Chief Financial Officer

The Mission

What You’ll Be Accountable For

Executive Partnership & Strategic Finance 

• Serve as a thought partner to the CEO on growth strategy, capital allocation, pricing, and long-term planning.
• Translate business strategy into financial plans, tradeoffs, and execution priorities.
• Support board-level reporting, investor communications, and diligence.

Accounting, Controls, & Financial Rigor (Foundation in-place) 

• Oversee a strong, established accounting team responsible for close, controls, and compliance.
• Ensure audit readiness and progressively elevate reporting rigor toward IPO-level standards.
• Own accounting policy decisions, revenue recognition, and internal controls as scale increases.
• Maintain financial integrity without introducing unnecessary friction or bureaucracy.

Cash, Liquidity, & Risk Management 

• Own cash forecasting, liquidity planning, and working capital strategy.
• Actively manage financial risk across growth initiatives, marketplace dynamics, and M&A.
• Ensure disciplined capital deployment aligned with return thresholds and growth priorities.
• Establish clear governance around spend, investment decisions, and downside scenarios.

FP&A, Metrics, & Operating Insight

• Build best-in-class FP&A, forecasting, and scenario planning capabilities.
• Establish SaaS and marketplace metrics that executives rely on to run the business.
• Provide decision-oriented insights—not just reports—across Product, Operations, and GTM.
• Deeply understand unit economics and continuously drive improvement in growth efficiency.

GTM Partnership & Revenue Strategy

• Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, RevOps, and Product on:
  • Pricing and packaging decisions
  • GTM investment tradeoffs
  • Sales efficiency and funnel economics
• Help scale revenue predictability while improving CAC, payback, and margin performance.
• Serve as a strategic counterbalance—accelerating smart growth while protecting economics.

Fundraising, PE Readiness, & M&A

• Lead fundraising efforts and investor relationships as the company scales.
• Prepare the business for PE-level diligence, including data rooms, reporting cadence, and narrative.
• Evaluate, structure, and execute M&A opportunities—from diligence through integration.
• Ensure post-acquisition integration supports both financial rigor and growth momentum.

Unit Economics & Value Creation

• Deeply understand and continuously improve unit economics across SaaS and marketplace motions.
• Partner with Product, Sales, and Operations to optimize margins, pricing, and growth efficiency.
• Establish KPI frameworks that connect financial outcomes to execution at every level.

What Success Looks Like

• Predictable forecasting and strong financial credibility with the board and investors
• Finance viewed as a strategic enabler and a partner to the rest of the leadership team - not a score or gate keeper
• You have clear visibility into unit economics and growth tradeoffs
• A scalable finance organization that stays ahead of growth
• Successful execution of fundraising and/or M&A initiatives

Who This Role Is For

• Served as CFO or VP, Finance or Controller with a minimum of 3 years in the role
• Experience with Series A → C or $30M → $100M+ ARR scale
• Deep experience in B2B SaaS; marketplace experience is a strong plus
• Led fundraising processes and worked closely with boards and investors
• Hands-on experience evaluating and executing M&A transactions
• Strong business acumen and the ability to influence peers with data and judgment
• A builder mindset: comfortable rolling up your sleeves while setting long-term direction

• Experience in multi-product or multi-sided marketplace businesses
• Prior PE-backed or pre-IPO experience
• Experience scaling finance in companies with 300+ employees

Why This Role Is Compelling

• Direct partnership with a founder-CEO at a true scale inflection point
• Real ownership of financial strategy, capital decisions, and M&A
• A complex, high-impact business model spanning SaaS + Marketplace
• The opportunity to help shape a category-defining company