VP, Strategic Finance and Business Operations

Who We Are

At Verkada, we’re building the operating system for the physical world. 

We started in 2016 with video security cameras and an intuitive cloud-based platform, and in just six years, we've expanded to include five additional product lines (access control, environmental sensors and alarms, as well as visitor and mailroom management) that help enterprises to protect and manage their people and assets. 

Today more than 14,000 organizations across 63 countries worldwide trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. We are valued at $3.2 billion, with $360 million raised in venture capital from investors including Linse Capital, MSD Partners, L.P., Felicis Ventures, Next47, Sequoia Capital, Meritech Capital, and First Round Capital. 

This is just the beginning. The need for businesses to secure and manage their people and physical assets with scale and speed is mission critical and continues to increase. Our teams are energized by the complex challenges we work on and the platform we are building to make the schools, hospitals, businesses and communities that we live and work in safer. 

Responsibilities

The Strategic Finance team is a set of approximately a half dozen “decathletes” – often ex bankers and consultants who are skilled in a wide range of disciplines. As the leader of our Strategic Finance team, you will play a crucial role in driving a range of activities, including financial budgeting & forecasting, strategic problem-solving, KPIs, board communications, corporate analytics and operational improvements. This role reports to the CFO.

• Financial planning & strategy: drive our financial planning processes and adapt the underlying financial forecast model for the growing complexity of the business
• Reporting: help develop and track critical financial and KPI metrics for the Executive team and others, and communicate actionable insights to relevant stakeholders.
• Functional partnership: be a strategic partner for specific departments to help solve ad hoc analytical problems and be the main point of contact for finance support
• Executive collaboration – Work alongside our CEO, CFO, and executive team to establish a strategic roadmap and growth targets for the business
• Get sh*t done: Since we’re still in scrappy startup mode, there’s a lot of rolling up your sleeves and getting into the weeds to drive direct impact on a daily basis. We knock out today’s problems while also balancing our need to build for the long-term. We accomplish this through hard work, being clear on what’s worth tackling and what’s not, and ensuring a high talent bar

Requirements

• Raw smarts: we are looking for people with strong business acumen who can approach complex problems and solve them from start to finish.
• High attention to detail: at Verkada, we pride ourselves on first principles thinking and sweating the details as the keys to business results. This leader should excel in these areas and set a standard for others. 
• Excellent modeling/analytics: you have strong modeling intuition, and a good understanding of how to bring a modeling framework to complicated problems. Strong understanding of accounting and financial concepts is a plus.
• Flexibility: you are comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment that will require you to manage competing priorities, pivot quickly and often, mentor brilliant (but inexperienced) talent junior in their career, and continually build new processes as the company scales.
• 15+ years of professional experience – Proven track record in building and growing finance teams, banking or consulting 
• High academic achievement from a leading university – Top-tier MBA is a plus.

Perks & Benefits

• Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage 
• Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays 
• Wellness allowance 
• Commuter benefits 
• Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily 
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits 

Verkada is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to be a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is support for members and allies of our internal communities like Women at Verkada, Pride at Verkada, Multicultural at Verkada and Parents at Verkada.