Senior Finance Leader

4 days ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Cartwheel Full time

Cartwheel is a pioneering startup revolutionizing mental health support for schools. As our founding VP of Finance, you will be instrumental in building the finance function from the ground up and driving the company's growth and success.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing and maintaining a rigorous annual planning and budgeting process, in close partnership with the COO, CEO, and leadership team.
  • Improving and maintaining Cartwheel's financial and operating forecast, including scenario planning to drive investment decisions.
  • Overseeing accounting and monitoring key financial metrics aligned to our OKRs.
  • Partnering with the People team on decisions around employee compensation and benefits, stock options, and cap table management.
  • Supporting our Series B fundraise in 2025, including maintaining key banking and investor relationships.

Requirements include:

  • 8-10+ years of progressive finance experience, with 4+ years as an operator and experience leading, developing, and growing a small team.
  • Experience leading finance in an organization with a similar go-to-market motion (B2B2C, state-by-state rollout).
  • Comfortable rolling up sleeves to work with data, run analyses, and build models.
  • Total cash compensation of $190,000 - $250,000/year.

Cartwheel is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We're looking for a mission-driven teammate to join our team and help make a meaningful impact on student mental health.



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