VP, FP&A — Shape Growth in a Rapid Marketplace (Equity)

Arena Club; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Arena Club in San Francisco is building the number one digital marketplace for collectibles and seeks a Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis to own the long-range plan, annual budget, rolling forecast, and unit economics that underpin the business.

You'll define how we measure GMV, take rate, and contribution margin across grading, vaulting, repacks, and the marketplace, translating numbers into strategic decisions that drive growth.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, or consulting.
• 4+ years leading and building a team.
• Direct experience in a marketplace, e-commerce, or consumer platform business, with GMV and contribution margin as primary owned metrics.
• Demonstrated ownership of a company-level operating model.
• Fluency with the physical-goods cost stack: logistics, fulfillment, inventory or consignment economics, payments, and fraud.
• Equally credible presenting to a board and debugging a model with an analyst.
• Comfortable working in a high-growth, AI-forward environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with CFO on board decks, investor updates, KPI reporting, and data source of truth.
• Build and own the annual budget, quarterly re-forecast, and 3-5 year long-range plan as a driver-based model.
• Own company-wide headcount and workforce planning: the model, the approval process, and discipline behind both.
• Serve as the finance partner to Product, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, and Category leaders; own their budgets.
• Build the business case for growth expansion and operational scaling opportunities.
• Build, hire, and mentor the FP&A and strategic finance team.
• Own the finance systems roadmap: planning tool selection, BI layer, data pipeline, and close with Accounting.

Skills

FP&A leadership

GMV & contribution margin

Operating model ownership

Board updates / presentations

Marketplace/e-commerce knowledge

Financial systems & BI

Team building & mentorship

Cost/logistics/payments/fraud

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field

Job description

Arena Club in San Francisco is building the number one digital marketplace for collectibles and seeks a Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis to own the long-range plan, annual budget, rolling forecast, and unit economics that underpin the business.

You'll define how we measure GMV, take rate, and contribution margin across grading, vaulting, repacks, and the marketplace, translating numbers into strategic decisions that drive growth.