management
Posted 1 hour agoVP of Finance
at Teleport
San Francisco Bay Area, United StatesRemote
Requirements
- Teleport is the AI Infrastructure Identity Company.
- We're solving one of the hardest problems in security: giving every human, machine, workload, and AI agent a cryptographically secured identity, improving engineering velocity while maintaining security.
- Remote-first and globally distributed, we work with companies like Nasdaq, IBM, DoorDash, and Elastic to secure infrastructure for an AI world.
- experience supporting a company through key inflection points — Series C+, late-stage private, or IPO preparation - Outstanding communication skills — able to present complex financial matters to executive teams, boards, and investors with confidence and clarity - Proven ability to build and lead high-performing, geographically distributed finance teams - Hands-on
- experience evaluating, selecting, and scaling financial systems (NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive Insights, or comparable platforms) - Collaborative, data-driven decision-maker who thrives in a fast-moving, distributed environment NICE TO HAVE - CPA, CFA, or MBA from a leading program -
- Experience taking a company through late stage private funding stages and IPO.
Experience
- WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 18+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, with significant time as VP of Finance, CFO, or equivalent senior finance executive - Proven record of success at a high-growth B2B Cybersecurity, SaaS or infrastructure technology company; open-source or developer-tools
Additional details
- About Teleport Don't wait for the future of infrastructure. Be part of it.
- This gives you the freedom, power, and autonomy to build and innovate with confidence.
- ABOUT THE ROLE Reporting to the COO, the VP of Finance will serve as the senior financial executive responsible for the full spectrum of corporate finance, including FP&A, accounting, strategic planning, board reporting, and IPO-readiness.
- You will manage a high-performing finance team, build the systems and processes that support a scaling infrastructure as a service business, and act as a trusted advisor to leaders across the organization.
- This is a high-ownership role for a builder who is equally comfortable in the boardroom and in the details.
- A successful hire will be able to turn complex business data into clear strategic guidance and scale a lean finance function without losing rigor by leveraging the latest technology available.
- There is not currently a CFO in place, so there is also potential room for growth into that role for high performers.
- WHAT YOU'LL DO Financial Planning & Strategy - Serve as a strategic thought partner to the COO and CEO — bringing a financial lens to company-level decisions on market positioning, competitive strategy, pricing, geographic expansion, and capital allocation - Co-own the company’s long-range strategic plan alongside executive leadership, shaping not just the financial expression of strategy but the strategy itself - Identify the financial and operational levers that drive sustainable growth, and advocate for
- We expect every Teleporter to actively adopt modern technology to do their job better: move faster, think harder, and produce work they’re proud of.
- That means embracing automation, better documentation systems, analytics, and tools like Claude regularly, bringing technology into your problem-solving, and sharing what works with your team.