Finance and Business Operation Lead

Doing business today requires trusting a rapidly expanding set of identities to access, use, and share privileged data in the cloud. This distributed web of data, relationships, and access points is difficult to track, let alone secure. To limit the risk of breach and blast radius, large organizations need to manage who has access to what, what they can do with that access, and when they can take action. That’s where Opal Security comes in — our identity security platform enables scalable and efficient implementation of least-privilege access. Customers like Figma, ScaleAI, and Databricks say it is the best tool to administer a least privileged access model across all of their data - SaaS, Cloud and on-prem.

As our Finance and Business Operations leader, you’ll act as a player coach, managing a small team of 1 FTE and multiple external consultants and vendors, to manage and oversee our book-keeping, accounting, financial planning and analysis, and strategic finance. You’ll work closely with our go-to-market team, especially our Sales and Marketing leaders, to oversee and evolve our operating model and sales targets, GTM dashboards, and investor reporting. This role will require deep ongoing collaboration with our CEO and broader Leadership team. This is a great opportunity for a high-ownership finance practitioner who is excited to have a broad ownership area, set priorities within that ownership, and drive execution within their team and cross-functional partners. 

In this role, you’ll be joining an experienced team with direct experience building through massive growth at companies like Abnormal, Meta, CashApp, and Amplitude. On the back of this experience and our success to date, we’ve raised over $32M from leading investors including Greylock and Battery Ventures. Join us as we build the next-generation identity security platform!

Your responsibilities

Finance

• Lead Finance and deliver high impact initiatives to accelerate the growth of Opal.

• Oversee FP&A. 

• Build and track spend against departmental budgets.

• Own accounting, AP/AR, and financial reporting.

• Review vendors and build processes for finance.

Business Operations

• Own and manage Opal’s business analytics, ensure that KPIs are accurately tracked, and help Opal approach all strategic decisions with data. 

• Own investor reporting workstreams, ensuring proper data distribution and timely reporting.

• Establish variable compensation plans and manage pay-out.

• Support functional leaders on special projects to ensure good business decisions and smooth-running operations.

• Provide structure, analytical support, and accountability on strategic objectives across the company.

• Manage our core business systems. 

Leadership

• Manage the development and growth of 1 full-time Finance & Operations team member.

• Manage and oversee our broader suite of external consultants and vendors.

Our ideal candidate

• Start-up experience: you know what good looks like in young and rapidly scaling organizations. Beyond that, you embrace the ambiguity and pace of change that comes with being at a Series B venture-backed company. 

• 4-10 years experience in Finance, Business Operations, or a mix thereof, with at least 1 year of experience managing people (full time employees, contractors, or consultants). Some experience in consulting is a plus, but not required. 

• You love your discipline: finance, accounting, operations, data, and “making things work”.

• Leadership skills: Thinking strategically, communicating persuasively, acting ethically, and the will to win.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Salary

• Daily lunch & coffee allowance 

• Unlimited PTO + 11 company holidays

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance

• One Medical Membership

• 401k plan (no matching at this time)

• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits

This is a hybrid role based in New York City