Vice President Finance

Overview

• Lead the finance and accounting function at a growing food production organization.
• Serve as a key strategic partner to the CEO and executive leadership team.
• Compensation: $250–280K+ base salary + annual bonus + equity.
• Remote within California.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO on capital structure, capital allocation, and long-term financial strategy.
• Own lender relationships and debt strategy, including refinancing and covenant management.
• Lead cash and working-capital planning, including a recurring 13-week cash flow forecast.
• Work with operations leaders to analyze production costs, facility and product-level economics, labor efficiency, and capital investments.
• Translate financial and operational data into decisions that improve margins and asset performance.
• Provide independent, rigorous financial judgment to executive decisions.
• Set multi-year direction for finance and accounting as the organization scales.
• Build and manage a lean finance team, determining what should be handled in-house, outsourced, or automated.
• Modernize financial systems and reporting, including ERP, FP&A, BI, Databricks or similar data platforms, and operational data.
• Replace manual reporting with automated, real-time tools that enable self-service analysis, monitor KPIs, and flag performance changes.
• Oversee month-end close, A/P, A/R, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Support due diligence, financing, and integration activities for M&A initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in an enterprise-wide financial leadership role.
• Experience in an asset-heavy business such as food production, manufacturing, industrial services, logistics, or distribution.
• Track record of building or scaling a finance function.
• Experience modernizing financial systems and implementing ERP, BI, cloud data, automation, or reporting platforms.
• Strong understanding of operational finance, cost structures, capital investment, working capital, and unit economics.
• Ability to turn complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations and measurable action.
• Strong analytical judgment and clear, direct communication.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with acquisition-led growth or M&A integration.

Compensation & Benefits

• $250–280K+ base salary + annual bonus + equity.

Location

• Remote within California.
• Must be based in California and willing to travel within the state.