Vice President of Finance, Placer.ai
$275-300k
Certain roles have the opportunity to earn sales-based commissions & Equity awards
Location analytics platform
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Location analytics platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$275-300k
Certain roles have the opportunity to earn sales-based commissions & Equity awards
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide everyone access to large-scale consumer real-world behavior.
Role
Who you are
- 12 - 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A leadership in a high-growth technology company
- Strong experience in SaaS revenue modeling and recurring revenue dynamics
- Demonstrated ability to build multi-scenario forecasts and connect operational drivers to financial outcomes
- Experience partnering with Sales and GTM leadership in a strategic, governance-oriented capacity
- Strong executive presence and communication skills
- High analytical rigor paired with sound business judgment
- MBA, CPA, or equivalent experience preferred
What the job involves
- As a key member of the executive management team, the Vice President (VP) of Finance will report to the CFO and assume an operational and strategic role in the overall management of the company
- This includes direct responsibility for finance, forecasting, strategic planning, revenue governance, unit economics, deal analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and private and institutional financing
- Lead company-wide financial forecasting, annual planning, and long-range financial modeling
- Drive a rolling multi-quarter forecast process with rigorous variance analysis and executive-level insight
- Build performance frameworks that connect operating metrics to financial outcomes
- Support Board and investor reporting with high-quality, decision-oriented analytics
- Evaluate the financial impact of new initiatives, product launches, pricing changes, and strategic investments
- Validate and challenge revenue forecasts to ensure integrity and predictability
- Own compensation audit processes and ensure alignment between incentive plans and financial targets
- Lead pricing and packaging analytics to optimize monetization and margin expansion
- Deliver cross-motion revenue analytics (enterprise, mid-market, self-serve, new logo vs. expansion)
- Establish strong data integrity governance standards across revenue reporting
- Partner closely with the CRO and Revenue Operations to ensure alignment between execution and financial strategy
- Provide independent financial perspective on territory models, capacity planning assumptions, and growth investments
- Support executive decision-making with clear scenario modeling and trade-off analysis
- Potentially support aspects of deal desk, including complex deal structuring analysis, non-standard pricing review, and revenue hygiene oversight
- Build and mentor a high-performing FP&A and revenue analytics team
- Improve systems, processes, and reporting infrastructure to increase speed and accuracy
- Ensure scalable financial controls as the company continues to grow
- You will shape how a category-defining company thinks about growth, not just report on it
- You will influence pricing strategy, revenue quality, and long-term value creation
- You will partner directly with executive leadership on the most important financial and strategic decisions
- You will build durable forecasting discipline in a high-growth environment
- You will operate at the center of revenue strategy without being a traditional sales operations leader
Our take
For businesses of all sizes, measuring traffic can be a critical component in understanding their audiences. Placer provides valuable insight into audiences and competition, by generating traffic analytics that enable companies to discover new business opportunities.
Placer provides accurate foot traffic counts and dwell time, with a range of filtering options that help companies better understand demographics. It also supplies data to help companies deduce how promotions, holidays, seasonality, and events impact business.
In 2022, Placer reached a valuation of $1 billion, and has continued to raise funding in the years since. Though it faces its share of competition, the company's array of insights and expertise has set it apart in the market and enabled it to secure a leading position.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
41% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$75m
LATE VC
Jul 2022
$60m
LATE VC
Total funding: $301m
Company benefits
- Work with, and learn from, top-notch talent
- Fully remote
Company HQ
Santa Cruz, CA
Leadership
Noam Ben-Zvi
(CEO & Co-founder)Studied Computer Science at Tel Aviv. Former Data Science Team Leader for Israel Defense Forces. Co-founder and Head of Product at BlueTail, before co-founding Placer in 2014.
Zohar Bar-Yehuda
(Chief Data Scientist & Co-founder)Gained a Computer Engineering degree at Ben-Gurion University. Formerly a System Architect at Verint, Senior Algorithm Developer at OrCam, before co-founding Placer in 2014.
Oded Fossfeld
(VP (R&D) & Co-founder)Studied Computer Science at Ben Gurion University. They worked as a Software Engineer at Shine, Lacoon Security and Check Point. Co-founded Placer in 2014.
Ofir Lemel
(CPO & Co-founder)Former Lieutenant in 8200 division of Israel Defense Forces. Co-founder at Juntos! and Roamie. Co-founded Placer in 2014.
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