Vice President, Finance

Seattle area or remote

About the role

You will serve as a strategic finance leader and co-pilot to Trase leadership, owning capital allocation, GTM economics, and the operating system required to scale Trase from early revenue to a repeatable, scalable business. This is not a back-office accounting role. You'll partner directly with leadership on the highest-leverage financial decisions facing the company—where to invest, how to price, and how to build the financial infrastructure that supports rapid growth. You'll operate across two dimensions: an internal operating focus that keeps the company financially disciplined and decision-ready, and an external GTM focus that connects finance to commercial strategy and market positioning.

Responsibilities

• Capital Allocation & Company Planning
  • Manage runway, scenario planning, and cash visibility.
  • Evaluate ROI across product, GTM channels, and customer segments to inform where Trase should double down vs. pull back.
  • Translate strategic choices into financial tradeoffs and operating plans.
• GTM Finance & AI Unit Economics
  • Partner with GTM on sales capacity, pipeline, pricing, and customer acquisition efficiency.
  • Build ROI models that connect customer value to commercial strategy.
  • Track AI-specific economics such as inference/compute costs, gross margin, and revenue per deployed workflow or agent.
• Finance Operations, Reporting & Systems
  • Own the core finance operating cadence: budget, forecast, reporting, accounting, tax, and compliance.
  • Build clean reporting so that leadership has timely, decision-ready financial visibility.
  • Optimize the finance and GTM systems stack, including Salesforce, FP&A tools, and reporting workflows.
• Board, Investor & RCP Communication
  • Support board, investor, and Red Cell Partners reporting with clear financial narratives and metrics.
  • Help prepare for future fundraising with models, KPI reporting, and performance storylines.
  • Coordinate with existing owners on investor, platform, and studio-related workflows without duplicating efforts.

Requirements

• 10+ years of finance experience, including strategic finance, FP&A, or operating roles at high-growth technology or SaaS companies.
• Proven track record partnering with executive leadership on capital allocation, unit economics, and company-level planning.
• Strong command of the finance operating cadence: budgeting, forecasting, reporting, accounting, tax, and compliance.
• Hands-on with finance and GTM systems, including Salesforce and modern FP&A tooling.
• Experience supporting board and investor reporting; fundraising preparation a strong plus.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity in an early-stage, fast-moving environment—able to move between strategic framing and hands-on execution.

What This Is Not

• A pure accounting or controllership role
• A back-office function disconnected from commercial strategy
• A role that waits for direction rather than driving it

Why Trase

• Deployed platform, real results—we're not selling a roadmap. Trase is in production with demonstrated outcomes.
• A defining market moment. Every enterprise is trying to operationalize AI at scale—you'll be shaping the economics of how that happens.
• True ownership. You're building the financial infrastructure, the models, and the operating cadence. The people who join now define how this company operates for years.
• Backed by Red Cell Partners with a leadership team that has operated at scale, including our President, formerly VP of AI/ML at AWS.

Benefits

• Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement with strong performance as the firm grows
• 100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay
• Unlimited PTO, with management approval
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning
• Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available
• Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind
• Cost effective GLP-1 solutions available through Crux

Pay

Competitive base salary plus bonus and equity.