Vice President – Finance

The role

Chooose is seeking a VP of Finance in the US to lead the finance function across the company as we scale. This role owns financial operations, FP&A, treasury, tax, and strategic finance and holds operational responsibility for our US subsidiary. You'll work closely with the CEO and senior leadership team on strategic finance, capital markets, and investor relations. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to run a lean, international finance function and use AI to keep it lean as the company grows.

This is a remote role that must be based in Illinois, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, or Florida.

What you bring

• 10+ years of experience in corporate finance, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or management role; software startup or scale-up experience strongly preferred; trading, energy or commodity, capital markets, treasury, or investment banking experience a plus
• M&A experience required
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP/IFRS accounting principles; comfort navigating dual reporting frameworks (NGAAP/IFRS) a plus
• Experience managing US corporate operations, entity governance, or equivalent corporate/legal exposure
• Proven experience managing a team including remote and international team members
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience leveraging AI and automation to run lean finance operations
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration or similar; Master's degree or professional certification (CPA, CFA) preferred
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and comfortable operating with significant autonomy in a fast-moving, global environment

What you'll do

• Oversee financial operations, close, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidated reporting across international entities; own annual external audit process and external accountant and auditor relationships
• Build board and investor reporting materials for global institutional investors
• Support capital markets, fundraising processes, M&A evaluation, and diligence
• Manage global cash and working capital, banking relationships, and FX exposure and hedging
• Partner with CEO on investor relations, including reporting cadence and ad hoc investor requests
• Hold operational responsibility for the US subsidiary, including entity governance, contract administration, state filings, and coordination with outside counsel and accountants on tax strategy
• Implement and maintain internal financial controls and systems (accounting, ERP, FP&A tooling); scale the function through automation and AI
• Work closely with the CEO and senior leadership team as a strategic finance partner
• Partner with Business Development, Customer Operations, lower-carbon products (sales/trading), Legal, Engineering, and Product on cross-functional initiatives

The interview process

At Chooose, we prioritize transparency throughout our interview process.

• Phase 1 — Introductory conversations: discuss your experience and learn more about Chooose and the role in one or more remote sessions.
• Phase 2 — Practical exercise: you’ll receive a written brief in advance and present your work in a follow-up remote session.
• Phase 3 — Management conversations: one-on-ones with each member of our leadership team in-person.

The process takes 3–4 weeks. We’re committed to keeping to this timeline while ensuring we have enough time to get to know each other properly.