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VP OF FINANCE 🎨 ABOUT OPENART OpenArt is an gen AI creative platform used by millions worldwide. We’re building the next generation of creative tools powered by cutting-edge AI, enabling anyone to create videos, images, visuals, characters, and stories with unprecedented speed and imagination. We believe the future of creativity is AI-native, and we’re shaping that future. 🚀 WHY JOIN OPENART - Lead finance at a critical inflection point. You will help shape how OpenArt scales, invests, and finances its next stage of growth. - Build the financial foundation for a category-defining company. You will develop the systems, discipline, and insights required to support rapid channel and global expansion. - Work on high-impact strategic decisions. You will partner directly with the CEO, leadership team, board, and investors on company strategy, capital allocation, future financing, and strategic opportunities. - High ownership, real impact. You will lead the finance function and play a central role in OpenArt’s most important decisions. 🎯 ABOUT THE ROLE The VP of Finance will lead OpenArt’s finance organization through our next stage of growth. Reporting to the CEO and serving as a member of the leadership team, you will own financial strategy, FP&A, accounting, tax, treasury, financial operations, and board and investor reporting. You will build a scalable finance function, give the company clear visibility into its performance and unit economics, and prepare OpenArt for future financing and potential strategic opportunities. You will be both a strategic partner and a hands-on operator - equally comfortable advising the CEO, reviewing an operating model, leading a financing process, and ensuring the accuracy of the company’s financial reporting. The ideal candidate combines investment banking experience in TMT/SaaS with meaningful operating-finance leadership at a high-growth technology company. You are financially and technically sharp, deeply understand the business behind the numbers, and communicate complex financial issues with clarity and good judgment. ⚙️ WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR Core Requirements - 10+ years of experience across investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, FP&A, accounting, or finance leadership - Investment banking experience at a leading bulge-bracket institution, focused on TMT with meaningful consumer platform or SaaS transaction exposure - Highly hands-on and able to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment - Operating-finance leadership experience at a high-growth, venture-backed technology company, ideally during the Series B through IPO stages - Experience supporting or leading late-stage equity financing, debt financing, investor diligence, or other capital-raising processes - Strong command of accounting, financial reporting, audit requirements, tax, controls, and financial operations - Deep experience with budgeting, forecasting, operating models, scenario analysis, and long-range planning - Strong understanding of consumer subscription metrics, unit economics, cash management, and capital allocation - Ability to understand the business deeply and translate product, growth, pricing, and cost dynamics into financial strategy - Experience communicating with boards, investors, auditors, bankers, and executive teams - Strong leadership, executive presence, and interpersonal skills - AI-native in how you approach analysis, automation, reporting, and team productivity Nice to Have - Experience executing an IPO or M&A - Buy-side experience in private equity, growth equity, venture capital, or corporate development, combined with a sell-side banking foundation Experience with consumer subscription, product-led growth, international, or AI-native businesses 🛠 WHAT YOU’LL DO - Own Financial Strategy: Translate OpenArt’s company strategy into financial plans, operating priorities, and capital-allocation decisions. - Lead FP&A: Own budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, headcount planning, performance reporting, and long-range planning. - Lead Accounting and Financial Operations: Ensure accurate financial reporting, a dependable close, strong controls, audit readiness, tax compliance, and scalable financial processes. - Support Future Financing: Lead financial preparation, modeling, diligence, investor materials, and execution for future equity or debt financings. - Drive Business Performance: Partner with Product, Growth, Engineering, and Operations to improve pricing, unit economics, gross margin, and resource allocation. - Own Board and Investor Reporting: Deliver clear, decision-oriented reporting and communicate OpenArt’s performance and financial strategy effectively. - Build Scalable Systems: Implement the systems, data, controls, and automation required to support rapid growth and future strategic optionality. - Evaluate Strategic Opportunities: Support the financial evaluation and execution of potential partnerships, investments, acquisitions, or other strategic transactions. - Lead the Finance Team: Build and develop a high-performing organization across FP&A, accounting, tax, and related finance functions. - Shape Company Strategy: Serve as a trusted partner to the CEO and leadership team on OpenArt’s most important decisions. 🌍 WORK SETUP - Based in San Carlos, CA. This role is required to be local to our San Carlos office. - Hybrid schedule: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

Requirements

Must-haves

Lead finance at a critical inflection point. You will help shape how OpenArt scales, invests, and finances its next stage of growth.
Build the financial foundation for a category-defining company. You will develop the systems, discipline, and insights required to support rapid channel and global expansion.
Work on high-impact strategic decisions. You will partner directly with the CEO, leadership team, board, and investors on company strategy, capital allocation, future financing, and strategic opportunities.
High ownership, real impact. You will lead the finance function and play a central role in OpenArt’s most important decisions.
10+ years of experience across investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, FP&A, accounting, or finance leadership
Investment banking experience at a leading bulge-bracket institution, focused on TMT with meaningful consumer platform or SaaS transaction exposure
Highly hands-on and able to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
Operating-finance leadership experience at a high-growth, venture-backed technology company, ideally during the Series B through IPO stages
Experience supporting or leading late-stage equity financing, debt financing, investor diligence, or other capital-raising processes
Strong command of accounting, financial reporting, audit requirements, tax, controls, and financial operations
Deep experience with budgeting, forecasting, operating models, scenario analysis, and long-range planning
Strong understanding of consumer subscription metrics, unit economics, cash management, and capital allocation
Ability to understand the business deeply and translate product, growth, pricing, and cost dynamics into financial strategy
Experience communicating with boards, investors, auditors, bankers, and executive teams
Strong leadership, executive presence, and interpersonal skills
AI-native in how you approach analysis, automation, reporting, and team productivity
Own Financial Strategy: Translate OpenArt’s company strategy into financial plans, operating priorities, and capital-allocation decisions.
Lead FP&A: Own budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, headcount planning, performance reporting, and long-range planning.
Lead Accounting and Financial Operations: Ensure accurate financial reporting, a dependable close, strong controls, audit readiness, tax compliance, and scalable financial processes.
Support Future Financing: Lead financial preparation, modeling, diligence, investor materials, and execution for future equity or debt financings.
Drive Business Performance: Partner with Product, Growth, Engineering, and Operations to improve pricing, unit economics, gross margin, and resource allocation.

Nice-to-haves

Experience executing an IPO or M&A
Buy-side experience in private equity, growth equity, venture capital, or corporate development, combined with a sell-side banking foundation
Experience with consumer subscription, product-led growth, international, or AI-native businesses

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