VP Finance

5 days ago


Palo Alto, United States Anvilogic Full time

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Anvilogic is a Palo Alto-based AI cybersecurity startup founded by security veterans and data scientists from Fortune 500 companies. In 2019, we started building an AI-based SOC platform to lower the barrier to entry for detection engineering and threat hunting skill sets desperately needed in cybersecurity.

Our mission is to democratize threat detection and hunting for today's SOC teams to easily be done across hybrid, multi-clouds and security data lakes without needing to centralize data or rip and replace tools. Further, with our investments in AI-powered automation of detection-as-code to create, test, tune and deploy detections, SOC users can implement high-efficacy detection and hunting techniques without writing a single line of code nor manually wrangling data.

Anvilogic's AI-powered Multi-Data Platform SIEM is used by many of the industry's most advanced security teams.

LOCATION: HQ is Palo Alto, CA. This position can sit anywhere in the U.S.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As a member of the company's leadership team leading finance and accounting, you will play a critical role in driving strategic, operational, and financial decisions that will impact the overall trajectory of the company. In addition to managing and building out the ideal finance function, you can expect to dive deep into problems and work closely with team members across the entire business. We're a team of entrepreneurial problem solvers across all levels that get excited about making the lives of our customers better.

Key job responsibilities:

  1. Reporting to and partnering with the CEO to drive business success.
  2. Collaborate with the VP of Sales & CEO on sales/revenue tracking and management, including the development and execution of go-to-market strategies.
  3. Plan compensation and commission structures to align with go-to-market objectives and sales targets.
  4. Develop pricing and discounting strategies.
  5. Oversee the review and management of contracts.
  6. Provide support in HR functions.
  7. Dive deep, plan, and execute on projects across the organization to drive business improvements both in the marketplace and internally.
  8. Collaborate with various teams, including product, sales, and strategy and operations, to ensure financial strategies align with company objectives.
  9. Maintain a pulse on the markets, public and private, to track how the company is performing relative to its comps and also to stay in front of potential corporate development opportunities that could accelerate strategic objectives.
  10. Communicate, engage, and interact with the broader leadership team and company Board of Directors to formulate and achieve strategic goals.
  11. Manage members of the broader finance and accounting team.
  12. Provide ongoing mentorship, training, and development of direct and indirect reports.
  13. Provide thought leadership on major initiatives directed at driving cost efficiencies in support of long-term planning.
  14. Bring new thinking and ways of doing things to the function, as appropriate, including analyzing and pushing new metrics and performance indicators to help identify trends.
  15. Strong knowledge of GAAP and ASC 606.
  16. Create a financial backbone and roadmap that enables our continued hypergrowth.
  17. Serve as a member of the leadership team. Continually partner cross-functionally to formulate and achieve our strategic goals.

Requirements:

  1. Been VP or Head of Finance at SaaS startups in the $10M-$50M ARR range.
  2. Demonstrated command of SaaS metrics, KPIs, and business fundamentals.
  3. Superior analytical and quantitative problem-solving abilities.
  4. Ability to deconstruct complex problems and drive to a data-driven solution.
  5. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  6. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced setting.
  7. Relentless sense of ownership, curiosity, and initiative.
  8. Experience scaling the finance and accounting team of a high growth business.
  9. Exemplifies the organization's core cultural values of respect, friendliness, collaboration, diversity, product excellence, and fearlessness to experiment.

Benefits:

  1. High growth startup - plenty of room for you to directly impact the company and grow your career.
  2. Experienced Leadership with a priority on Culture.
  3. Remote work environment.
  4. Competitive compensation and opportunity for equity.
  5. Unlimited paid time off.
  6. Health, dental, vision insurance.
  7. 401k match.
  8. Additional perks, such as home office stipend and donation policy.
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