VP of Finance, Adaptive Security
5 days a week in office
Next-gen security training & AI attack simulations
Open for applications
Next-gen security training & AI attack simulations
201-500 employees
Open for applications
5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To protect organizations from emerging AI-powered cyber threats by delivering next-generation security awareness training and intelligent phishing simulations that build resilience and empower people to be the strongest line of defense.
Role
Who you are
- 8–12+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally including early-career exposure to investment banking, venture capital, or private equity, followed by senior leadership roles in strategic finance or FP&A within high-growth SaaS or AI
- Experience supporting capital raises end to end, including financial models, fundraising materials, data rooms, and investor relationships
- Experience building or professionalizing a finance function at a high-growth company
- Strong command of both FP&A and accounting operations, including close, controls, billing, and payroll
- Solid working knowledge of US GAAP, including SaaS revenue recognition (ASC 606), accruals, and deferred revenue; experience owning a monthly close calendar
- Experience working with outside accountants and auditors, and preparing a company for its first audit
- Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency operations and SaaS contract structures
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to executives, the board, and investors
- Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in a fast-paced startup environment
What the job involves
- We are hiring an SVP of Finance to lead our finance and accounting function
- This role owns financial planning and analysis, our overall budgeting and financial strategy, and board and investor reporting
- You will report directly to the CEO to manage and grow the finance organization, and support the company through future financing rounds and transactions
- Own the company operating model, including revenue and expense forecasting, headcount planning, scenario analysis, and burn and runway management
- Lead financial planning, monthly variance analysis, and reporting on SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC payback, Magic Number)
- Produce board and investor reporting, and support fundraising and diligence processes end to end
- Partner with GTM leadership on pricing, deal structures, commission plans, and vendor and contract negotiations
- Oversee accounting and the monthly close, GL policy, and revenue recognition
- Own billing, collections, A/R, treasury, and working-capital management across entities and currencies
- Oversee payroll and equity operations across the US, UK, and Australia, including commissions and bonus cycles
- Lead the company to GAAP maturity and a successful first audit
- Hire, develop, and lead the finance and accounting team
- Own the finance systems and their integrations, and drive automation and AI-assisted workflows across the function
Our take
With AI-powered scams and deepfakes on the rise, companies are struggling to keep their teams safe from ultra-realistic phishing attacks.
That's where Adaptive comes in with its next-generation security training platform built to tackle the kind of threats traditional tools can't keep up with. In short, Adaptive helps people spot the fakes before they get fooled. And it does so by using lifelike simulations across email, voice, and SMS to train employees for real world attacks.
It's clearly working too, as Adaptive raised $85M in 2025, led by Bain Capital Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. It's already trusted by the Dallas Mavericks, First State Bank, BMC and more, and with threats evolving fast, Adaptive is set to continue helping companies protect their people.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2025
$81m
SERIES B
Sep 2025
$55m
SERIES A
Total funding: $179m
Company benefits
- Premium healthcare and wellness benefits - plans with zero cost to the employee
- Unlimited PTO
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- 401k Plan
- Surprise Wednesday Breakfasts
- Monthly Company Events
- Fully Stocked Fridge - Drinks & Snacks
- Stock Options
Company values
- Move fast - Decide quickly, ship quickly, fix quickly. Speed isn't carelessness here, it's how we stay ahead of people who don't slow down
- Drive outcomes - Find the work that actually matters and go do it. Who ships isn't a question of seniority, it's a question of impact
- Innovate boldly - We strip out the process, the layers, and the politics that get between a good idea and real, shipped work
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
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Leadership
Brian Long
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to Adaptive, Brian co-founded Attentive, where they served as the CEO for over 7 years and has served as an Executive Chairman and Board Director since 2023. He also co-founded TapCommerce and served as CEO until it was acquired by Twitter.
Andrew Jones
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously co-founded Attentive alongside Brian, where they served as CPO. Prior to that, he also co-founded TapCommerce where he served as CPO, then moved to Twitter to work as a Senior Project Manager.
James Almeida
(Head of Engineering )Previously worked at Attentive for several years; starting as a Software Engineer, he worked his way up the ranks to Senior Engineering manager before he became Head of Engineering at Adaptive Security
Mike Remondi
(CTO)Mike founded Curate Technologies in 2016, before becoming Staff Software Engineer at Attentive. He then moved on to work at Version Story for a few years as a Founding Software Engineer and Advisor, before joining as Head of Engineering at Adaptive Security
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