Vice President Finance

Avenir Talent Partners; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive Access to leadership

AI-First Skill Building

Accelerated Career Path

Competitive benefits including 401(k) match

Job summary

A leading investment firm is seeking an Executive Finance professional to oversee performance management, budgeting, and automation processes. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years in finance, with experience in capital markets and eCommerce. This remote position emphasizes hands-on work and strategic planning for an IPO, offering competitive compensation and rapid career advancement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of executive-level finance experience leading organizations through acquisitions and IPOs.
• Hands-on knowledge of business KPIs and issues.
• Ability to support capital raising and due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Drive performance management tied to key metrics and KPIs.
• Oversee enterprise-level budget processes and brand-level budget synthesis.
• Automate processes for efficiency and quality improvements.

Skills

Finance leadership

Capital Markets experience

Ecommerce/retail knowledge

Adaptability to legacy systems

Job description

Overview

The Company is an AI-enabled multi-brand platform that acquires and transforms legacy businesses into profitable, digital-first, consumer-centric businesses. Our platform focuses on M&A, encoding revenue growth, unit margin management, and other expert-level retail practices into automation and AI. The Company owns and operates more than 10 companies, including Sur La Table, Backcountry, and One Kings Lane. Together, the brands generate $1B+ in revenue and employ over 2000 people across North America. The Company is backed by world-class investors and continues to pursue platform and add-on acquisitions at pace.

This role is challenging – beyond day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll have a significant role within a fast-paced team. The position reports to one of the founding partners. It is remote with a strong preference for candidates located in Austin, Toronto, LA, or Chicago.

What you get to do every day

• Drive performance management tied to key metrics, KPIs, and business drivers that provide a forward-looking view into trends requiring management decisions and actions.
• Improve the quality, timeliness, and reliability of financial analysis and key performance metrics available to executive management and the Board, including forecasting, budgeting, and resource allocation in all functional areas.
• Oversee the enterprise-level budget process, and the consolidation and synthesis of brand-level budgets into a consolidated financial plan.
• Automate processes and systems to achieve efficiency gains and quality improvements on a sequential basis.
• Support capital raising by anticipating due diligence requests, gathering and synthesizing data from brand and platform groups, and presenting data in an articulate manner that supports the company narrative.
• Develop long-term plans and strategies to position the company for a successful IPO (~4 year goal).
• Attract, retain, and promote individuals suited to operate in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.

What you bring to the role

• Is “hands-on,” and knows the business KPIs/issues cold
• Has 10+ years of executive-level finance experience leading an organization through time-sensitive and stressful initiatives such as acquisitions, divestitures, and financings/IPOs.
• Capital Markets or fundraising experience
• Has worked at a successful ecommerce/retail, or fintech company
• Isn’t afraid of legacy systems (we often acquire old companies with legacy systems).
• Does not mind travel.

What’s in it for you?

Joining the Company isn’t just about having a seat at the table—it’s about helping redesign the table entirely. You’ll be challenged, stretched, and supported as you grow faster than you thought possible. In addition to competitive compensation, the Company offers:

• Executive Access: Work directly with brand CEOs and senior leadership, solving real business problems and earning mentorship from top operators.
• AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with the most advanced AI tools in the market. From automation to prompt engineering, you’ll build a modern tech stack that sets you apart in any industry.
• Accelerated Career Path: High performers are quickly entrusted with greater responsibility, new challenges, and leadership opportunities across our portfolio of brands.
• Competitive benefits: Paid time off policies, 401(k)/RRSP match, medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies, and employee discounts at our portfolio companies

Seniority level

• Executive

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance
• Industries: Retail and Technology, Information and Media