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From the employer's careers site First seen 29 Oct 2026

VP/SVP, Finance

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Salary

USD 275,000-330,000 per-year-salary

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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

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.lever.co/people-ai/e97e7a4e-e257-436e-bf4f-58004de89276

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