Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, Chainguard

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+ Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).

Excel

Expert level

Remote from US

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Software supply chain security

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Software supply chain security

501-1000 employees

B2BSecuritySaaSCyber SecurityDevOps

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).

Excel

Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

501-1000 employees

B2BSecuritySaaSCyber SecurityDevOps

Company mission

To make the software supply chain secure by default.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
~10+ years of progressive FP&A/strategic finance experience, ideally in high-growth technology / SaaS / cybersecurity / security software companies
Demonstrated track record of leading FP&A at the director or senior-director level: building models, driving planning/forecasting, partnering with senior leadership
Strong business partnering and influencing skills — able to translate financial insight into business decisions, engage non-finance stakeholders
Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills; comfortable with complexity, ambiguity, and rapid change
Strong communication skills — able to present to the C-suite and board, distill complex financials into clear recommendations
Experience with driver-based planning, scenario modelling, and advanced Excel / financial planning tools. Familiarity with enterprise planning/CPM systems is a plus
Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup/scale-up environment, with growth orientation, and willingness to roll-up sleeves
Demonstrated ability to build and lead a team, set priorities, and deliver results

What the job involves

As the Senior Director of FP&A at Chainguard, you will lead the strategic finance function responsible for planning, forecasting, analysis, and business partnering
You will drive financial insights and decision-support that enable Chainguard’s growth in the open-source security space
You will partner with senior leadership to translate business strategy into financial plans, ensure robust processes, and guide high-visibility decisions
Lead the annual budget, quarterly re-forecasting, and long-range (3-5 year) strategic planning processes
Develop and maintain driver-based financial models, scenario planning, and what-if analyses to support business growth and capital allocation decisions
Provide timely, actionable financial and operational insight to business unit heads (GTM, Product, Engineering, Ops) and executive leadership: revenue trends, margin analysis, cost structure, cash flow, head-count planning
Own the monthly/quarterly business review process: present P&L, balance sheet, cash flow variance analysis, highlight risks & opportunities
Partner with Accounting/Controller on financial close, forecasting vs actuals, ensuring data integrity, assumptions validation, and reporting consistency
Drive process improvement, automation, and system enhancements within FP&A (e.g., financial planning tools, dashboards, analytics)
Serve as a strategic business partner: influence decision making, evaluate new business models, investments, partnerships, M&A, pricing, cost optimization
Build, lead and develop a high-performing FP&A team: recruit, mentor, set goals, build skills in financial modelling, business partnering, and presentation
Ensure FP&A aligns with company values and culture – enabling a fast-moving startup/scale-up environment while maintaining rigor and discipline

Our take

Developers rely on open source code and apps in their day to day work, but when the provenance of the code is unknown this creates potential weaknesses that cybercriminals can exploit. Chainguard exists to build security into the coding supply chain by making it possible for companies to enforce security policies based on auditable signatures baked into the code.

In the wake of huge cyber attacks, software supply chain security has been an area of major focus. However, most of this has surrounded the scanning and detection of threats. Chainguard's approach comes from the other end of the process, focusing on building security into the software itself.

Built by former engineers who are aware of developer workloads, Chainguard is designed to be easily installed and integrated into existing automation systems. The company has secured substantial funding, the latest of which will support more aggressive product and R&D spending as it looks to further boost sales.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

55% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2025

$280m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Apr 2025

$356m

SERIES D

Total funding: $892m

Company benefits

Equity/stock options
Unlimited PTO
Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
Home office and internet stipend
100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family

Company HQ

Everest, Kirkland, WA

Leadership

Dan Lorenc

(CEO & Co-Founder)

Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.

Kim Lewandowski

(CSO & Co-Founder)

Prior to co-founding Chainguard was a Product Manager with Google. Before that was the Head of Product & Engineering at Brit + Co and the founder of Spotwag.

Matthew Moore

(CTO & Co-Founder)

Was a Software Engineer at VMware, Google and Microsoft.

Ville Aikas

(Distinguished Engineer & Co-founder)

Was a Senior Staff Engineer at VMware and a Software Engineer for Google and the University of Washingtom. Was previously Owner at VA Systems.

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