Vice President of Finance, Fiddler AI
$230-270k
Enterprise AI observability
Open for applications
Enterprise AI observability
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$230-270k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build trust into Artificial Intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in finance, ideally in high-growth technology companies, with strong FP&A and strategic finance expertise
- Player-coach with a builder mindset with experience creating scalable finance frameworks, systems, and processes from the ground up
- Highly collaborative, able to partner effectively with executives across functions and bring teams along on financial strategy and decisions
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity, with a strong sense of risk awareness and the ability to make decisions under uncertainty
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire high-performing finance teams, fostering accountability, ownership, and a growth-oriented culture
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills, able to translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders
- Analytical and metrics-driven, with expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting that informs strategic decision-making
- Experience implementing and optimizing financial systems to improve efficiency, reporting, and operational control
- Track record of supporting investor relations and fundraising, ideally in AI, data, or analytics-focused companies
- Ability to work 2–3 days per week onsite in our Palo Alto office, collaborating closely with the executive team and finance function
- Bonus Qualifications: CPA, CFA, CMA, or MBA
What the job involves
- As VP of Finance and a founding finance leader at Fiddler AI, you will build and scale the finance function from the ground up, driving strategic financial decisions, ensuring forecast accuracy and compliance, and enabling sustainable growth
- You’ll partner across the company to create frameworks, processes, and insights that support capital raises, operational excellence, and profitable scaling—shaping the future of Fiddler AI while leading and mentoring the finance team
- We’re a team of smart, driven, and mission-aligned individuals passionate about building trustworthy, transparent, and understandable AI solutions. Our team is spread across the continental U.S. and India, with our headquarters in Palo Alto
- The leadership group is a humble but high-caliber mix, bringing experience from both large corporations and scrappy start-ups. Most of the executive team is based in the Bay Area, giving this role plenty of face-to-face time, support, and collaboration opportunities
- Beyond work, we’re a diverse bunch: from Ironman finishers to avid travelers (one is nearly done visiting every U.S. state), to parents navigating everything from drop-offs at preschool to college move-in day. We’re united not just by our professional expertise, but by being genuinely good people who enjoy working together
- Drive Strategic Financial Decisions own the financial strategy and operations that enable rapid, sustainable growth. Partner with the executive team and Board to drive strategic decisions that optimize growth, profitability, and capital allocation helping to ensure MRR/ARR grows quarter-over-quarter, churn stays low, and net revenue retention increases
- Lead FP&A, Forecasting, and Budgeting delivering rolling forecasts with low variance versus actuals, aligning budgets across departments, and ensuring capital is allocated efficiently to support strategic initiatives
- Ensure Accounting Excellence and Compliance, maintaining timely reporting and audit readiness, to support high confidence decision making, maintaining a month-end close on time, achieving zero major audit findings, and ensuring full regulatory compliance, while providing timely and accurate management reporting and Board decks
- Optimize Operations and Systems to scale efficiently, extending cash runway, maintaining a burn multiple at or below 1.5x, and implementing scalable processes and controls across the finance organization
- Lead Fundraising and Investor Relations crafting credible financial narratives and managing diligence processes for growth equity, private equity, or prospective public investors, enabling successful capital raises and smooth M&A integrations
- Build & Mentor the Finance Team, fostering a culture of ownership, transparency, and accountability and creating a finance function capable of supporting Fiddler AI’s next stage of growth
Our take
AI and machine learning are increasingly shaping the way organizations make decisions. However, one major challenge is that AI technology often operates as a "black box". Unlike traditional software, where developers can review code to understand its logic, AI systems can be opaque, making it difficult for companies to fully grasp how data is interpreted and outcomes are reached.
Fiddler AI aims to address this gap with an explainable AI platform that offers transparency into how models make predictions. By providing clear insights into decision-making processes and enabling adjustments when bias is detected, Fiddler enhances trust and accountability in AI systems.
This focus on building trust in AI comes at a crucial time, as the market is expected to grow over 30% annually, reaching nearly $300B by 2026. Fiddler AI has already partnered with major banking institutions and online brands like Etsy. And with recent funding, Fiddler is well-positioned to compete with rivals like Reflektion and Conviva.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2024
$18.6m
SERIES B
Jun 2021
$32m
SERIES B
Total funding: $66.8m
Company benefits
- Equity
- 401K benefits
- 12 holidays and 3 company recharge days
- Flexible spending account
- Bi-monthly team building events
- Commuter benefits for Palo Alto
- Monthly gym reimbursement
- Annual home office stipend
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 15 PTO days and 10 sick days
- Paid parental leave for 18 weeks
- Hybrid collaboration
- In-office lunch, snacks, coffee
- Monthly massages for Palo Alto
- Annual learning stipend
Company HQ
Ventura, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Krishna Gade
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former member of Specialized Types and Engineering Manager at Facebook. They also worked as the Head of Engineering at Pinterest.
Amit Paka
(Co-Founder & COO)Former Senior Director of Product Management at Samsung Mobile. Founder and former CEO at Parable. Former Head of Product at Paypal.
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