VP, Strategic Finance & Vendor Relations (Deal Architect)

Cambridge Computer; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Multiple health insurance options

Medical FSA & Dependent Care FSA

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Long-term disability

Paid holidays and PTO

Discounted health club membership

Convenient parking

Opportunities for growth

Job summary

Cambridge Computer is seeking a VP of Strategic Finance & Vendor Relations in Waltham, MA. This senior role designs financing structures, negotiates with banks and vendors, and manages high-value client relationships to keep deals moving and strong relationships across the board.

You will translate strong financial positions into favorable terms and maintain a direct line to ownership, with a founding-seated scope to shape the function as the business grows.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in corporate finance, treasury, credit, or related field with direct experience negotiating collateral agreements, prepayment structures, receivables financing, or vendor credit terms.
• Track record of leading high-stakes negotiations with banks, vendors, or major clients.
• Strong command of credit concepts: security interests, receivables assignment, counterparty risk, and translating creditworthiness into negotiable terms.
• Excellent relationship and influence skills; judgment calls and collaborative problem-solving are essential.
• Self-directed senior executive mindset with credibility and momentum.

Responsibilities

• Design and negotiate banking arrangements with partners, including instruments to protect assets and improve flexibility.
• Structure large client financing arrangements to fund vendor commitments and extend delivery timelines.
• Negotiate vendor payment terms with creative, better-structured alternatives.
• Own key client relationships and quickly identify and resolve nascent friction points.
• Lead vendor relationship strategy to position the company as a go-to partner for large, non-standard transactions.

Skills

Collateral agreements

Prepayment structures

Receivables financing

Vendor credit terms

Banking negotiations

Relationship management

Job description

We think of exceptional finance leaders as Deal Architects: people who design the structures, terms, and relationships that let a fast-growing company move at full speed on its biggest opportunities. It's a role where a credit agreement and a candid conversation with a counterparty carry equal weight, and where a well-built structure can unlock a deal everyone else assumed was stuck.

We're hiring a VP, Strategic Finance & Vendor Relations, and we're looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of treasury, credit, negotiation, and relationship-building. Someone who reads what really matters to a counterparty, earns the trust that turns careful consideration into a handshake, and leaves every banking, vendor, and client relationship stronger than they found it.

Reports to: COO

Scope: Senior executive, self-directed, with a direct line to ownership

Location: Waltham, MA

Why This Role Matters

Our business has reached the scale where our transactions get noticed. Banks, vendors, and clients all take a closer look when the numbers get big, and our underlying financial position is strong. This role exists to translate that strength into better terms, smoother relationships, and financing structures that keep us moving at the pace our customers expect. You'll be the person who turns "let's see how this goes"; into "here's how we'll get it done.".

What You'll Do

Banking & Collateral Design and negotiate arrangements with our banking partners, including instruments to protect assets and improve operational flexibility. You'll make sure our financial positions are optimized, so leadership can sleep well and act boldly.

Client Financing & Prepayment Structures Structure large arrangements with major clients that keep our own vendor commitments funded and on track. Many of these clients will be making large strategic purchases, and some will be putting funds out ahead of extended delivery timelines. You'll build the milestones, guarantees, and transparency that make them comfortable saying yes.

Vendor Negotiations & Credit Terms Take a hard, creative look at vendor payment terms and champion better-structured alternatives best accommodate all parties' interest and keep deals moving forward. Beyond individual transactions, you'll build the analysis and relationship capital that streamlines every transaction that follows.

Key Client Relationship Management Own our relationships with high-standards, high-value clients, including stepping into relationships that are established but need a steady hand. You'll spot nascent sources of friction (financial, operational, or relational) early and resolve them while they're still small.

Vendor Relationship Strategy Lead a lasting shift in how vendors see us on large and non-standard transactions. Through credibility, disciplined documentation, and thoughtful relationship management, you'll help make us their go-to partner.

Where This Role Goes

This is a founding seat. You'll shape how strategic finance and vendor relations work here, and as our transaction volume and complexity grow, so does the scope of the role. Success here means a direct hand in the company's most consequential deals, deep partnership with management, and a natural path to expanded leadership as the function you build grows around you.

What You Bring

• 10+ years in corporate finance, treasury, credit, or a related field, with direct experience negotiating collateral agreements, prepayment structures, receivables financing, or vendor credit terms
• A track record of leading high-stakes negotiations with banks, vendors, or major clients, ideally including moments where you changed a counterparty's default posture
• Strong command of credit concepts: security interests, receivables assignment, counterparty risk, and how creditworthiness translates into negotiable terms
• Excellent relationship and influence skills; this role lives in judgment calls and collaborative problem-solving as much as in financial structuring
• The self-direction of a senior executive who drives outcomes through influence, credibility, and momentum
• Experience in a technology company preferred, particularly one with complex vendor supply chains or large enterprise client relationships

Core Competencies

• Builds trust fast
• Structures creatively
• Delivers commitments
• Simplifies complexity
• Communicates well in writing and orally
• Sees the whole board
• Results-oriented

Benefits

We recognize that satisfaction and well-being are integral components for long-term sustainability and business success. As such, available to full-time employees are the following benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Multiple health insurance options
• Medical FSA and Dependent Care FSA
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) savings plan with employer matching
• Employer-sponsored long-term disability
• Paid holidays and PTO that increases with longevity at the company
• Discounted health club membership
• Convenient parking
• Opportunities for growth!

Estimated Salary Range

$150k - $240k per year

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cambridge Computer provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, military service, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

About Us

Cambridge Computer is a leader in delivering innovative physical and cloud-based IT infrastructure, data storage, and data security solutions to clients in a wide variety of industries across North America. Our clients include Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, academic institutions, and some of the hottest high-technology companies in the country. We use creativity, technical expertise, and extensive industry relationships with investors, entrepreneurs, technology visionaries, and manufacturers to identify and incorporate both new and existing paradigms into cohesive IT strategies for our clients. Also, we're a Woman-Owned Small Business, with a close-knit staff of about 100 people that hail from all over the world.