Senior Manager, Finance

About vidIQ
vidIQ is the leading AI-powered platform helping millions of creators grow their audiences and businesses on YouTube. Finance sits at the center of how we make decisions - and we're looking for the person who will own it end to end.

The Role
This is a rare, high-ownership combined seat: you'll be both the technical backbone of our accounting and controls function and the analytical partner to the CEO and leadership team. You'll own everything from month-end close, audit, and compliance through forecasting, board reporting, and strategic analysis.

You'll work on a modern, automation-forward finance stack, with an accounting analyst handling day-to-day preparation and reconciliation - so your time goes to judgment, review, and insight, not manual data entry. If you want to own a whole finance function, put your name on the numbers, and directly shape company decisions, this is that seat.

What You'll Own

Accounting, Controls & Compliance

• Own the monthly close: final-level review and sign-off on financial statements, revenue and deferred-revenue recognition, journal entries, and reconciliations (US GAAP)
• Own the annual financial-statement audit end to end - manage the external audit relationship, coordinate requests, and represent the company through fieldwork and management representations
• Own lender/debt-covenant reporting and certification and other recurring external financial deliverables
• Own equity administration and stock-option issuances (cap table / Carta), including board-approval packages and the annual 409A valuation renewal
• Own tax-compliance coordination - sales/use tax, 1099/3921 filings, and the external tax-firm relationship
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls, segregation of duties, and financial policies

Cash, Treasury & Payments

• Own the cash-flow forecast model and weekly cash monitoring; prioritize and authorize payments during the month
• Own AP invoice approval, expense-reimbursement review, payroll review, banking administration, and the corporate card program

FP&A, Analytics & Strategy

• Own the company budget/forecast and the monthly and quarterly reforecast
• Own board-deck financials and KPI reporting; partner with the CEO on strategic, investor, and diligence materials
• Build and maintain SaaS/subscription analytics - MRR/ARR, retention and cohort behavior, expansion, churn, and unit economics - and translate them into decisions
• Partner cross-functionally (Engineering on infrastructure/COGS, People Ops on headcount planning, GTM on growth) to protect margin and drive efficiency

Leadership

• Guide an offshore accounting analyst and use automation to scale the function without adding headcount
• Serve as the senior finance point of contact for the CEO, board, auditors, lender, and investors

Must-haves

• 7+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience spanning both technical accounting/controllership and FP&A
• Strong US GAAP; has owned a full monthly close and served as the company-side lead on an external audit
• Hands-on SaaS/subscription finance experience (revenue recognition, deferred revenue, MRR/ARR)
• Experience with debt-covenant reporting and/or equity/cap-table administration
• Proven ability to build forecasts, cash models, and board/investor reporting from scratch
• Thrives as a lean, hands-on operator - high ownership, strong judgment, low ego
• A track record of proactively identifying and implementing AI/automation solutions to streamline finance processes, not just using tools when told to
• An excellent communicator who's comfortable putting their name on the numbers with a board, auditors, and a lender

Nice-to-haves

• CPA (active or inactive)
• NetSuite, Carta, Stripe, Brex, Bill.com, and ChartMogul experience
• Prior venture- or PE-backed, growth-stage software company experience
• Experience supporting M&A, fundraising, or investor due diligence

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid basic life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Monthly cell phone and wifi stipend ($100/month each)
• Equity where applicable

This is a full-time position. This role is open to candidates located in the United States, excluding Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey.