Company Overview: At Praetorian, our vision is to create a future without compromise and our mission is to prevent breaches before they occur. By emulating attackers, we uncover the materials risks that lead to compromise before hackers are aware they exist. From cryptocurrency exchanges to autonomous vehicles and from medical device platforms to space telescopes, we leverage offensive security to instill a prevention first strategy in our customers. Checkout our new hire survival guide for more information on Praetorian's mission, vision, values, and culture.
As the VP of Finance at Praetorian, you will play a pivotal role in guiding our resource optimization and growth planning. This position requires a balance of hands-on contributions and strategic team leadership. Your actions will lead the analysis of financial data, providing insights for key strategic decisions, and fostering the development of team skills.
Career Opportunity:
- Be a part of a vital industry with significant socio-economic and political impact in the 21st century
- Engage with high-profile clients, assisting them in solving complex security challenges
- Collaborate with the brightest minds in the security industry
- Make a substantial and lasting impact within a company where your performance truly matters
- Gain recognition both internally and externally in a high-profile role
- Align your career with the trajectory of a rapidly expanding company
- Contribute as a key member of the leadership team, shaping and developing our inaugural product
Core Responsibilities:
- Quarterly financial forecasting accuracy and reliability, ensuring that financial projections align closely with the company's performance and strategic direction
- Compliance in financial reporting at all levels - board, company, federal, state, and local, maintaining transparency and adhering to legal requirements
- Effective management of company finances, including budgeting, expenditure tracking, and optimizing the allocation of resources for maximum efficiency and growth
- Ensuring the smooth operation of the finance department, with a focus on process improvement, team development, and the potential for scaling the team in line with company growth
- Financial risk management, identifying potential financial risks and implementing strategies to mitigate them, thereby safeguarding the company's financial health
- Development and maintenance of robust financial systems and controls, ensuring they are scalable and effective as the business grows
- Strategic financial counsel to the leadership team, contributing to major business decisions with a strong financial perspective
- Building and nurturing relationships with investors, banks, and other financial partners, fostering trust and confidence in Praetorian's financial stability and growth prospects
- Oversight of equity compensation structures, profit sharing, and other financial elements typical of high-growth tech companies, ensuring they align with company goals and employee incentives
Desired Qualifications:
- Success serving as the key member of the executive team in providing input regarding the financial implications of all major business decisions, as well as strategic objectives
- Recent role as VP of Finance in a SaaS or software company, with a deep understanding of software revenue recognition, metrics, and best practices.
- Familiarity with VC funding, equity compensation structures, profit sharing, and other financial elements typical of high-growth tech companies
- Ideally a combination of experience that includes a large, global complex company and a rapidly growing company that has scaled from $20M to $100M+
- Strong FP&A skillset with analytical, intellectually curious mindset
+1 Qualifications:
- Proven track record of designing and implementing accounting processes, policies, procedures, and documentation and reporting
- Experience with building and effectively managing an accounting team
- Experience supporting multiple business-unit P&Ls and cost accounting allocations
- Background in B2B SaaS, managed services, and professional services
- Prior experience in cybersecurity is highly advantageous
Desired Behaviors:
- Comfort dealing with ambiguity in an environment where we build the plane as we fly it
- Ability to helicopter up and down from high level strategic planning to ground level tactical execution
- Ability to prioritize and manage various initiatives based on near-term and long-term business objectives
- Ability to self-direct work, orient to action, and truly own the position in a high-growth environment.
- Personable individual who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment with an ability to establish strong working relationships with department leads
Accountable for:
- Quarterly financial forecasting accuracy and reliability objectives and key results
- Quarterly financial performance initiatives and key results
- Quarterly compliance financial reporting objectives and key results
- Quarterly resource allocation optimization and financial efficiency objectives and key results
- Quarterly financial risk mitigation objectives and key results
If this position is wildly successful, in one year you will have:
- Established Praetorian as a benchmark in financial forecasting accuracy in the tech industry
- Led a transformation in the finance department, markedly increasing efficiency and compliance
- Played a pivotal role in shaping the company's financial strategy, contributing to a significant increase in company valuation
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Employee stock option plan
- Competitive coverage on health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K with company matching
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Praetorian. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.