VP of Finance #2345

About the Role We’re a growing consumer products company looking for a hands on, tech savvy, VP of Finance with a strong FP&A background. In this role, you'll embody the company’s bootstrapped roots to lead the finance function and personally work on FP&A. This role is for a senior operator who still loves doing the work. Ideally this role would be based in Cleveland, OH however remote candidates will be considered. What You’ll Do Lead the full finance function as our most senior finance leader. Build our FP&A capability from the ground up: budgets, forecasts, and cash flow modeling. Use Claude and other AI tools to build faster, model smarter, and automate manual work. Work with our small finance team to institutionalize our accounting and month-end close. Manage cash, banking and lender relationships, and tax planning. Prepare to undergo an audit. What We’re Looking For Senior finance leadership experience (roughly 10+ years), with the ability to own the full finance function. A strong FP&A background: you can build a budget, forecast, and cash flow model from scratch, on your own. Genuinely tech-forward: you already use AI tools like Claude in your work and see it as a core part of how finance should operate. A background in toys or licensed consumer products, with vast experience in royalty reporting, mass retail distribution, and overseas manufacturing A hands‑on operator's mindset. Comfortable with a small team and rolling up your sleeves. Enough startup hunger to build something, paired with the discipline to make it institutionally sound. CPA and/or MBA a plus, not a requirement. Someone with a track record of scaling the finance function from tribal knowledge to GAAP compliance What Success Looks Like A real company budget in place, built department by department. Forecasting and cash flow processes running on a predictable cadence. Financials that are clean, documented, and audit ready. KPIs are alive and measurable within the organization Details Reports to: CEO. Location: Cleveland area, on‑site with our ops and finance teams. Team: Leads a small Finance department, partners cross functionally with Operations Compensation: Competitive base plus bonus (cash). #J-18808-Ljbffr Gilder Search Group