VP of Finance

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https://www.mpathic.ai/

Empathy is for everyone. mpathic believes empathy is the key to innovation. We help people and organizations develop skills for greater understanding, compassion, and insight via AI-powered analytics, correction, and training of empathy. Learn more by visiting our Careers page.

Job Description:

mpathic is looking for a part-time to full-time VP of Finance to join our team. The bandwidth of this role will increase as the company grows in needs. This role will report to the CEO Grin Lord on financial summaries, budgeting, revenue reporting, and financial dashboards.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team. The VP of Finance will serve as a financial advisor to the CEO and executive team for strategic planning purposes. The VP of Finance will also report on metrics to optimize our growth by understanding where efficiencies exist to maximize scalability throughout the year.

VP of Finance responsibilities include overseeing budgets, forecasting and, gathering and analyzing financial data, and preparing financial dashboards. Ultimately, you are responsible for processing the financial activities of an organization to maximize a company’s profits and plan for its growth. The role includes analyzing data and advising top executives on ways to use that information to make strategic decisions about the organization’s future. With a hands-on approach to all aspects of an organization’s finances, a VP of Finance must ensure a company complies with tax laws and regulations. We expect that this role will grow to a CFO position within two years as the company expands beyond Series A.

What you'll be doing:

• Drive strategy for the company through a financial lens, working cross-functionally within our team to monitor the financial health of the business as well as identify, scope, and lead growth opportunities and initiatives.
• Crunch numbers as our company shifts dynamically with new contracts and opportunity, timely scenario modeling will be a key function; as well as financial impact of business decisions
• Improve and maintain the company’s financial model and business and financial metrics dashboard including participaition in roll-ups to senior leadership and the Board
• Own the FP&A process, including budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation and monthly variance analysis in partnership with functional leaders
• Serve as the go-to finance thought partner for business leaders
• Create, implement and oversee annual and quarterly goals
• Lead the preparation for quarterly board materials and monthly updates
• Improve and implement financial systems, processes and controls across the organization
• Grow and manage the finance team and any other team members on all accounting, compliance and regulatory tasks
• Liase with current investors and introduce to potential future investors; be available for pitching
• Lead data room preparation and investment memos

What We’re Looking for:

• Several years of finance experience in a startup environment
• Experience working in FP&A and/or a strategic senior finance role with a track record of successfully reporting and presenting to board-level stakeholders
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and presentation skills, as well as experience preparing and presenting information to key decision-makers
• Understanding of GAAP accounting and experience managing internal accounting teams
• Collaborative working style with demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail and the ability to work proficiently, executing multiple tasks timely under significant time constraints
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets
• Experience with Quickbooks online, Carta, and other relevant startup FinOps platforms
• Comfort working remotely and using remote communications and project management tools like Google Drive, Slack, and Trello for collaboration

Preferred:

• 5-7 years experience in a startup environment
• Familiarity with SaaS and modeling subscription and utilization-based services
• Familiarity with modeling top-down, sales-led B2B businesses
• Experience in venture, investment banking, private equity or consulting
• Past experience in finance and business operations for Series Seed to Series C

How You’ll Work:

We are a remote-first company. Whether you work from Baltimore, Salt Lake City, or Seattle, you’re 100% part of the team. We have team and strategic meetings that are scheduled in the PST time zone where attendance is a requirement for this role. We will provide you with a computer, equipment, and access to software subscriptions. At mpathic, we have full team and department specific in-person retreats to build trust and sometimes hackathons to accomplish a specific goal in a short period. You can bet we'll be flying to hang out at some point during the year. If you want access to a co-working space - no problem; if you want to work at home - also no problem.

We have a strong preference for this role to be based near Seattle, Washington for close collaboration with the CEO.

Communication & collaboration is key to our success. Because we are a remote-first team, communication is key to our team’s success. We are a small, highly productive team so it is imperative that everyone communicate their needs, blockers, and progress on tasks.

Empathy includes understanding the whole person. When deciding what benefits should look like at mpathic, we started by thinking about what employees need not only to work well, but to live well. Benefits impact how we act, rest, grieve, set boundaries, and take care of ourselves and others — and that means quality benefits are a fundamental part of our empathy company and, in the big picture, an empathic society. We have a Head of People and Culture dedicated to making your time at empathic safe, values-aligned, and designed to foster growth (We are an empathy company, after all!). Read more about our Mission, Vision, and Values here.

You'll have 100% funded employee healthcare benefits, including mental health, company-wide weeks off, Flexible-Managed PTO, training and education funding, parental leave, and more. See our full benefits policy Benefits at mpathic; and our Equal Pay Commitment.

Salary: $100-$150K FTE, DOE

Salary is dependent on experience. This role will grow based on company needs as we anticipate part time flexible hours to start and then into a full time position

We’re excited to meet you!

To apply:

At this time, we require that all applicants are eligible to accept employment in the United States

Email:

• Include this role's title in your subject line.
• Send along a resume or links that best showcase what you've built or done
• Two references

We are looking for you. If you don't think you meet the qualifications for the jobs posted, but think you're a fit or want to get involved, send us a note or reach out to any team member on LinkedIn to say, 'hi.' We keep resumes on file and we're growing fast!