VP of Finance & Growth Strategy

Socket.dev; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

401k Matching

Unlimited PTO

Equity

Work/Home Office Stipend

Global Entry

Parental Leave

Wellness Stipend

Job summary

HavocAI, based in Providence, RI, seeks a VP of Finance to lead financial planning, strategy, and investor relations while partnering with the CFO and executive team. You will own budgeting, forecasting, capital allocation, and reporting to support rapid growth and strategic initiatives.

The role combines hands-on analysis with strategic leadership, requiring deep FP&A expertise, advanced modeling, and the ability to translate data into executive-level insights for decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance experience, including 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success leading finance within a high-growth technology or similarly complex organization.
• Deep expertise in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow management, and financial modeling.
• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect financial performance to underlying operational drivers.
• Exceptional ability to translate complex financial information into compelling, executive-level insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience building and developing high-performing finance teams.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders across an organization.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, incomplete information, and significant organizational growth.

Responsibilities

• Own HavocAI’s financial planning processes, including annual and quarterly budgeting, long-range planning, cash flow forecasting, and monthly performance reporting.
• Develop and execute financial strategies that support company objectives, including cash management, liquidity, capital allocation, and investment decisions.
• Drive financial discipline, visibility, and fact-based decision-making across the organization.
• Partner with executive leadership to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, commercial opportunities, and other major business decisions.
• Develop sophisticated financial models, forecasts, scenarios, and analyses to support company strategy.
• Identify key financial and operational risks and opportunities and proactively develop recommendations for leadership.
• Establish clear reporting around financial performance, operating metrics, and organizational KPIs.
• Lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews, including analysis of actual results against plan and identification of key drivers and variances.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Partner with leaders across the company to establish financial targets, evaluate performance, and improve accountability.
• Drive dialogue across key stakeholders to establish and continuously evolve company-wide KPIs.
• Serve as a key partner to the CFO on investor relations, with the ability to take increasing ownership of the function.
• Develop financial analyses, reporting, presentations, and other materials supporting investor communications.
• Anticipate investor questions regarding financial performance, forecasts, business drivers, and company strategy.
• Support financing and capital planning activities as the company grows.
• Manage and develop relationships with external financial partners, including lenders.
• Lead the continued development of scalable finance systems, processes, reporting, and operating rhythms.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives that improve speed, accuracy, visibility, and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI within financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and internal workflows.
• Partner closely with Accounting and other finance functions to ensure strong connectivity between financial reporting, planning, forecasting, and business decision‑making.
• Lead and develop the Finance team while planning for the continued growth of the function.
• Build scalable organizational structures, processes, and operating practices as HavocAI grows.
• Hire, develop, coach, and retain high‑performing finance talent.
• Establish clear expectations and accountability while creating an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
• Foster a culture of high performance, ownership, accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement aligned with HavocAI’s values.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Financial planning

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Strategic finance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

HavocAI, based in Providence, RI, seeks a VP of Finance to lead financial planning, strategy, and investor relations while partnering with the CFO and executive team. You will own budgeting, forecasting, capital allocation, and reporting to support rapid growth and strategic initiatives.

The role combines hands-on analysis with strategic leadership, requiring deep FP&A expertise, advanced modeling, and the ability to translate data into executive-level insights for decision-making.