VP, Strategic Finance & Business Operations

Role Overview

The VP, Strategic Finance & Business Operations will lead the company’s Strategic Finance and Business Operations function, owning the financial and operating architecture required to help scale the company toward $1B+ in revenue. They will sit at the intersection of finance, strategy, data, and execution, determining where to invest, what to expect in return, and how to measure whether it’s working.

What You Will Do

The VP will own the company’s financial planning architecture, build and maintain a driver-based financial model, and partner with the CFO and executive team on capital allocation. They will also develop rigorous business cases for major investments, translate financial and operating performance into concise executive narratives, and run the company’s operating cadence.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of exceptional performance in strategic finance, finance & strategy, FP&A, business operations, investment banking, private equity, consulting, or similarly rigorous analytical and operating environments. They will have a clear trajectory of increasing responsibility, a combination of analytical training and operating experience, and strong commercial instincts.

Requirements

• 10+ years of exceptional performance across strategic finance, finance & strategy, FP&A, business operations, investment banking, private equity, consulting, or similarly rigorous analytical and operating environments
• A clear trajectory of increasing responsibility
• Ideally, a combination of rigorous early-career analytical training and meaningful operating experience within a high-growth technology, commerce, payments, marketplace, or platform business
• Experience operating through meaningful scale, ideally with exposure to a company growing through the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue
• Exceptional financial modeling and analytical capability
• Deep understanding of forecasting, scenario analysis, unit economics, pricing, capital allocation, investment returns, and business-case development
• Strong commercial instincts
• Demonstrated ability to build KPI frameworks, operating cadences, and performance-management systems that actually change organizational behavior
• Demonstrated judgment around organizational scale
• A player-coach mentality
• Strong executive presence and exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• High intellectual curiosity, low ego, and a natural tendency to go several layers deeper than the question initially asked
• Advanced Excel / Sheets capability and strong comfort with BI and analytical tooling
• Fluency with modern AI tools and agents, with a demonstrated ability to use technology to materially increase personal and team leverage

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 13 paid company holidays annually
• Updater Stock Options
• 401(k) with employer match
• Wellbeing Subsidy
• One Medical membership
• Virtual on-demand healthcare through Teladoc and Talkspace
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Supplemental Short & Long Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave

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