Chief Financial Officer

Data Innovations; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Innovations is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to partner with the CEO and drive financial performance and long-term growth. This role blends finance leadership with operational breadth across PMO and Quality & Regulatory Affairs, supporting a lean, entrepreneurial culture and AI-enabled decision making.

The CFO will oversee FP&A, contracting, regulatory compliance, and global finance operations, while partnering with Roper Technologies on strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of financial leadership experience, preferably in healthcare technology or SaaS.
• Deep proficiency across accounting, FP&A, M&A, risk management, financial controls, contracting, and international operations.
• Proven track record scaling a SaaS business and navigating transformation.
• Exceptional team leadership and people development capabilities.
• AI-forward orientation; comfortable using AI tools to drive efficiency.
• Entrepreneurial, proactive mindset; able to manage ambiguity and drive results.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and influencing skills across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team and a trusted strategic partner to the President & CEO.
• Provide leadership to Finance, Contracting, PMO, and Quality & Regulatory, fostering accountability and collaboration.
• Drive global financial planning and analysis, including planning, forecasting, and scenario modeling.
• Oversee financial statements, board reporting, and communications with leadership and parent company.
• Build scalable financial controls, policies, and processes for a growing SaaS business.
• Lead global Contracting, ensuring compliant and sound management of revenue contracts.
• Ensure regulatory compliance across international operations (US, Brazil, Belgium, Hong Kong).
• Partner with corporate on M&A evaluation, due diligence, and integration.

Skills

Financial leadership

FP&A

M&A experience

Regulatory/compliance

AI integration

Leadership & people development

Education

Bachelor’s in Business/Finance

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

AI tools

Job description

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!

We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Company Background & Culture

DATA INNOVATIONS (DI)

DI, a stand-alone operating company of Roper Technologies, is the market leader in automating laboratory instrument workflows to improve productivity and quality. DI is headquartered in Colchester, Vermont with additional offices in Brazil, Belgium, and Hong Kong. The majority of the company’s employees work remotely.

DI is at an exciting inflection point - scaling as it transforms from a reseller model to a direct go-to-market model in the United States, its largest market, while modernizing its technology stack as a cloud-first, AI-forward company. The company takes pride in a culture that is purpose-driven, curious, results-oriented, customer-centric, and caring - valuing innovation, continuous improvement, and proactive execution.

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES

Roper Technologies is a constituent of the S&P 500 and Fortune 1000 with a proven, long-term track record of compounding cash flow and shareholder value. Roper operates market-leading businesses that design and develop vertical software and technology-enabled products for defensible niche markets (NASDAQ: ROP).

Role Overview

Data Innovations is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and a driving force behind the company’s financial performance and long-term growth. This is first and foremost a finance leadership role - requiring deep expertise across financial strategy, FP&A, controls, contracting, and international operations in a SaaS environment.

In addition to financial leadership, this CFO will bring operational breadth, with oversight of the Program Management Office (PMO) and Quality & Regulatory Affairs. This expanded scope reflects DI’s evolution and the need for a senior leader who can connect financial rigor with cross-functional operational excellence.

We are seeking a dynamic, humble, and results-oriented executive who embraces AI and technology as tools for smarter, faster decision-making and can support a lean, entrepreneurial culture - driving meaningful impact without unnecessary bureaucracy.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team and a trusted strategic partner to the President & CEO.

• Provide visible, effective leadership to Finance, Contracting, PMO, and Quality & Regulatory, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Champion people development and succession planning across the organization. Invest in talent at every level with an eye toward long-term capability and growth.

• Drive adoption of AI and technology to streamline operations, enhance decision-making, and scale the business efficiently.

• Lead with creativity, strategic thinking, nimbleness, humility, and compassion; serve as an operational leader for the CEO when needed.

Financial Leadership & Strategy

• Develop and drive global financial strategy, serving as the analytical and strategic engine behind DI’s short- and long-term financial goals.

• Lead all aspects of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) - including annual planning, forecasting, scenario modeling, and management reporting - providing the executive team with timely, accurate, and actionable insights.

• Oversee the preparation of financial statements, board reporting, and special analyses; ensure clarity, accuracy, and transparency across all financial communications with DI leadership and Roper Technologies.

