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Hybrid · San Francisco
Employer listed it 8 months ago · Added 5 weeks ago
Been open since 8 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$224,000 to $280,000
Location
Hybrid · San Francisco
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Finance
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What the advert says
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- Where you can work from
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- Pay
Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend.
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around San Francisco, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "San Francisco, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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Before you apply
Experience: employer states
Written as a nice-to-have
- “Proficiency with financial planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, or similar) and advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; experience with SQL is a plus”
Questions worth asking: Nomaders interpretation
- This role involves office time, but the advert does not say how often. Ask how many days a week are expected on site.
- The advert does not say whether this is employment or a contractor arrangement. Ask, as it affects tax and benefits.
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About the role
About Zip
Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together. By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before. The world’s most influential enterprises trust Zip, including T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, and more. Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend. Zip’s team includes product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta, as well as former procurement leaders from United Health, Sanofi, MGM Resorts, Discover, and NASA. Backed by Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator, Zip has raised $371 million, most recently at a $2.2 billion valuation and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Inc. Best in Business, and LinkedIn Top Startups.
Your Role
This is a pivotal leadership hire on Zip's Strategic Finance team. As our first Corporate Finance leader, you will build and own the financial infrastructure that powers our company-wide planning, forecasting, and reporting processes. You'll be the connective tissue between our business units and executive leadership — translating operational activity into financial insight and driving the rigor that enables confident, fast decision-making.
You'll report directly to the VP of Strategic Finance and have broad influence across the organization, as well as partnering closely with our G&A teams to serve as their strategic finance business partner as Zip continues to scale.
You Will Own
Consolidated Financials & Reporting
Develop and maintain Zip's consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all business units
Own the monthly and quarterly financial close process in partnership with Accounting, producing timely consolidated results with clear variance analysis
Build and maintain board- and investor-ready financial packages that tell a compelling and accurate story of Zip's financial performance
Cash Flow Modeling
Own Zip's 13-week and long-term cash flow model, providing visibility into liquidity, working capital, and runway
Proactively identify cash flow risks and opportunities, working cross-functionally to inform treasury strategy and capital allocation decisions
Build scenario models to stress-test the business under different growth and cost assumptions
Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
Lead Zip's annual operating plan (AOP) process end-to-end — from goal-setting and timeline management through final board approval
Be the main owner and administrator of our financial planning and analysis (FP&A) tool and data infrastructure, ensuring it is scalable, intuitive, and trusted across the business
Drive the quarterly re-forecast process, synthesizing inputs from department heads into a coherent, well-supported financial outlook
Long-Range Planning
Develop and maintain Zip's 3-5 year financial model, articulating the long-range path to profitability and key strategic milestones
Partner with the CEO, Head of Finance, and VP of Strategic Finance on strategic planning narratives for investors, board members, and M&A processes
Translate long-range financial targets into annual and quarterly operating metrics that teams can use to manage their businesses
G&A Finance Partnership
Serve as the dedicated finance business partner to HR and People Operations — supporting headcount planning, compensation modeling, benefits cost analysis, and organizational design decisions
Requirements
- ·8+ years of progressive finance experience, with significant time in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related function at a high-growth technology company
- ·Deep expertise in financial modeling — you can build a three-statement model from scratch and pressure-test assumptions with confidence
- ·Experience owning or significantly contributing to an annual planning cycle and long-range financial planning process
- ·Strong understanding of SaaS metrics and what drives revenue, cost, and efficiency in a software business
- ·Exceptional communicator — you can synthesize complex financial information into clear narratives for executive and board audiences
Benefits
- ·At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.
- ·📈 Start-up equity
- ·🦷 Full health, vision & dental coverage
- ·🍽️ Catered lunches & dinners for SF employees
- ·🚍 Commuter benefit
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Zip, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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