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United States
Onsite
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a VP, Strategic Finance & Business Operations based in the United States.
The VP, Strategic Finance & Business Operations will build and lead the financial planning, performance management, and business operations capabilities needed to support the next stage of organizational growth. Reporting to the CFO, this executive will operate at the intersection of finance, strategy, data, and execution, helping guide the business toward its ambition of exceeding $1 billion in revenue. The role will shape how the organization forecasts performance, allocates capital, evaluates investments, and translates strategic priorities into measurable outcomes. You will partner closely with executive leadership and lead a high-caliber team while remaining directly involved in complex analysis and operational problem-solving. Success requires combining sophisticated financial judgment with a practical, hands-on approach to building scalable systems. The ideal candidate knows how to create organizational leverage, improve decision-making, and drive sustainable growth without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.
Strategic Finance, Planning & Capital Allocation
Own the financial planning framework, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long-range plans, and scenario analyses.
Build and maintain driver-based financial models connecting operating performance, unit economics, strategic priorities, resource allocation, and long-term enterprise value.
Partner with the CFO and executive team to guide capital allocation and prioritize investments, hiring, and organizational capacity.
Develop business cases for major investments, new products, partnerships, pricing changes, commercial structures, and strategic initiatives.
Translate financial and operational results into clear executive and Board-level recommendations, explaining performance, underlying drivers, and required actions.
Company Performance Management
Design and manage company-wide KPI and OKR frameworks, establishing meaningful leading and lagging indicators aligned with strategic and financial goals.
Partner with Data leadership to establish reliable, consistent sources of truth for critical business metrics.
Build executive dashboards that make complex performance data accessible and actionable.
Lead the operating cadence, including monthly business reviews, quarterly planning, forecast reviews, and performance deep dives.
Use variance analysis to identify root causes, establish accountability, and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
Continuously improve target-setting, progress measurement, and organizational accountability.
Business Operations & Cross-Functional Execution
Lead strategic initiatives across Go-to-Market, Product, Operations, Data, and Finance, from problem definition and analysis through implementation.
Develop frameworks for evaluating growth opportunities, pricing, partner economics, unit economics, organizational productivity, and resource allocation.
Partner with the CFO and CRO on commercial planning, incentive design, capacity allocation, compensation structures, and major customer and partner decisions.
Identify and resolve organizational complexity, unclear ownership, unreliable data, and inefficient processes that hinder execution.
Build repeatable operating systems, processes, tools, ownership structures, and metrics rather than relying on one-off analyses.
Building for Scale and Efficiency
Design financial and operational infrastructure that supports growth beyond $1 billion in revenue while preserving organizational agility and capital efficiency.
Determine which capabilities and processes are needed immediately and which can be introduced as the business scales.
Establish lightweight, durable systems before adding unnecessary headcount or organizational complexity.
Use automation, AI, existing technology, and process improvements to increase productivity and operational leverage.
Evaluate where additional talent or technology can create meaningful enterprise value.
Develop existing team members and selectively recruit additional talent where it creates significant long-term impact.
10+ years of exceptional experience across strategic finance, finance and strategy, FP&A, business operations, investment banking, private equity, consulting, or similarly rigorous analytical and operational environments.
A demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and being trusted with increasingly complex, high-impact business challenges.
Ideally, a combination of strong early-career analytical training and meaningful operating experience in a high-growth technology, commerce, payments, marketplace, or platform business.
Experience supporting organizations through significant growth, ideally in businesses reaching hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, while remaining comfortable working hands-on in a lean environment.
Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills, including the ability to build and interrogate complex models and translate findings into clear business recommendations.
Deep understanding of forecasting, scenario planning, unit economics, pricing, capital allocation, investment returns, and business-case development.
Strong commercial judgment and the ability to use financial insights to improve business decisions, rather than simply report historical performance.
Proven experience building KPI frameworks, operating cadences, and performance management systems that drive measurable organizational improvement.
Strong judgment in designing operational infrastructure appropriate to the company's current stage and future scale.
A player-coach mindset, combining strategic leadership and team development with a willingness to work directly with financial models and data when needed.
Excellent executive presence, written communication, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to challenge senior leaders, simplify complex issues, support recommendations with data, and communicate a clear point of view.
High intellectual curiosity, low ego, and a proactive approach to investigating issues beyond their initial presentation.
Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills and strong familiarity with business intelligence and analytical tools.
SQL knowledge is helpful but not required.
Fluency with modern AI tools and agents, with demonstrated ability to use technology to increase individual and team productivity.
Annual salary: $260,000–$300,000. Starting compensation within this range depends on skills, experience, and other relevant qualifications.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Flexible paid time off.
13 paid company holidays annually.
Stock options.
401(k) plan with employer matching.
Wellbeing subsidy.
One Medical membership.
Virtual on-demand healthcare through Teladoc and Talkspace.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA).
Supplemental short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Supplemental life insurance.
Paid parental leave.