Crux

VP, Strategic Finance

Crux

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $300,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own the company’s integrated financial model, annual operating plan, and multi-year forecast
  • Lead company-wide budgeting and planning cycles, aligning functional plans with strategic priorities
  • Improve forecasting accuracy, planning rigor, and decision-useful reporting across the business
  • Establish a disciplined capital allocation framework tied to long-term value creation
  • Partner with the CFO and executive team to evaluate trade-offs across hiring, compensation, vendor spend, product investment, and strategic initiatives
  • Develop financial frameworks to assess returns, risks, and resource prioritization across the company
  • Support the CFO and executive team on strategic finance initiatives, including capital planning, financing analysis, and select corporate priorities
  • Partner cross-functionally to improve financial processes, operating discipline, and scalability as the business grows
  • Build scalable dashboards, reporting systems, and analytical tools that improve visibility into business performance
  • Support business leaders with analysis that sharpens decision-making and reinforces accountability
  • Identify and assess financial, operational, regulatory, liquidity, and counterparty risks
  • Develop risk mitigation frameworks and present recommendations to the executive team
  • Oversee corporate treasury operations, including cash management, liquidity planning, and banking relationships
  • Monitor compliance with financing covenants and reporting obligations, as applicable.

Requirements

  • 8–12+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investing, private credit, or related finance roles
  • Strong financial modeling skills and a track record of influencing important business and capital allocation decisions
  • Excellent judgment in planning, resource allocation, and risk assessment
  • Ability to distill complex analysis into clear recommendations for executive leadership and Board-level audiences
  • Demonstrated experience building scalable financial planning, reporting, and operating processes
  • Comfort operating in dynamic, high-growth environments with evolving priorities
  • Strong interest in leveraging technology and AI day to day.
Benefits
  • We cover 100% of premiums for employees with a variety of plans on Aetna (nationwide) and Kaiser (WA and California) and subsidize 70% for dependents (total as a group), if relevant.
  • We cover 100% of premiums for employees and 50% for dependents (each), if relevant.
  • 10 company holidays per year.
  • 20 days per year.
  • We support a 401k account but don't have a matching program set up at this time (typical for an early-stage startup).
  • 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingbudgetingforecastingcapital allocationrisk assessmentfinancial planningreportingcash managementliquidity planningcorporate treasury operations
Soft Skills
judgmentdecision-makinginfluencingresource allocationanalytical skillscommunicationcollaborationaccountabilityadaptabilitystrategic thinking