Chief Financial Officer
Ventaris Surgical · San Carlos, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteFinance$30/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (but not repeat job title). The posting includes "About Ventaris Surgical" intro, then "About the Role". We need to include sections: About the role (maybe as heading), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes "About the Role" (intro). Then "In Your First 12 Months" (maybe part of responsibilities). Then "Key Responsibilities" with subheadings: Financial Strategy and Planning, Capital Strategy and Fundraising, Operating Economics and Commercial Readiness, Financial Operations and Controls, Board and Reporting. Then "Requirements". Then "Education". Then "Preferred Qualifications". Then "Why Join Ventaris" (maybe benefits). Then "Who We're Looking For" (values). Also "About Ventaris Surgical" intro (company description). We need to decide which sections to output.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "Chief Financial Officer". Not to be used as heading.
We need to use for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have headings like
for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have headings like About the role
, Responsibilities
, Requirements
, Qualifications
, Benefits
maybe. Pay and Schedule only if present; not present, so omit.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc.
We need to decide what content goes under each section.
Approach:
- About the role: include the paragraph(s) describing the role: "Ventaris Surgical is seeking a hands-on, company-building Chief Financial Officer..." plus maybe "In Your First 12 Months" bullet list? Actually "In Your First 12 Months" is a list of objectives; could be part of responsibilities or separate. But we can treat as part of About the role (description). However we have a Responsibilities section for detailed responsibilities.
Thus:
About the role
Ventaris Surgical is seeking a hands-on, company-building Chief Financial Officer to serve as the company's senior financial leader and a strategic partner to the CEO, Board of Directors, and executive team. The CFO's near-term mandate is to shape and execute the company's capital strategy, build an integrated operating plan through our clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, and commercial milestones, and establish the financial discipline required to move from clinical development through commercialization. The right leader can meet today's needs and scale with Ventaris through future financings, commercialization, and a potential IPO. This role requires someone who moves comfortably between strategy and execution. You will evaluate financing alternatives, lead future fundraising processes, advise on resource allocation and strategic alternatives, and provide leadership and the Board with clear, candid recommendations. You will also review the cash forecast, improve the monthly close, strengthen controls, oversee the cap table, and pressure-test operating assumptions. You will initially lead a lean finance function and build the team as the business requires. At Ventaris, every member of the senior team is a builder. This role is no different.
Then maybe include "In Your First 12 Months" as a under About the role or Responsibilities. Since it's specific objectives, could be part of Responsibilities. But we already have Responsibilities section with subheadings. Could incorporate "In Your First 12 Months" as a under Responsibilities before subheadings.
But the instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn those bullet points into list.
Thus Responsibilities section: we can have a
for the "In Your First 12 Months" items, then subheadings for each responsibility category with their own lists.
But we must not create empty sections. We'll include Responsibilities with content.
Now Requirements: list of bullet points under "Requirements". We'll output as .
Qualifications: maybe combine Education and Preferred Qualifications? The instruction says we can have Qualifications section. We'll include Education under Qualifications? Or we could have separate Education heading? The allowed headings list includes Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Education not listed but could be placed under Qualifications. We'll put Education and Preferred Qualifications under Qualifications.
Benefits: The "Why Join Ventaris" section includes benefits: high impact, clear vision, rare moment, backed by leading MedTech investors, low-ego high-accountability culture. Also maybe "Who We're Looking For" values. We'll treat as Benefits.
We must not include boilerplate like equal opportunity employer etc. Remove that.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (the paragraph above)
Responsibilities
- Build a Board-aligned capital plan and milestone-based operating model integrating clinical, regulatory, R&D, manufacturing, and commercial plans
- Establish financing readiness and lead the company's next financing process, including recommendations on amount, timing, structure, and milestone alignment
- Establish a predictable monthly close, cash forecast, Board reporting cadence, and scalable financial controls
- Build the commercial economic model, including COGS, gross margin, pricing, capital and disposable economics, inventory, and commercial scaling assumptions
Then maybe subheadings? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid additional headings? It says use for section headings (list). Likely they expect only those headings. So we should not add extra headings like "Financial Strategy and Planning". Instead we should incorporate those details under Responsibilities as list items. But we have a lot of detail; we could break into multiple under Responsibilities but still no extra headings. However we need to preserve all substantive information; we can include them as list items under Responsibilities.
Thus we need to capture all responsibilities bullet points from the posting.
