing and Unit Economics - Partner with Product on pricing and packaging, modeling the revenue, margin, and customer impact of each SKU. - Build predictable forecasting across our subscription base and its usage-based element. - Set revenue recognition policy for commits, prepaid credits, overages, and unused commitments, including allocating contract value between subscription and usage components. - Keep clear definitions for the metrics we report: ARR (recurring vs. variable), committed vs. consumed revenue, net dollar retention, and RPO. - Model and govern gross margin, including inference, cloud, and model-vendor costs. #### Deal Economics - Assist deal desk for enterprise contracts: non-standard terms, discount governance, and contract review. - Design sales compensation with Sales and People, including how subscription, commits, and usage are credited, and its accounting treatment. - Oversee billing and collections for hybrid contracts. #### Accounting and Controllership - Ensure a timely, accurate monthly close and GAAP-compliant financials. - Own and improve internal controls, policies, and procedures as we scale. - Oversee AP, AR, payroll, revenue recognition (ASC 606, including variable consideration), and the general ledger. - Manage external auditors and tax advisors, and ensure compliance with tax filings, sales tax nexus, and other regulatory requirements. #### Cash and Treasury - Own cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, banking relationships, and treasury operations. - Monitor burn and runway, and flag risks or opportunities early. - Manage working capital across billing, collections, and vendor terms. #### Team and People Partnership - Lead and shape a lean finance team. - Partner with the VP of People on headcount planning, compensation and equity (409A, refresh pool, retention equity), benefits costs, payroll, and HR systems. - Build scalable finance systems, BI and reporting tools, and close processes. ### Qualifications #### Core Experience - 8+ years of progressive finance leadership, currently as an SVP of Finance or as a VP of Finance ready to step up. - Experience across the whole finance function, with real depth in FP&A and a track record of connecting planning back to how the business runs. - Time at a productized, enterprise B2B software company of 50M–100M ARR, with a subscription or platform model and larger enterprise deals, run on ARR rather than recognized revenue alone. - A disciplined operator who has taken a business from cash-flow neutral to growing cash flow. - A track record of building finance teams, with the judgment to assess talent across accounting, FP&A, treasury, and AP/AR. - Fluency in SaaS metrics and how they connect to financial performance. - Hands-on ownership of the monthly close, GAAP reporting, internal controls, and revenue recognition (ASC 606). - Experience managing external auditors, tax advisors, and banking relationships. #### Leadership - A player-coach who sets direction and rolls up their sleeves on modeling, close, or analysis when needed. - Sees Finance as a partner to growth functions, not a gatekeeper. - A sharp, clear communicator who translates the numbers into clear implications and decisions for operating leaders and the CEO. - A collaborative peer who reads the exec room, gives space when needed, and claims the mic when needed. - A steady presence for a team coming through a leadership transition. ### Nice to Have - Experience in revtech or CRM. - Experience with hybrid subscription-and-usage models, and with finding predictability in variable revenue. - Understanding of AI and cloud cost structures and how they drive gross margin. - Active involvement in a strategic exit before, during, and after close. - Experience supporting a capital raise or debt facility. ## Skills ### Required - FP&A - accounting - cash flow forecasting - financial planning - analysis - strategic decision making - investor reporting - audited financials - revenue recognition - ASC 606 - GAAP reporting - internal controls - treasury operations - banking relationships - SaaS metrics ### Nice to have - revtech - CRM - hybrid subscription-and-usage models - AI - cloud cost structures --- Source: [Apply at jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/people-ai/e97e7a4e-e257-436e-bf4f-58004de89276?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)