Shaper Capital
CFO-in-Residence
Remote, United States · Exec · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago
Financial ModelingAccountingForecastingM&AFP&ALeadership
About the role
- Each tour of duty is high-leverage, fast-paced, and critical to company success.
- This role requires someone who thrives in early-stage environments, is eager to solve complex financial challenges, and is comfortable operating both at a strategic level and in the financial trenches.
- Shaper Capital was founded by Travis May, who led the two biggest data companies created in the last 20 years (LiveRamp and Datavant); we've launched six companies over the past year, creating data businesses that follow similar playbooks across industries.
Responsibilities
- Embed with Portfolio Companies: Serve as a fractional Head of Finance or strategic finance partner to 1-2 Shaper-backed companies at a time, supporting mission-critical needs during moments of growth, fundraising, or operational scale-up.
- Own Core Finance Functions: Stand up or refine financial systems, develop budgets, forecasts, and dashboards, and help establish key KPIs to support board-level reporting and decision-making.
- Support Fundraising: Partner with founders on modeling, storytelling, data room readiness, and investor Q&A
- Build Scalable Infrastructure: Lay the groundwork for long-term success by establishing best practices in financial operations, cash management, vendor selection, and compliance.
- Strategic Projects: Lead one-off strategic finance initiatives, including pricing strategy, cap table modeling, M&A diligence, cost optimization, or international expansion planning.
Nice to have
- 5-10 years of progressive finance experience, ideally including:
- Early-stage startup finance leadership (Head of Finance, VP Finance, etc.)
- Investment banking, FP&A, private equity, venture capital, or Big 4 accounting
- Experience supporting venture-backed tech startups is strongly preferred
Compensation
- Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package.
Company info
- Over time, transition into a full-time CFO or Head of Finance position within a portfolio company that's the right mutual fit.
- Excited to work in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
- Mission-aligned and motivated to help build meaningful, data-driven companies
- We invest in hiring high potential and humble individuals who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can rapidly grow their responsibilities as we reimagine company creation.
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