Director, Strategic Finance

Company: Lever
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: April 5, 2021

Job Description:

At Verkada, we're rethinking what it means to be physically safe. Today, we build security cameras that detect action, identify danger and help keep people and places safe and secure. Using a combination of software and hardware, we're transforming an industry that has seen little innovation for decades-and we already support thousands of customers. But this is just the beginning. We envision a world in which security systems feel as seamless and modern as the organizations they protect and our enterprise solution becomes a model for not just business security, but public security as well. Overview As the leader of our Strategic Finance team, you will play a critical role leading a team that combines strategy, analytics, and financial analyses to enable the company to scale successfully. Strategic Finance takes on a range of projects that includes operational consulting, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, capital raising, lender engagement, strategic problem-solving, and spend management. This role reports to the CFO and will be expected to grow and lead a small team.-- Responsibilities

• Functional partnership: be a strategic partner for specific departments to help solve complex problems and be the main point of analytical/consulting help.
• Financial planning & strategy: help drive our financial planning processes and adapt the corporate plan for the growing complexity of the business.
• Reporting: help develop and track critical financial and operating metrics for the exec team, investors and others; communicate actionable insights to relevant stakeholders.
• Spend management: work closely with People Ops to manage our compensation and offer processes, and with different departments to evaluate and manage third-party vendor spend.
• Since we're still in scrappy startup mode, there's a lot of rolling up your sleeves and getting into the weeds to drive direct impact on a daily basis. We knock out today's problems while also balancing our need to build for the long-term. Requirements
  • High academic achievement from a leading university and a top-tier MBA.
  • 4-10+ years experience post-MBA at a leading management consulting, private equity, venture capital, investment banking or high growth technology firm
  • Raw smarts: we are looking for people with strong business acumen who can approach complex problems and solve them from start to finish.
  • Strong analytical skills: you have a data-driven mentality and high attention to detail; you are excited to dig through data and human anecdotes to get actionable insights.
  • Cross-functional communication: you'll need to connect and partner with stakeholders ranging from sales reps to software engineers to effectively implement our financial strategy and processes. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.
  • Flexibility: you are comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment that will require you to manage competing priorities, pivot quickly and often, and continually build new processes as the company scales. About our team Behind the scenes, we're a team of computer scientists, hardware engineers and experienced founders who saw a chance to make a real impact. We're united by the challenge of building beautiful products, designed for real people-and by our commitment to using technology responsibly. We believe keeping data private and secure is core to our safety as individuals, businesses and communities and we put great care into building systems that embody our values as people. Likewise, many of Silicon Valley's top investors believe in us: we're backed by Sequoia Capital, FirstRound, Meritech and Siemens (Next47). Verkada is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, and encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

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