Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Maev is a leading brand in the pet food industry, focused on providing human-grade food for dogs. The Senior Vice President of Finance will lead the financial strategy and business performance, collaborating with the CEO and senior leadership to drive growth and profitability.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and executive leadership team, helping shape the direction of the business through financial insight and sound decision-making
- Partner with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team on company strategy, growth initiatives, and long-term planning
- Translate complex financial data into clear recommendations, tradeoffs, and actionable decisions
- Build trusted relationships with the Board of Directors, investors, lenders, and external partners
- Evaluate strategic opportunities through the lens of financial return, capital efficiency, and long-term enterprise value creation
- Develop financial frameworks that enable faster, smarter decision-making across the organization
- Develop long-range financial plans that support Maev's ambitious growth objectives
- Evaluate investments across product innovation, customer acquisition, omnichannel expansion, supply chain, technology, and organizational growth
- Drive thoughtful capital allocation by balancing growth, profitability, cash generation, and long-term value creation
- Lead scenario planning and financial modeling for major strategic decisions
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve business performance and unlock the next stage of profitable growth
- Partner closely with leaders across Growth, Brand, Omnichannel, Operations, Supply Chain, and Product to ensure financial insights drive smarter business decisions and profitable growth
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to evaluate investment opportunities and improve business performance
- Provide financial leadership across customer acquisition economics (CAC, LTV, and payback), subscription performance, and retention
- Evaluate profitability across DTC, Amazon, marketplaces, retail, and wholesale channels
- Influence pricing strategy, promotional effectiveness, and channel profitability
- Optimize contribution margin, inventory investments, and working capital
- Help leaders connect operational decisions to financial outcomes, enabling faster, better decision-making across the business
- Oversee FP&A, accounting, financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, and cash management
- Ensure strong internal controls, audit readiness, tax coordination, and banking relationships
- Continue evolving financial systems, reporting infrastructure, and operating processes to improve visibility, accuracy, and scalability
- Develop forecasting and planning capabilities that provide greater predictability and support strategic decision-making
- Continuously identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and strengthen financial operations
- Coach, develop, and empower an exceptional finance team while continuing to raise the bar on performance
- Foster a culture of accountability, curiosity, continuous improvement, and cross-functional partnership
- Build strong relationships across the organization and position Finance as a trusted strategic partner to every department
- Champion high standards while creating an environment where teams can make informed, confident decisions
- Help strengthen the leadership team by bringing thoughtful perspective, healthy challenge, and a company-first mindset to every conversation
Skills
- 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including executive leadership within high-growth consumer businesses
- Experience helping scale a consumer products company from approximately $100M to $150M+ in revenue
- Exceptional executive presence and Proven experience partnering directly with CEOs, Boards of Directors, investors, lenders, and external financial partners
- Seasoned operator and a natural ability to connect financial insights to business strategy
- Strong Collaborator and willingness to challenge ideas in pursuit of the best outcome for the business
- Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing finance organizations
- Deep expertise in forecasting, financial modeling, capital planning, and business planning
- Experience in physical consumer products, with consumables or CPG strongly preferred
- Deep experience supporting growth stage direct-to-consumer subscription businesses
- Meaningful omnichannel experience, including DTC, marketplaces (Amazon preferred), and brick-and-mortar retail
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