VP of Finance

Responsibilities

• Own company-wide financial models, annual operating plans, forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
• Forecast revenue, expenses, cash, headcount, bookings, ARR, backlog, and other operating metrics.
• Build scenario models for hiring, investments, facilities, contracts, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide visibility into cash runway, burn, capital requirements, pricing, margins, and the financial impact of company decisions.
• Own executive, investor, and Board financial and operating metrics, reporting, meeting materials, fundraising materials, and strategic-planning analysis.
• Establish departmental budgets and partner with functional leaders on financial plans, budget-versus-actuals reporting, forecasts, and resource-allocation decisions.
• Oversee outsourced accounting and tax providers; lead annual financial statement audits and manage external audit firms.
• Maintain audit-ready records, controls, reconciliations, documentation, accounting policies, and the monthly and quarterly close process.
• Partner with Legal, Contracts, and Operations on revenue recognition, government contracts, cost allocation, compliance, and related financial requirements.
• Own finance activities for government contracts, including milestone billing and collections, program cost allocation, DCAA/FAR-oriented controls, cost accounting, and program reporting.
• Support equity fundraising, debt financing, lender diligence, covenant modeling, liquidity planning, data rooms, and ongoing reporting.
• Manage relationships with banks, lenders, auditors, insurance providers, and other financial partners.
• Build scalable finance processes, systems, reporting infrastructure, and controls; hire and develop the finance team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant leadership responsibility in a high-growth company.
• Experience owning FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and company-wide financial models.
• Experience leading annual financial audits and working directly with external audit firms.
• Experience supporting institutional fundraising, Board reporting, and investor diligence.
• Experience with debt financing, credit facilities, venture debt, or lender-backed financing.
• Strong understanding of GAAP accounting and the connection between accounting, FP&A, and operational decision-making.
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to turn complex financial information into clear recommendations.
• Ability to work strategically and at a detailed level, including Board discussions and budget-variance reviews.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in defense contracting or another complex B2B environment.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary: $235,000-$275,000.
• Unlimited PTO with a required minimum of 15 days off.
• Quarterly health and wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance with 100% employee coverage.
• 4% 401(k) matching.
• Annual company offsite.