Let's extract all responsibilities bullet points:
From "Key Responsibilities" sections:
Financial Strategy and Planning:
- Serve as the primary financial advisor to the CEO and leadership team, translating financial data into strategic insight and actionable recommendations
- Own the annual budgeting and forecasting process, including cash runway modeling and scenario planning
- Develop and maintain a long-range financial model that supports strategic decision-making across clinical development, operations, and commercialization
- Partner with department leaders on financial planning, resource allocation, and cost management
Capital Strategy and Fundraising:
- In partnership with the CEO, develop the company's capital strategy and lead future financing processes, including Series B and beyond, from investor strategy and positioning through diligence, negotiation, and close
- Maintain financing and diligence readiness through high-quality reporting, investor-ready financial models and Board materials, and a current data room
- Serve as a key point of contact for existing and prospective investors and support clear, consistent investor communication
Operating Economics and Commercial Readiness:
- Partner with Operations and R&D on COGS, target costing, and gross margin planning as the product advances toward commercialization
- Partner with the CEO and commercial leadership on revenue forecasting, pricing, capital and disposable unit economics, reimbursement assumptions, and console placement and deployment models
- Partner with Operations to plan inventory, working capital, manufacturing capacity, and launch investment
- Partner with commercial leadership to establish commercial planning and analytics, including pipeline visibility, site productivity, and resource allocation, to support forecasting and scale-up decisions
- Establish financial decision gates for hiring, clinical investment, manufacturing capacity, and commercial expansion
- Build and present analyses that support executive and Board decision-making on strategic alternatives
Financial Operations and Controls:
- Oversee all day-to-day financial operations, including accounting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, treasury, and cash management
- Establish and maintain internal controls, financial policies, and reporting processes appropriate for a growing early-stage company
- Manage relationships with external accountants, auditors, banking partners, and tax advisors
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes
- Oversee equity administration, cap table management, and stock option program in coordination with legal counsel
- Build and lead the finance and accounting team as the company scales, including future hires in accounting, FP&A, and finance operations
- Oversee financial risk management, insurance coverage, and cash investment activities
- Lead the selection and implementation of scalable financial systems and processes, including ERP, procurement controls, expense management, and budgeting tools, in partnership with functional leaders
- Partner with legal counsel and functional leaders on the financial terms and risk implications of material contracts and corporate matters
- Partner with HR on workforce planning and the financial design of compensation and employee benefit programs
Board and Reporting:
- Prepare and present financial materials for Board of Directors meetings and investor updates
- Develop key financial metrics, KPIs, and dashboards that keep leadership and the Board informed and aligned
- Maintain strong relationships with Board members and investors, demonstrating credibility and transparency in financial communication
Also "In Your First 12 Months" items:
- Build a Board-aligned capital plan and milestone-based operating model integrating clinical, regulatory, R&D, manufacturing, and commercial plans
- Establish financing readiness and lead the company's next financing process, including recommendations on amount, timing, structure, and milestone alignment
- Establish a predictable monthly close, cash forecast, Board reporting cadence, and scalable financial controls
- Build the commercial economic model, including COGS, gross margin, pricing, capital and disposable economics, inventory, and commercial scaling assumptions
Note these overlap with responsibilities; we can include them but avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should include them even if duplicate? Might be okay to include duplicates but better to avoid duplication? The instruction doesn't forbid duplication but says preserve all substantive information; duplicates are still substantive but repeating may be unnecessary. However we could combine them; but to be safe, include all items as listed, maybe deduplicate obvious duplicates.
Let's list unique items:
From In Your First 12 Months:
1. Build a Board-aligned capital plan and milestone-based operating model integrating clinical, regulatory, R&D, manufacturing, and commercial plans
2. Establish financing readiness and lead the company's next financing process, including recommendations on amount, timing, structure, and milestone alignment
3. Establish a predictable monthly close, cash forecast, Board reporting cadence, and scalable financial controls
4. Build the commercial economic model, including COGS, gross margin, pricing, capital and disposable economics, inventory, and commercial scaling assumptions
These appear also in responsibilities (some). We'll keep them but maybe we can note they are covered; but to preserve all, we include them.
