Vice President of Finance, Freshpaint
+ Equity (10-year exercise window)
More information about location
Compliant customer data platform
Be an early applicant
Compliant customer data platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity (10-year exercise window)
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help companies deliver exceptional experiences to their customers.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a strategic executor – a Head of Finance who not only understands the financial landscape, but knows how to drive the business forward
- 8–12+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership roles in high-growth startups or scale-ups (ideally Series A–C)
- Proven ability to partner directly with CEOs, founders, and boards in fast-moving environments
- SaaS experience is a must, with a strong grasp of SaaS metrics, unit economics, subscription dynamics, and operational levers
- Experience managing fundraising, investor reporting, and/or M&A is a significant plus
- Squarely in the strategic executor zone. You articulate the how, not just the what
- Has a clear vision for how finance should operate at a high-growth startup, grounded in practicality rather than theory
- Able to design lean, effective systems that drive operational and financial execution
- Strong command of financial modeling, forecasting, scenario planning, and metrics-driven decision making
- Ability to simplify complex financial concepts for non-financial stakeholders
- High ownership, high judgment, and a bias toward clarity, speed, and action
- Proactive problem-solver who identifies gaps, proposes solutions, and executes without hand-holding
- Clear sense of what “good” finance looks like at startup scale
- A self-starter who can turn ambiguity into structured systems and repeatable processes
- Practical, resourceful, and fast-moving. Someone who gets things done
- Experience managing managers or leading small, high-impact teams
- Comfortable overseeing a lean finance org (FP&A essential; accounting/controller experience a strong bonus)
- Not an empire builder. Motivated to run a small, efficient, high-leverage team
- A practical strategist with strong execution instincts. Someone who sees around corners and then builds the plan to address what’s coming
- A doer who rolls up their sleeves, bringing structure, rigor, and accountability to the organization
- A leader who provides direction, not just analysis, and drives alignment across teams
- Someone who creates order, clarity, and repeatability in how we operate
- Comfortable making decisions with imperfect information and moving quickly
- Energized by building, improving, and scaling without adding unnecessary complexity
What the job involves
- This is not a “tell us what you need and we’ll make it happen” role
- We need someone who defines the path, sets the financial strategy, and executes decisively
- You will be the company’s financial architect: designing systems, processes, models, and operational rhythms that enable us to scale with clarity and confidence
- You will partner closely with leadership to make informed decisions, but more importantly, you will lead with conviction and tell us how to do things, not the other way around
- You'll own all financial strategy, planning, forecasting, and analysis with a strong bias toward clear, decisive execution
- Design and operationalize the company’s financial infrastructure—processes, systems, reporting cadences, and the overall financial operating model (how we budget, plan, track, measure, and adapt)
- Develop and maintain scalable financial models that support strategic decisions, scenario planning, and long-term planning
- Create operational discipline around budgeting, runway management, spend, and cash flow optimization
- Provide leadership with data-driven guidance on investments, trade-offs, pacing of growth, and when/where to pull back
- Evaluate key cross-functional initiatives (Product, GTM, Operations) and provide strategic, actionable financial recommendations
- Ensure compliance, strong financial controls, and accurate reporting across accounting, FP&A, tax, audit, and treasury
- Partner closely with the CEO and executive team to align financial strategy with company priorities and drive execution
- Translate financial insights into clear, actionable recommendations for the leadership team and board
- Support fundraising, investor reporting, and potential M&A processes
- Build and scale a small but high-impact finance team over time (FP&A essential; accounting/controller experience a plus)
Our take
Accurate and compliant customer data has never been more important. However, acquiring and activating this data can prove very difficult and expensive for organizations without a dedicated engineering team - and especially in industries that handle a lot of sensitive data.
Freshpaint helps to change this with its platform that allows users to connect and standardize customer data, create behavioral datasets, and activate their data – all without a single line of code. HIPAA compliant, the platform serves organisations across the healthcare industry to help them learn how to better serve patients, while keeping their information safe.
The company boasts many positive case studies from organizations across the healthcare landscape. With strong funding at its back, Freshpaint is working to further expand its offerings to ensure these clients can safeguard sensitive data while still getting the most out of it.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2024
$30m
SERIES B
Nov 2022
$9.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $39.7m
Company benefits
- Remote within US timezones (we are not async remote)
- Stock options package with a 10 year exercise window
- Unlimited PTO with a minimum of 2 weeks required
- Half-day Fridays
- 401k
- Health, dental, and vision Insurance - 100% covered for you, and up to 80% covered for dependents
- Mental health benefits - therapy sessions, regular check-ins, and more
- 2 Treat Yourself Days - $100 and a day off just to treat yourself, 2x per year
- Free Spotify
- Health + Wellness Benefit - $50/month to the gym, or whatever your thing is!
- Conferences - we'll pay for you to go and learn stuff
- Generous parental leave - regardless of your gender, take 12 weeks with your kid
- Life insurance
- Tech budget - Brand new MacBook and whatever else you need
- Monthly co-working credits
- 2-4 offsites Per Year
Company HQ
Mission Dolores, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Michael Malis
(Founder)Before Freshpaint, they worked for digital insights platform Heap as a Software Engineer, leading the database team.
Share this job
View 9 more jobs at Freshpaint