Shaper Capital

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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