GGWP
Head of Finance and Operations
United States · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$160k-$200kDetected 62 days ago
HubSpotSalesforceCRMAccountingForecastingExcelQuickBooksVendor ManagementCadenceAR/VRLeadership
About the role
- This is a senior individual contributor role with two direct reports today (HR/Ops Manager and Bookkeeper) and a clear path to a small team as the company scales.
- Your job is to evaluate, tighten, and scale what is in place to start.
Responsibilities
- Build and enforce an approval matrix appropriate to a 30-60 person company.
- Finance Operations, Reporting & Cap Table Own monthly close, AP/AR hygiene, and book quality; manage the bookkeeper.
- Maintain operating metrics (ARR, bookings, renewals, collections, vendor spend, runway), partnering with RevOps on revenue-side accuracy.
- Contract Operations Own the operational flow from Closed-Won to executed order form, billing setup, and renewal tracking.
- Manage order form creation; ensure commercial terms (billing cycles, usage allowances, overages, start and renewal dates) are captured accurately.
- Own legal intake, redline status tracking, the contract repository, and renewal-date hygiene (MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, security exhibits, order forms).
- Partner with external GC and privacy counsel on substantive review - this role manages process and business coordination, not legal advice.
Requirements
- Stage fit: You have owned a multi-function finance + ops scope at a $5M-$25M ARR SaaS company.
- Approvals fluency: You have personally signed off on payroll, AP, and vendor approvals at scale, and built approval matrices.
- Cap table mechanics: Working knowledge of Carta (or equivalent), 409A timing, and option grant administration.
- People management: You have managed at least 1-3 direct reports (mix of contractor and FTE).
- You have owned a multi-function finance + ops scope at a $5M-$25M ARR SaaS company.
- You have personally signed off on payroll, AP, and vendor approvals at scale, and built approval matrices.
- Working knowledge of Carta (or equivalent), 409A timing, and option grant administration.
- You have managed at least 1-3 direct reports (mix of contractor and FTE).
Nice to have
- You will inherit a working, lean operating stack - SVB for banking, Rippling for payroll and QuickBooks for accounting, plus established external accountants, general counsel, and privacy counsel.
- B2B SaaS strongly preferred.
Skills
- High proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel; familiarity with QuickBooks, Rippling, and CRM (HubSpot or Salesforce).
- Mindset: Practical, low-ego, and comfortable moving between strategic and tactical work in the same hour.
- Success in the First Six Months Routine financial approvals run without CEO involvement.
- Monthly close runs on a predictable cadence with clean books.
- The contract repository is organized and searchable; no renewals are missed.
- HR/Ops and bookkeeping run on a clear operating cadence under your direct management.
- The cap table is current; 409A and equity grants are administered on a defined schedule.
- The CEO has a monthly operating metrics view (ARR, bookings, renewals, cash, headcount, risks) refreshed on a predictable schedule.
Compensation
- $160,000-$200,000 base salary, plus equity and benefits.
- Final compensation will depend on experience, scope fit, and location.
- About GGWP GGWP is a fast-paced startup co-founded by three successful entrepreneurs and backed by key strategic investors in the video game industry.
- Our mission is to curb toxicity in gaming by creating positive, player-centric experiences.
- We partner with the world's most popular online games and social platforms to build healthier digital communities.
- The Role GGWP is hiring its first Head of Finance & Operations - a hybrid finance leader and senior operator who will own the company's financial controls, business operations, and administrative backbone.
Benefits
- Own cap table hygiene, 409A coordination, option grants, and equity administration.
- HR / Ops, Insurance & Vendor Management Manage the HR / Ops function directly; own payroll execution, benefits, headcount tracking, comp records, and onboarding/offboarding workflows.
- Own insurance - D&O, E&O, cyber, employee health - including renewals, claims, and policy adequacy as the company grows.
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