Finance Operator, Business Partner

Overview

A growing venture-building organization is seeking a Finance Operator, Business Partner to serve as a financial thought partner for portfolio CEOs, Heads of Growth, and executive leadership. This role involves advising on critical financial decisions, owning the financial narrative, and operating across multiple high-growth companies within the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Advise company leaders on unit economics, cash flow, runway, and growth investment decisions.
• Challenge assumptions and provide thoughtful financial insights beyond basic reporting.
• Own and communicate financial performance against plans at a detailed driver level.
• Deliver actionable forward-looking financial commentary grounded in actual business performance.
• Collaborate with finance data teams to validate analytical outputs and ensure financial accuracy.
• Manage a broad range of financial matters including valuations, tax considerations, SPV distributions, inter-company billing, and funding proposals.
• Maintain strong financial acumen to identify and address discrepancies or issues independently.
• Hold and manage financial context across multiple companies simultaneously.
• Continuously improve finance systems and processes rather than only performing routine tasks.

Requirements

• 6-10 years of experience in FP&A, startup finance, or multi-company financial roles.
• Direct experience advising founders or operators.
• Proficiency in driver-based financial modeling.
• Ability to manage financial context across multiple companies without confusion.
• Experience working in portfolio, private equity-backed roll-up, or multi-entity environments.
• Proven track record of building financial reporting infrastructure from the ground up.
• Solid accounting literacy sufficient to quality assure financial closes.
• Familiarity with modern FP&A platforms.
• Willingness to work full-time with significant overlap during US Eastern Time business hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and fixing issues.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving finance function that is still being built and systematized.
• Comfortable handling ambiguous or edge-case financial scenarios.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $150,000 to $170,000 annually.
• Compensation packages are tailored and may include base salary, equity in portfolio companies, and performance bonuses.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision coverage.
• Unlimited time off policy with a two-week minimum.

Location

• Fully remote position.
• Candidates must be based in the United States and able to work primarily during US Eastern Time hours.