The VP,  Finance serves as a #supercharged member of the leadership team, overseeing all aspects of the financial model, P&L, and balance sheet as well as serving as key player in investor relations, board meetings, and financings. As a Finance leader at Workera, you will be both quantitative and qualitative. The ideal candidate will also be a committed people leader that will be tasked with building a best in class Finance Team.

🧠  Here’s what you’ll do:

• Serve as strategic partner to CEO: not just managing the numbers of the business equation, but also finding new impactful levers that are not currently being utilized for maximum return
• Manage the P&L, balance sheet, and (most importantly in early stages) cashflows. Serve as controller-in-chief, and help us to institute a strong financial know-how into our product, systems, and processes.
• Demonstrate a strong bias for action by build out infrastructure, systems, and KPIs for accounting and overall operations with the goal of creating automation around existing manual processes.
• Serve as a member of the senior leadership team reporting directly to the CEO and as a direct interface with Workera’s board of directors.
• Maximize the existing business momentum via strong modeling and financial strategy that will allow high growth while maximizing profitability and healthy cash management.
• Own the P&L on a monthly and annual basis, with a strong emphasis on planning and analysis that enables cross-functional teams to maximize their work.
• Live and breathe cash management and optimize our working capital requirements.
• Lead all aspects of accounting.
• Serve as a “most valued partner” to cross-functional leadership including Founder & CEO. Establish best-in-class annual planning and financial strategy to ensure alignment across all functions.
• Support the broader business goals. Leverage data and analytics to inform Sales, Operations, and Marketing strategies that enable continued high growth and increasing profitability.
• Lead business planning and budget development.
• Lead, develop and recruit high-caliber talent.
• Rally teams around the company’s vision and direction by increasing the entire team’s awareness and comprehension of the financial strategy, plan, and P&L.
• Explore and drive various investment strategies, banking relationships, and evaluation of term sheets (equity and debt)

⚒️ We hope that you have:  

• 8+ years of experience as a finance leader, with at least three years of owning and driving all financial strategies in a B2B SaaS scale up
• 4 years experience in early-stage private fundraising in venture capital.
• Fluent in financial modeling and operating metrics, able to take the latest of both and prepare them for presentations and data room exhibits.
• Experience with writing (or assessing) enterprise contracts.
• Proven expertise in leading FP&A.
• Proven leadership skills with strong cross-departmental management skills.
• Experience managing the financial needs arising from consecutive years of significant growth.
• Experience managing cash and working capital credit facilities.
• An ability to strongly partner with Operations, and Go to Market leadership to drive and provide insights and guidance on departmental strategy.
• A demonstrated understanding of how to increase profitability over time through a cross-functional strategy.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced remote environment.

At Workera, we value diversity and strive to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re passionate about AI and upskilling, and want to be part of a dynamic and innovative team, we’d love to hear from you!

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