Vice President, Finance & Administration

Rezo Therapeutics is seeking a Vice President, Finance and Administration to lead its financial and administrative functions through the next stages of growth.

This leader will be a strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team, ensuring strong financial discipline, effective capital planning, and the operational infrastructure needed to advance Rezo's innovative science.

The ideal candidate combines strategic financial/accounting leadership and fundraising experience with a willingness to roll up their sleeves – building financial models, managing budgets and cash runway, improving financial visibility, and developing practical, scalable processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead long-range financial planning and scenario modeling to support the research pipeline and company growth, partnering with the CEO and Business leadership on capital strategy, financing alternatives and valuation
• Serve as a key partner to the CEO in fundraising: prepare materials, manage due-diligence processes, shape the financial storyline, and build strong investor relationships
• Partner with CEO in ongoing investor relations, including investor outreach, meetings and communications
• Own budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and financial reporting
• Oversee accounting, audits, tax, compliance, procurement, and internal controls
• Build and maintain practical financial planning and reporting tools that provide clear visibility into program-level budgets, actual spend, committed expenditures and forecast-to-complete, enabling effective resource allocation and cash runway management
• Oversee core administrative functions, including IT, facilities and real estate, ensuring reliable and efficient operations that support scientific progress
• Partner proactively with scientific and corporate teams to anticipate resource and infrastructure needs, and implement simple, scalable processes that enable their work and remove operational obstacles
• Foster a culture of accountability, clarity, and strategic resource stewardship

Requirements

• Demonstrated success in supporting fundraising efforts (Series A/B/C or beyond) and owning financial storytelling, diligence, and investor communications. IPO experience a plus
• Experience in a platform biotech or technology/AI-driven drug discovery company preferred
• 10–15+ years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ years leading finance and administration at a venture-backed biotech, ideally through the transition from development candidate into IND-enabling studies and early clinical development
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building operating plans, R&D program budgets, and cash runway models tied to R&D milestones, and supporting VC financing rounds, including investor diligence and board reporting
• Experience implementing and/or overseeing accounting and other finance functions (e.g., accounts payable, procurement, etc.)
• Deep strategic finance experience, including long-range planning, portfolio modeling, R&D cost structures, and scenario-based forecasting
• Experience overseeing cross-functional operational teams and administrative functions

Benefits

• Medical (HMO or PPO), dental, and vision insurance
• Discretionary time off policy
• Company holidays (including summer and winter shutdown)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Commuter / Mass Transit Benefit Program
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Parental leave
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible work schedule