Now responsibilities list (unique) from categories:
Financial Strategy and Planning:
- Serve as the primary financial advisor to the CEO and leadership team, translating financial data into strategic insight and actionable recommendations
- Own the annual budgeting and forecasting process, including cash runway modeling and scenario planning
- Develop and maintain a long-range financial model that supports strategic decision-making across clinical development, operations, and commercialization
- Partner with department leaders on financial planning, resource allocation, and cost management
Capital Strategy and Fundraising:
- In partnership with the CEO, develop the company's capital strategy and lead future financing processes, including Series B and beyond, from investor strategy and positioning through diligence, negotiation, and close
- Maintain financing and diligence readiness through high-quality reporting, investor-ready financial models and Board materials, and a current data room
- Serve as a key point of contact for existing and prospective investors and support clear, consistent investor communication
Operating Economics and Commercial Readiness:
- Partner
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to decide what content goes under each section. Approach: - About the role: include the paragraph(s) describing the role: "Ventaris Surgical is seeking a hands-on, company-building Chief Financial Officer..." plus maybe "In Your First 12 Months" bullet list? Actually "In Your First 12 Months" is a list of objectives; could be part of responsibilities or separate. But we can treat as part of About the role (description). However we have a Responsibilities section for detailed responsibilities. Thus:
About the role
Ventaris Surgical is seeking a hands-on, company-building Chief Financial Officer to serve as the company's senior financial leader and a strategic partner to the CEO, Board of Directors, and executive team. The CFO's near-term mandate is to shape and execute the company's capital strategy, build an integrated operating plan through our clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, and commercial milestones, and establish the financial discipline required to move from clinical development through commercialization. The right leader can meet today's needs and scale with Ventaris through future financings, commercialization, and a potential IPO. This role requires someone who moves comfortably between strategy and execution. You will evaluate financing alternatives, lead future fundraising processes, advise on resource allocation and strategic alternatives, and provide leadership and the Board with clear, candid recommendations. You will also review the cash forecast, improve the monthly close, strengthen controls, oversee the cap table, and pressure-test operating assumptions. You will initially lead a lean finance function and build the team as the business requires. At Ventaris, every member of the senior team is a builder. This role is no different.
Then maybe include "In Your First 12 Months" as a- under About the role or Responsibilities. Since it's specific objectives, could be part of Responsibilities. But we already have Responsibilities section with subheadings. Could incorporate "In Your First 12 Months" as a
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn those bullet points into list.
Thus Responsibilities section: we can have a
- for the "In Your First 12 Months" items, then subheadings for each responsibility category with their own
- Build a Board-aligned capital plan and milestone-based operating model integrating clinical, regulatory, R&D, manufacturing, and commercial plans
- Establish financing readiness and lead the company's next financing process, including recommendations on amount, timing, structure, and milestone alignment
- Establish a predictable monthly close, cash forecast, Board reporting cadence, and scalable financial controls
- Build the commercial economic model, including COGS, gross margin, pricing, capital and disposable economics, inventory, and commercial scaling assumptions
- lists.
But we must not create empty sections. We'll include Responsibilities with content.
Now Requirements: list of bullet points under "Requirements". We'll output as
- .
Qualifications: maybe combine Education and Preferred Qualifications? The instruction says we can have Qualifications section. We'll include Education under Qualifications? Or we could have separate Education heading? The allowed headings list includes Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Education not listed but could be placed under Qualifications. We'll put Education and Preferred Qualifications under Qualifications.
Benefits: The "Why Join Ventaris" section includes benefits: high impact, clear vision, rare moment, backed by leading MedTech investors, low-ego high-accountability culture. Also maybe "Who We're Looking For" values. We'll treat as Benefits.
We must not include boilerplate like equal opportunity employer etc. Remove that.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (the paragraph above)
Responsibilities
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid additional headings? It says use
for section headings (list). Likely they expect only those headings. So we should not add extra headings like "Financial Strategy and Planning". Instead we should incorporate those details under Responsibilities as list items. But we have a lot of detail; we could break into multiple
- under Responsibilities but still no extra headings. However we need to preserve all substantive information; we can include them as list items under Responsibilities.
Thus we need to capture all responsibilities bullet points from the posting.
