CFO POST NUMBER: 451547
Key Responsibilities:
Fund Sourcing & Capital Strategy:
- Drive capital sourcing efforts, including debt, equity, and alternative financing structures (e.g., securitizations, structured credit facilities).
- Build and maintain relationships with institutional investors, capital markets participants, private equity, and lending partners.
- Oversee execution of capital raising initiatives, ensuring alignment with growth objectives and risk management frameworks.
- Optimize the company’s capital structure and liquidity position through active treasury and funding oversight.
- Lead all FP&A activities, including budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic modeling to support informed decision-making at the executive level.
- Develop and maintain robust financial models to evaluate profitability, growth scenarios, and capital allocation strategies.
- Deliver financial insights that drive operational efficiencies and inform strategic initiatives, including product expansion and market entry.
- Partner with the CEO and executive team to shape long-term strategic plans and assess financial impact of key business decisions.
- Lead financial due diligence, modeling, and integration planning for M&A opportunities.
- Guide scenario planning and stress-testing to prepare for various market conditions.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting standards in partnership with the Chief Compliance Officer.
- Oversee financial controls, risk assessments, and audit readiness across all business units.
- Represent the company in all financial communications with external stakeholders, including investors, lenders, and board members.
- Provide transparent, insightful reporting and updates on company financial health, forecasts, and funding initiatives.
Qualifications:
- CPA, Bachelor’s degree and/or MBA required.
- Minimum 10 years of financial leadership experience, ideally within fintech, alternative lending, structured finance, private equity, or banking.
- Demonstrated success in FP&A leadership, capital strategy, and investor engagement.
- Proven track record in sourcing and structuring funding (debt/equity/securitized products).
- Strong understanding of financial regulations, risk management, and compliance.
- Experience in M&A, financial modeling, deal negotiation, and integration.
- Familiarity with financial systems, automation tools, and modern FP&A platforms.
- Exceptional communication skills and executive presence.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.