Finance Lead

What will you be doing?

As Spade’s first finance hire, you will help build the financial foundation for our next stage of growth. You’ll run financial strategy, planning, and operations—from monthly close and cash management, to FP&A and strategic finance. Collaborating closely with the COO, CEO, and CRO, you'll act as a true thought partner to shape strategy, support key decisions with robust analysis, and drive business growth.

• Financial Planning & Analysis: Develop budgets and forecasts, monitor budget vs. actuals, and build dashboards for key metrics (e.g. revenue growth, burn rate, GTM metrics, etc.).

• Accounting & Bookkeeping: Own the monthly close process, partner with accounting firm to ensure our financial records are accurate and GAAP-compliant, and manage invoices, payables, and receivables.

• Cash Management: Track cash runway and working capital.

• Strategic Partner: Work closely with the CEO and COO on financial strategy and scenario planning. Provide analysis to support major decisions (pricing, hiring, market expansion) and challenge assumptions with data.

• Operational Build-out: Implement finance tools/software as needed. Establish internal controls and financial policies to enable scalable growth.

• Investor & Board Reporting: Prepare monthly/quarterly financial reports for our board and investors. Support future fundraising by owning data room prep, due diligence requests, etc.

What experience, skills, and qualifications are necessary?

• 5+ years of experience in a finance role

• 2+ years of experience in-house at a high growth B2B startup

• Deep understanding of key SaaS/usage based business metrics

• Familiarity with usage-based or consumption pricing models and their implications for revenue recognition and forecasting

• Generalist finance skillset (foundational accounting and bookkeeping knowledge, strong FP&A skills, advanced financial modeling skills)

• Experience supporting a fundraising process — data room prep, investor diligence, financial narrative

• Strong strategic partnership skills and comfort working with / presenting to leadership

Nice To Have

• Strong preference for candidates with a background in investment banking, private equity, or management consulting