VP, Strategic Finance & Business Operations

The VP, Strategic Finance & Business Operations will build and lead the financial planning, performance management, and business operations capabilities needed to support the next stage of organizational growth. Reporting to the CFO, this executive will operate at the intersection of finance, strategy, data, and execution, helping guide the business toward its ambition of exceeding $1 billion in revenue. The role will shape how the organization forecasts performance, allocates capital, evaluates investments, and translates strategic priorities into measurable outcomes. You will partner closely with executive leadership and lead a high-caliber team while remaining directly involved in complex analysis and operational problem-solving. Success requires combining sophisticated financial judgment with a practical, hands-on approach to building scalable systems. The ideal candidate knows how to create organizational leverage, improve decision-making, and drive sustainable growth without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.

• 10+ years of exceptional experience across strategic finance, finance and strategy, FP&A, business operations, investment banking, private equity, consulting, or similarly rigorous analytical and operational environments.

• A demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and being trusted with increasingly complex, high-impact business challenges.

• Ideally, a combination of strong early-career analytical training and meaningful operating experience in a high-growth technology, commerce, payments, marketplace, or platform business.

• Experience supporting organizations through significant growth, ideally in businesses reaching hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, while remaining comfortable working hands-on in a lean environment.

• Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills, including the ability to build and interrogate complex models and translate findings into clear business recommendations.

• Deep understanding of forecasting, scenario planning, unit economics, pricing, capital allocation, investment returns, and business-case development.

• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to use financial insights to improve business decisions, rather than simply report historical performance.

• Proven experience building KPI frameworks, operating cadences, and performance management systems that drive measurable organizational improvement.

• Strong judgment in designing operational infrastructure appropriate to the company's current stage and future scale.

• A player-coach mindset, combining strategic leadership and team development with a willingness to work directly with financial models and data when needed.

• Excellent executive presence, written communication, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to challenge senior leaders, simplify complex issues, support recommendations with data, and communicate a clear point of view.

• High intellectual curiosity, low ego, and a proactive approach to investigating issues beyond their initial presentation.

• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills and strong familiarity with business intelligence and analytical tools.

• SQL knowledge is helpful but not required.

• Fluency with modern AI tools and agents, with demonstrated ability to use technology to increase individual and team productivity.