VP Finance
Canals
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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About the role
- Own the company’s financial model end-to-end.
- Build, maintain, and evolve a clear forward-looking model that enables scenario planning, hiring projections, profitability analysis, and capital allocation decisions.
- Oversee accounting, taxes, and books and records.
- Partner with external firms where appropriate, but maintain accountability for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
- Lead FP&A and strategic planning.
- Translate financial data into insight. Identify trends, risks, and opportunities. Bring clear recommendations — not just numbers.
- Partner closely with go-to-market leadership.
- Support sales compensation planning, revenue forecasting, invoicing processes, collections, and customer-facing financial workflows.
- Own financial reporting and board preparation.
- Prepare quarterly financials and present results clearly and confidently to leadership and the board.
- Improve operational finance systems and processes.
- Ensure we’re using the right tools and workflows for a fast-growing SaaS company. Leverage automation and AI where appropriate to operate lean without sacrificing rigor.
- Manage working capital and cash discipline.
- Monitor burn, profitability, collections, and vendor payments with precision.
- Bring sound judgment in scrappy environments.
- Know when something materially matters — and when it doesn’t.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in early-stage startup environments (pre-Series B or into Series B strongly preferred).
- Must have worked closely with a founder CEO.
- Strong financial modeling skills. You should be able to build and defend a sophisticated operating model without relying on others.
- Experience overseeing accounting, taxes, and books — even if execution is outsourced.
- Comfort operating as a lean finance function (e.g., VP + one additional team member or external support).
- Experience partnering with revenue organizations (sales comp, forecasting, invoicing, collections).
- Ability to present financial results clearly to executive leadership and board-level audiences.
- High ownership mindset. You don’t wait to be told what to fix.
- Comfort with ambiguity, scrappiness, and imperfect information.
- Strong judgment — you know which risks require rigor and which don’t.
- Experience in SaaS is preferred. Familiarity with SaaS metrics (e.g., retention, gross margin, Rule of 40) is a plus but not mandatory if you’re sharp and adaptable.
- Experience with M&A is a nice-to-have, not required.
- Comfort exploring how AI and automation can improve finance and accounting efficiency.
Benefits
- We're profitable: stability without the chaos of venture pivots.
- Real-world impact: your work improves global supply chains, saving customers time and reducing waste.
- Strong engineering culture: we invest in quality and documentation to keep moving fast sustainably.
- Culture of ownership: moving fast while putting quality first
- Remote-first, flexible work environment across North and South America.
- Stellar product-market fit with tons of customer love
- All star team with diverse backgrounds to collaborate with and learn from
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingaccountingtaxesfinancial reportingscenario planningprofitability analysiscapital allocationrevenue forecastinginvoicing processescash management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationownership mindsetjudgmentadaptabilitycomfort with ambiguityscrappinessinsight generationcollaborationpresentation skills