Let's extract all responsibilities bullet points:
From "Key Responsibilities" sections:
Financial Strategy and Planning:
- Serve as the primary financial advisor to the CEO and leadership team, translating financial data into strategic insight and actionable recommendations
- Own the annual budgeting and forecasting process, including cash runway modeling and scenario planning
- Develop and maintain a long-range financial model that supports strategic decision-making across clinical development, operations, and commercialization
- Partner with department leaders on financial planning, resource allocation, and cost management
Capital Strategy and Fundraising:
- In partnership with the CEO, develop the company's capital strategy and lead future financing processes, including Series B and beyond, from investor strategy and positioning through diligence, negotiation, and close
- Maintain financing and diligence readiness through high-quality reporting, investor-ready financial models and Board materials, and a current data room
- Serve as a key point of contact for existing and prospective investors and support clear, consistent investor communication
Operating Economics and Commercial Readiness:
- Partner with Operations and R&D on COGS, target costing, and gross margin planning as the product advances toward commercialization
- Partner with the CEO and commercial leadership on revenue forecasting, pricing, capital and disposable unit economics, reimbursement assumptions, and console placement and deployment models
- Partner with Operations to plan inventory, working capital, manufacturing capacity, and launch investment
- Partner with commercial leadership to establish commercial planning and analytics, including pipeline visibility, site productivity, and resource allocation, to support forecasting and scale-up decisions
- Establish financial decision gates for hiring, clinical investment, manufacturing capacity, and commercial expansion
- Build and present analyses that support executive and Board decision-making on strategic alternatives
Financial Operations and Controls:
- Oversee all day-to-day financial operations, including accounting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, treasury, and cash management
- Establish and maintain internal controls, financial policies, and reporting processes appropriate for a growing early-stage company
- Manage relationships with external accountants, auditors, banking partners, and tax advisors
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes
- Oversee equity administration, cap table management, and stock option program in coordination with legal counsel
- Build and lead the finance and accounting team as the company scales, including future hires in accounting, FP&A, and finance operations
- Oversee financial risk management, insurance coverage, and cash investment activities
- Lead the selection and implementation of scalable financial systems and processes, including ERP, procurement controls, expense management, and budgeting tools, in partnership with functional leaders
- Partner with legal counsel and functional leaders on the financial terms and risk implications of material contracts and corporate matters
- Partner with HR on workforce planning and the financial design of compensation and employee benefit programs
Board and Reporting:
- Prepare and present financial materials for Board of Directors meetings and investor updates
- Develop key financial metrics, KPIs, and dashboards that keep leadership and the Board informed and aligned
- Maintain strong relationships with Board members and investors, demonstrating credibility and transparency in financial communication
Also "In Your First 12 Months" items:
- Build a Board-aligned capital plan and milestone-based operating model integrating clinical, regulatory, R&D, manufacturing, and commercial plans
- Establish financing readiness and lead the company's next financing process, including recommendations on amount, timing, structure, and milestone alignment
- Establish a predictable monthly close, cash forecast, Board reporting cadence, and scalable financial controls
- Build the commercial economic model, including COGS, gross margin, pricing, capital and disposable economics, inventory, and commercial scaling assumptions
Note these overlap with responsibilities; we can include them but avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should include them even if duplicate? Might be okay to include duplicates but better to avoid duplication? The instruction doesn't forbid duplication but says preserve all substantive information; duplicates are still substantive but repeating may be unnecessary. However we could combine them; but to be safe, include all items as listed, maybe deduplicate obvious duplicates.
Let's list unique items:
From In Your First 12 Months:
1. Build a Board-aligned capital plan and milestone-based operating model integrating clinical, regulatory, R&D, manufacturing, and commercial plans
2. Establish financing readiness and lead the company's next financing process, including recommendations on amount, timing, structure, and milestone alignment
3. Establish a predictable monthly close, cash forecast, Board reporting cadence, and scalable financial controls
4. Build the commercial economic model, including COGS, gross margin, pricing, capital and disposable economics, inventory, and commercial scaling assumptions
These appear also in responsibilities (some). We'll keep them but maybe we can note they are covered; but to preserve all, we include them.
Now responsibilities list (unique) from categories:
Financial Strategy and Planning:
- Serve as the primary financial advisor to the CEO and leadership team, translating financial data into strategic insight and actionable recommendations
- Own the annual budgeting and forecasting process, including cash runway modeling and scenario planning
- Develop and maintain a long-range financial model that supports strategic decision-making across clinical development, operations, and commercialization
- Partner with department leaders on financial planning, resource allocation, and cost management
Capital Strategy and Fundraising:
- In partnership with the CEO, develop the company's capital strategy and lead future financing processes, including Series B and beyond, from investor strategy and positioning through diligence, negotiation, and close
- Maintain financing and diligence readiness through high-quality reporting, investor-ready financial models and Board materials, and a current data room
- Serve as a key point of contact for existing and prospective investors and support clear, consistent investor communication
Operating Economics and Commercial Readiness:
- Partner
- under Responsibilities before subheadings.
But the instruction: Use