VP FINANCE | Global SaaS + AI Leader | Life Sciences Technology | Hybrid

Build the Finance organization behind the next stage of global scale.

My client is an established Global SaaS + AI Leader with more than 20 years under its belt and its most ambitious chapter ahead.

Over the next three years, the organization is preparing to grow from a business measured in tens of millions in revenue to one measured in hundreds of millions . New products are coming to market. The company plans to launch a new AI-enabled platform in 2027. The executive team is being strengthened. And the infrastructure behind the business needs to evolve just as quickly.

Finance is critical to that build.

Reporting directly to the President, the VP Finance will lead the organization's finance function, owning Accounting and FP&A globally and partnering closely with the President, executive team, and Board to build the financial infrastructure for the company's next stage of growth. And while the mandate is big, the purpose behind the technology is, too.

My client is a leader in SaaS + AI technology for the life sciences industry, supporting organizations across the lifecycle of bringing therapies to market from drug discovery and clinical development through commercialization and manufacturing.

Behind that technology are companies working to bring medicines and therapies to the people who need them. The technology may operate behind the scenes, but the work it supports ultimately reaches patients, families and communities around the world.

This is technology built for an industry where the work matters. It is technology for good.

What The Next 3 Years Will Look Like:

• Level up the global Finance organization. Bring greater sophistication, discipline and accountability across Accounting and FP&A. The foundation exists. Your mandate is to build on it with the rigor, processes, controls and operating cadence of a public-company Finance organization.
• Make timely, accurate financial information a competitive advantage. Strengthen close, reporting, forecasting, planning, and financial visibility so business leaders can trust the information they need, when they need it, to understand performance and make better decisions.
• Build the next generation of FP&A. Elevate forecasting, budgeting, modeling, scenario planning and business insight. Finance should not simply report what happened. It should help leadership understand why it happened, what comes next, and what decisions to make.
• Modernize how Finance works. Use systems, automation, data, technology, and AI to eliminate unnecessary work, improve accuracy and visibility, and build a Finance function that can keep scaling.
• Help Finance keep pace with significant company growth. This is not incremental growth. The organization is preparing to move from tens of millions toward hundreds of millions in revenue. You will build ahead of that growth across people, processes, systems, controls and financial infrastructure rather than waiting for the existing model to break.
• Sit at the table for what comes next. New products, pricing models, global structures and commercial models will require Finance to help determine the answer, not simply calculate it afterward. You will work closely with the President, executive team and Board as the business enters its next chapter.

To Be Considered For The Role:

A few things are non-negotiable for this search.

• SaaS is a must. You have meaningful Finance leadership experience inside a SaaS business and understand its economics, metrics, revenue models and operating realities.
• Scale is a must. You've helped a company grow from tens of millions to hundreds of millions in revenue and seen firsthand what Finance needs to become as the business outgrows the processes, systems, and structures that got it there.
• Public-company Finance experience is a must. You've operated inside the rigor, controls, reporting expectations and cadence of a public-company environment and know how to bring those standards into a growing organization.
• Your foundation is Accounting. You built meaningful experience in accounting, controllership, financial reporting or a closely related technical accounting function before expanding into FP&A, strategic finance, and executive leadership.
• You've led Finance globally. Your experience spans multiple countries, entities and jurisdictions, including the realities of consolidation, tax, treasury, transfer pricing and global reporting.
• You've owned Accounting AND FP&A. This is not an FP&A role with accounting sitting somewhere else. You need the accounting depth to own the integrity of the numbers and the strategic Finance capability to help determine where the business goes next.

And finally, you're still a builder.

You can operate with the President, executive team and Board, and you're equally willing to get into the details, understand why something isn't working, challenge “this is how we've always done it,” and help your team build something better.

The Details:

Working Style: Hybrid: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in office

Scope: Global Head of Finance | Accounting + FP&A

Reports To: President

Company: Private, PE-backed, Global SaaS + AI

Global Headcount: 500+ and growing

Compensation: Salary + Bonus + Equity; details will be discussed during the initial conversation.

Our Commitment to Candidates:

Every application is personally reviewed. AI is never used to screen or assess résumés.

Candidates selected for an initial conversation will receive a comprehensive role profile before we meet, providing much deeper insight into the company, leadership, mandate, interview process and what success looks like in the role.

If your best work has happened when a Finance organization needed to build, scale, modernize or level up, and you've done it inside a global SaaS business experiencing significant growth, I'd love to hear from you .