VP, Finance

What you'll do

• Own financial operations: FP&A, treasury, cash and FX management, revenue recognition, close, audit, and controls across multiple entities and roughly ten currencies. Build the model that the Board, our lenders, and Patch Leadership all use.
• Own legal and regulatory: Commercial contracting, corporate governance and entity management, and our regulatory posture across the US, UK, and EU as environmental commodity markets get formalized. Manage outside counsel and decide what we bring in-house and when.
• Lead M&A: Source, diligence, structure, and integrate acquisitions of adjacent services and data businesses as deal lead with the CEO and the Board. Own the integration plan, not just the signing.
• Own the Board relationship on finance: Build the meeting materials, run the audit and comp discussions, and be a credible independent voice to directors.

What we're looking for

• Banking foundation: Three to seven years in investment banking, with direct M&A or leveraged finance experience. You can build a model from a blank sheet and defend every assumption in it.
• Operating depth: Seven to ten years operating in venture-backed companies between Series A and Series C. You have lived through the transition from spreadsheet finance to systems finance, and you know which controls matter at which stage.
• Capital markets range: You have raised both equity and debt. Private credit, asset-backed, or working capital facility experience is a significant advantage given what we are financing.
• Comfort owning legal: You have carried the legal function alongside finance, managed outside counsel, and handled commercial contracting and governance without needing a GC next to you.
• Mission orientation: You care about climate, and are excited by commodities, trade finance, environmental markets, and the energy transition. This work is technical and specific, and the people who do it well find the subject matter interesting on its own terms.
• AI-native workflow: You already use AI tools daily in analysis, diligence, and drafting. This is how the function will be built, so it cannot be aspirational for you.