• Build and maintain best-in-class financial controls, policies, and processes - scalable, compliant, and aligned with the demands of a growing SaaS business operating across multiple geographies.

• Lead the global Contracting function, ensuring efficient, compliant, and commercially sound contract management aligned with DI’s revenue model and risk tolerance.

• Ensure compliance with all applicable financial regulations across DI’s international operations (US, Brazil, Belgium, Hong Kong).

• Partner with Roper Technologies on M&A evaluation, due diligence, and integration - bringing disciplined financial analysis to inorganic growth opportunities.

• Leverage AI and data analytics to drive greater speed, rigor, and efficiency in financial planning, reporting, and decision support.

Additional Functional Oversight

The CFO will also provide executive oversight for the following functions. While these areas are important to DI’s operations, they are secondary to the core financial leadership mandate of this role.

Program Management Office (PMO)

• Ensure strategic initiatives are structured, prioritized, and executed with rigor - maintaining clear accountability and alignment with business objectives.

• Establish measurement frameworks and resource allocation discipline in partnership with the executive team.

Quality & Regulatory Affairs (QARA)

• Provide executive accountability for DI’s global Quality Management System and Regulatory compliance programs across all markets.

• Partner with Product and Commercial leaders to embed quality and compliance thinking into company processes and ensure the company meets all applicable healthcare and software regulatory requirements.

Year One Critical Success Factors

• Achieve full immersion into DI’s strategy, financials, operations, customers, talent, and culture - rapidly establishing credibility as a trusted partner to the CEO and executive team.

• Assess and strengthen the Finance and Contracting functions; identify near-term improvements and build a longer-term roadmap for scalability and efficiency.

• Establish clear financial operating rhythms, accountability structures, and performance metrics that give the executive team real-time visibility into business performance.

• Assess PMO and QARA functions; understand current-state capabilities and identify opportunities to drive greater effectiveness.

• Develop and elevate the talent of the leadership team across all reporting functions - building an organization capable of succession and growth.

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to enhance the speed, accuracy, and impact of financial and operational processes.

• Build strong cross-functional partnerships with peers across Commercial, Product, and People functions.

Professional Experience & Qualifications

The CFO will bring a minimum of 15 years of financial leadership experience, preferably in a healthcare technology or SaaS company, with a demonstrated track record of scaling organizations and driving sustained financial performance. Expanded operational scope experience is a plus.

• Deep proficiency across all aspects of financial management: accounting, FP&A, M&A, risk management, financial controls, contracting, and international operations.

• Proven track record driving financial growth and scaling a SaaS business; experience navigating a company through transformation is a strong plus.

• Exceptional team leadership skills - proven ability to inspire, develop, and retain high-performing teams, and to champion a culture of learning and people development across the organization.

• Experience leading or overseeing operational functions beyond Finance (e.g., PMO, Quality & Regulatory) or demonstrated appetite and capability to step into broader operational accountability.

• AI-forward orientation. Comfortable leveraging AI tools to drive smarter decision-making, greater efficiency, and scalable operations; able to model and inspire this mindset across the organization.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive, hands-on approach; ability to manage ambiguity and build structure in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

• Excellent collaboration, communication, and influencing skills - writes and presents effectively, adjusts to audience and context, and communicates with clarity up, down, and across the organization.

• Robust strategic acumen with the capacity to drive rigorous analytical thinking and translate financial insights into business action.

• Strong and unwavering commitment to integrity, transparency, and compliance.

• Must comply with and pass initial background check and drug screening, as well as subsequent background checks, drug screenings and vaccine requirements as required by customer contracts

• Ability to follow DI’s policies, procedures, system usage practices.

• Must have unrestricted work authorization in the United States.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline required.

• MBA and/or CPA preferred.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Regulated healthcare technology experience.

• Global business leadership experience.

• Public company or operating company experience.

• M&A and post-acquisition integration experience.

• Oversight of PMO, Quality, Regulatory, or Operations functions.

• AI-driven analytics and business intelligence experience.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

While performing duties of this job, the employee is predominantly functioning in a sedentary office position with frequent computer usage and periodic travel.

Supervision Level

This position reports directly to the President & Chief Executive Officer and serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.

If you like working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

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