VP of Finance

Overview

The organization is seeking a Vice President of Finance to serve as a key leader within the finance organization and a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team. This highly visible role combines strategic financial leadership with hands-on execution and the ability to build scalable finance processes as the organization grows.

The VP of Finance will own financial planning and performance management, shape financial strategy, lead critical strategic initiatives, and play an important role in investor relations—ensuring the organization has the financial visibility, discipline, systems, and processes required to support continued growth.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Strategy

• Own annual and quarterly budgeting, long-range planning, cash flow forecasting, and monthly performance reporting.
• Develop and execute financial strategies supporting company objectives, including cash management, liquidity, capital allocation, and investment decisions.
• Drive financial discipline, visibility, and fact-based decision-making across the organization.
• Partner with executive leadership to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, commercial opportunities, and other major business decisions.
• Build sophisticated financial models, forecasts, scenarios, and analyses to support company strategy.
• Identify key financial and operational risks and opportunities and proactively develop recommendations for leadership.

Financial Performance & Business Partnership

• Establish clear reporting around financial performance, operating metrics, and organizational KPIs.
• Lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews, analyzing actual results against plan and identifying key drivers and variances.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Partner with business leaders to establish financial targets, evaluate performance, and improve accountability.
• Drive stakeholder dialogue to establish and continuously evolve company-wide KPIs.

Investor Relations & Capital Strategy

• Serve as a key partner to the CFO on investor relations, with the ability to take increasing ownership of the function.
• Develop financial analyses, reporting, presentations, and other materials supporting investor communications.
• Anticipate investor questions related to financial performance, forecasts, business drivers, and company strategy.
• Support financing and capital planning activities as the organization grows.
• Manage and develop relationships with external financial partners, including lenders.

Finance Systems & Scalability

• Lead the continued development of scalable finance systems, processes, reporting, and operating rhythms.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives to improve speed, accuracy, visibility, and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI in financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and internal workflows.
• Partner closely with Accounting and other finance functions to ensure connectivity between financial reporting, planning, forecasting, and business decision-making.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the Finance team while planning for continued growth.
• Build scalable organizational structures, processes, and operating practices.
• Hire, develop, coach, and retain high-performing finance talent.
• Establish clear expectations and accountability while fostering continuous learning and improvement.
• Foster a high-performance culture characterized by ownership, accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance experience, including 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success leading finance in a high-growth technology or similarly complex organization.
• Deep expertise in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow management, and financial modeling.
• Strong business and financial acumen; ability to connect financial performance to operational drivers.
• Exceptional ability to translate complex financial information into executive-level insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience building and developing high-performing finance teams.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, incomplete information, and significant organizational growth.
• Strong judgment and attention to detail; commitment to accurate, high-quality work.
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on leadership style with willingness to move between strategic initiatives and detailed execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Finance leadership experience within a high-growth startup or technology company.
• Experience supporting hardware or manufacturing businesses.
• Experience with inventory management, cost accounting, or supply-chain-related finance.
• Experience supporting SaaS or software business models.
• Experience leading or supporting investor relations and capital-raising activities.
• Experience implementing or scaling FP&A and financial reporting systems.
• Experience introducing automation or AI into finance workflows.

Compensation & Benefits

• 100% Employer paid Health Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
• Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
• Ability to participate in the 401k program (Matching)
• Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
• Equity Package
• Work / Home Office Stipend
• Global Entry
• 16 Week Paid Parental Leave
• Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend

Location

Providence, Rhode Island