Chief Financial Officer

About the role

The CFO at Neato is one of the most consequential seats on the executive team. You are Neato's first true head of finance, second-in-command behind the founders, and the operator who builds Neato into a financially disciplined, strategically optionable company — one that can pursue M&A, financing, or strategic transactions on its own terms when the moment is right.

Responsibilities

• Lead M&A, financing, and strategic transaction activity for the company, including diligence preparation, banker management, valuation work, and deal execution.
• Build the Finance function from the ground up, including FP&A, accounting, treasury, AP/AR, payroll, procurement, tax, and equity administration using AI agents + select people.
• Hire and lead the finance team, beginning with a senior accountant inside the first 90 days, followed by a finance associate.
• Own the company-level financial plan — budget, forecast, scenario planning, and the model that drives operating decisions.
• Own treasury, cash management, and working capital strategy, with a particular focus on inventory underwriting and Amazon settlement cycles.
• Partner with the COO on inventory underwriting and brand-level working capital exposure.
• Partner with the CCO on pricing, packaging, brand profitability modeling, and commercial deal economics.
• Own audit, tax, and external partner management, including the relationship with the company's current audit firm.
• Own investor relations and board reporting, including board materials, investor updates, and existing institutional relationships.
• Operate as second in command across the executive team, partnering with the CTO, CCO, COO, and CBO on cross-functional decisions.
• Bring AI and agent-based workflows into the finance function as a force multiplier on the team you build.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive financial leadership, including at least one senior leadership role (CFO, VP Finance, Head of Finance, or equivalent) at a venture-backed, PE-backed, or growth-stage company.
• Demonstrated track record of leading M&A, recapitalization, financing, or material strategic transactions on the company side.
• Demonstrated track record of building or rebuilding a finance function — FP&A, accounting, treasury, and IR — from a low starting point.
• Demonstrated track record of owning a company-level financial plan with real accountability.
• Demonstrated track record of managing audit, tax, and external financial partners at the senior level.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at the executive level, including direct engagement with founders, boards, and institutional investors.

Preferred Experience

• Prior tenure as CFO, VP Finance, or Head of Finance at a company in the consumer brand, eCommerce services, CPG, or marketplace ecosystem.
• Brand-side or operator-side experience at an inventory-intensive, working-capital-heavy business — Amazon 1P or 3P, mid-market CPG in the $50M–$500M range, 3PL, or comparable.
• Direct experience preparing a company for strategic alternatives, including QofE, adjusted EBITDA defense, normalized working capital, and buy-side diligence.
• Experience inside the QuickBooks Online, Ramp, and Google Sheets stack, with a clear opinion on what to keep and what to replace.
• AI-native finance leadership experience — agent-based close, automated reporting, AI-assisted FP&A — is a must.
• Founder-operator background — built and sold a company or services business — is a strong plus.