Director of Corporate Finance
Hybrid (San Francisco)$224k - $280kFull-timePosted 7mo ago
About the role
Pivotal leadership role leading Zip's Strategic Finance team as the first Corporate Finance leader. Responsible for building and owning financial infrastructure for planning, forecasting, and reporting, translating operational activity into financial insight, and partnering with G&A to scale the business.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Zip's consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all business units
- Own the monthly and quarterly financial close process in partnership with Accounting, producing timely consolidated results with clear variance analysis
- Build and maintain board- and investor-ready financial packages that tell a compelling and accurate story of Zip's financial performance
- Own Zip's 13-week and long-term cash flow model, providing visibility into liquidity, working capital, and runway
- Proactively identify cash flow risks and opportunities, working cross-functionally to inform treasury strategy and capital allocation decisions
- Build scenario models to stress-test the business under different growth and cost assumptions
- Lead Zip's annual operating plan (AOP) process end-to-end — from goal-setting and timeline management through final board approval
- Be the main owner and administrator of our financial planning and analysis (FP&A) tool and data infrastructure, ensuring it is scalable, intuitive, and trusted across the business
- Drive the quarterly re-forecast process, synthesizing inputs from department heads into a coherent, well-supported financial outlook
- Develop and maintain Zip's 3-5 year financial model, articulating the long-range path to profitability and key strategic milestones
- Partner with the CEO, Head of Finance, and VP of Strategic Finance on strategic planning narratives for investors, board members, and M&A processes
- Translate long-range financial targets into annual and quarterly operating metrics that teams can use to manage their businesses
- Serve as the dedicated finance business partner to HR and People Operations — supporting headcount planning, compensation modeling, benefits cost analysis, and organizational design decisions
- Partner with Zip's Real Estate team on office portfolio strategy, lease modeling, occupancy planning, and capital expenditure forecasting
- Build trusted relationships with G&A leaders, helping them understand their budgets, manage spend, and make data-driven decisions
Qualifications
- 8+ years of progressive finance experience, with significant time in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related function at a high-growth technology company
- Deep expertise in financial modeling — you can build a three-statement model from scratch and pressure-test assumptions with confidence
- Experience owning or significantly contributing to an annual planning cycle and long-range financial planning process
- Strong understanding of SaaS metrics and what drives revenue, cost, and efficiency in a software business
- Exceptional communicator — you can synthesize complex financial information into clear narratives for executive and board audiences
- Experience partnering with G&A functions (particularly HR/People and Real Estate) is a strong plus
- Proficiency with financial planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, or similar) and advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; experience with SQL is a plus
- A bias for building: you're excited to build processes and infrastructure from the ground up, not just maintain what's already there
- Low ego, high ownership — you thrive in collaborative environments and are comfortable getting into the details when needed
Skills
Required:Financial modelingAnnual planning & long-range financial planningSaaS metrics and revenue/cost drivers
Benefits
- Start-up equity
- Full health, vision & dental coverage
- Catered lunches & dinners for SF employees
- Commuter benefit
- Team building events & happy hours
- Flexible PTO
- Apple equipment plus home office budget
- 401k plan
Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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