Chief Financial Officer

Elevation Capital; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevation Capital seeks a commercially driven Chief Financial Officer to lead finance across its family office and portfolio companies. You will partner with the founder to shape strategy, allocate capital, drive AI-enabled finance, and position the business for a significant exit.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in executive finance, a track record with founders, and deep experience in high-growth consumer products, with hands-on leadership in lean environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of executive finance leadership experience (CFO/VP Finance or equivalent).
• Proven experience partnering directly with founders or entrepreneurial CEOs.
• Experience leading capital raises, debt financings, refinancing initiatives, or other strategic funding events.
• Significant experience in consumer packaged goods or another high-growth consumer products environment.
• AI-forward finance with automation, dashboards, and modern finance technology.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with the Founder to build and scale a category-leading consumer packaged goods business with potential for significant exit.
• Lead financial strategy, including FP&A, forecasting, budgeting, treasury, reporting, cash management, and capital allocation.
• Drive commercial decision making across pricing, marketing ROI, customer profitability, distribution, and margin improvement.
• Build financial models supporting expansion, acquisitions, financing initiatives, and strategic investments.
• Lead the transformation of finance through AI, automation, dashboards, and modern technology.
• Build KPI frameworks that improve accountability and executive decision making.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing finance organization.
• Manage banking relationships, audit, tax, compliance, insurance, and external financial partners.
• Prepare the business for future capital raises, acquisitions, partnerships, and exit opportunities.

Skills

Executive finance leadership

FP&A

Strategic planning

Financial modeling

Partnership with founders

Capital raises

Commercial finance

AI-driven finance

Leadership in lean growth environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

CPA/CMA/MBA preferred

Job description

Chief Financial Officer, Family Office/CPG

Elevation Capital is a group of internationally impactful companies spanning consumer packaged goods, hospitality, technology, real estate, non-profit, and venture funding. Run by a highly entrepreneurial self-made founder, and supported by a team of highly capable executives across business units, the business operates globally with interests in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. With wholly owned companies in various growth stages and an expanding investment portfolio, this group collectively serves a global vision to create an evolved world where humanity reaches its highest potential. Our mission is to create and deploy capital for a better world.

To learn more, please visit: elevationcapital.vc

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate is a commercially driven finance executive who is excited by the challenge of building and scaling businesses across multiple industries including consumer packaged goods, real estate development, software, hardware and technology platforms. They think beyond reporting and compliance, using financial insight to improve profitability, accelerate growth, and create long-term enterprise value.

They have partnered directly with founders or entrepreneurial CEOs, helping turn ambitious ideas into disciplined execution. They understand how to evaluate opportunities, allocate capital, improve accountability, and challenge assumptions while maintaining a bias toward action.

They have successfully helped build a business through a significant capital raise, acquisition, or successfully produced a profitable exit and understand what it takes to maximize enterprise value. Rather than joining a mature organization, they are energized by the opportunity to build the next great company alongside an ambitious founder.

They are AI-forward and naturally look for opportunities to automate workflows, improve decision making, and increase leverage through technology. They believe finance should operate with real-time intelligence, modern systems, and lean teams enabled by AI.

The ideal candidate would have specific experience with high-growth consumer packaged goods businesses 50M+ ARR and is interested in allocating their expertise to propelling growth at group and portfolio company level.

This individual is commercially curious, technology forward, and energized by rolling up their sleeves to solve difficult business problems. They lead with vision, move on the front, remain hands-on when needed, and thrive in fast-moving environments where execution matters as much as strategy.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a commercially driven Chief Financial Officer to oversee compliance and growth strategies at the Family Office and companies in its portfolio including assisting to build one of North America's most ambitious consumer packaged goods businesses.

Reporting directly to the Founder, you will become one of the company's most influential leaders, helping shape strategy, allocate capital, improve commercial performance, and build a business positioned for a significant and profitable exit.

This is not a traditional finance leadership role. We are looking for a CFO who wants to help build an exceptional company, challenge conventional thinking, and create long-term enterprise value. You will partner closely with the Founder and executive leadership team to identify growth opportunities, improve profitability, modernize finance through AI and automation, and ensure every major decision supports the company's long-term vision.

Success in this role means building a finance function that accelerates growth rather than simply measures it. You will help leadership understand where to invest, where to improve returns, and how to scale efficiently while maintaining financial discipline.

If you're energized by building businesses, solving complex commercial challenges, and helping lead a company through its next stage of growth toward a successful exit, this is the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Partner directly with the Founder to build and scale a category-leading consumer packaged goods business capable of a significant and profitable exit.
• Lead financial strategy, including FP&A, forecasting, budgeting, treasury, reporting, cash management, and capital allocation.
• Drive commercial decision making across pricing strategy, marketing ROI, customer profitability, distribution strategy, and margin improvement.
• Build financial models supporting expansion, acquisitions, financing initiatives, and strategic investments.
• Lead the transformation of finance through AI, automation, dashboards, and modern technology.
• Build KPI frameworks that improve accountability and executive decision making across the organization.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing finance organization.
• Manage banking relationships, audit, tax, compliance, insurance, and external financial partners.
• Prepare the business for future capital raises, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and profitable exit opportunities.

WHO YOU ARE

• 10+ years of executive finance leadership experience as a CFO, VP Finance, Head of Finance, or equivalent.
• Strong foundation in FP&A, commercial finance, strategic planning, and financial modeling.
• Proven experience partnering directly with founders or entrepreneurial CEOs.
• Experience helping scale a business through a successful capital raise, acquisition, or profitable exit.
• Significant experience within consumer packaged goods or another high-growth consumer products environment.
• AI-forward, with demonstrated success implementing automation, AI tools, dashboards, and modern finance technology.
• Excited by building businesses rather than maintaining mature organizations.
• Hands-on and comfortable operating in lean, high-growth environments where execution is expected.
• Thrive in entrepreneurial environments where ownership, pace, accountability, and commercial thinking matter.

REQUIREMENTS

• 10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience within high-growth consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses.
• Proven experience leading finance across multiple businesses, legal entities, or operating companies.
• Proven success partnering directly with a first-generation founder or entrepreneurial CEO.
• Demonstrated experience leading capital raises, debt financings, refinancing initiatives, or other strategic funding events to support business growth.
• Track record of helping scale businesses through periods of rapid growth, organizational complexity, and value creation.
• Strong commercial finance expertise, including capital allocation, pricing strategy, working capital optimization, profitability improvement, and enterprise value creation.
• Experience preparing a business for a significant liquidity event, including an acquisition, recapitalization, or exit.
• Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high-performing finance teams.
• Operationally focused executive who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Exceptional communication skills, executive presence, commercial judgment, and the ability to influence executive decision-making.
• Highly driven, ambitious, and excited to build within a fast-paced entrepreneurial organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline. Equivalent executive experience will be considered.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent professional designation preferred.

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART

• Experience operating in a family office, or a founder-led or private equity-backed business.
• Direct experience within regulated consumer packaged goods.
• Experience building AI-first finance organizations.
• M&A integration, complex strategic transactions, and post-acquisition integration experience.

COMPENSATION

This position offers a highly competitive executive compensation package, including base salary, performance incentives, equity participation, and comprehensive medical benefits.

You will play a pivotal role in building and scaling a category-leading consumer packaged goods business while partnering directly with an ambitious founder to create significant long-term enterprise value and deliver a successful exit.