Vice President, Finance

Role Description

Loyal is hiring a VP of Finance to build and lead the company's finance and accounting infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role at a company that has closed a $100M Series C, is advancing three pipeline programs, and is targeting commercial launch of its lead product.

Loyal is a milestone-based operating business. Value is created by hitting scientific, regulatory, and commercial inflection points, and capital must be committed against multi-year R&D cycles long before any one milestone is proven out. The finance function plays a crucial role in company strategy.

As a key strategic partner to the CEO, you will be instrumental in scaling Loyal into a commercial-stage organization by:

• Driving the overall capital strategy, fundraising, board materials, and investor-facing work.
• Building and leading the comprehensive finance and accounting function.
• Establishing repeatable disciplines like FP&A and robust board reporting.
• Managing the company's first audit and owning controllership and close.
• Building the financial foundation for revenue recognition, gross-to-net, COGS and inventory accounting, commercial-stage forecasting, and necessary controls and reporting.

The finance infrastructure for commercialization is being built from the ground up. The right person has done this before at a VC-backed biotech or other atoms-based, milestone-based organization.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in biotech, pharma, or life sciences.
• Experience supporting a first commercial launch and establishing the financial infrastructure for a revenue-generating operation.
• Experience at a company that completed an IPO and leading VC fundraises.
• Familiarity with veterinary or animal health regulatory and commercial dynamics.

Requirements

• Discipline in milestone-based capital allocation.
• Ability to connect spend to scientific, regulatory, and commercial inflection points.
• Low ego, high integrity, and clear communication skills.
• Embrace and seek opportunities to leverage AI and automation tools.
• Ability to present financial results and capital strategy clearly to a board audience.
• Experience managing people and building teams.
• Ability to work fluidly across functions.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy.

Benefits

• Full-coverage health insurance — medical, dental and vision — for you and your dependents.
• $1,000 home office equipment stipend.
• $1,200/year learning budget for books, courses, etc.
• $250/month wellness budget for gym, cleaners, spa, food, etc.
• All 3-day weekends are turned into 4-day weekends .
• Unlimited vacation and paid holidays.
• Paw-ternity leave — adopt a dog and get a day off with your new family member .
• Competitive salary.
• Company equity options grant for new hires.