VP, Strategic Finance
Job description
Head of Finance / VP Finance role at Nivoda, sitting on the Extended Leadership Team and reporting to the CFO, owning planning, forecasting, board/investor/lender reporting, corporate finance and the finance function.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · London, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Own the annual budget, quarterly reforecast and long-range plan, plus scenario and funding cases for the C-suite and board
- Be accountable for forecast accuracy against agreed tolerances, and for an honest post-mortem whether we miss or overachieve
- Own the monthly board pack and the numbers behind it, plus materials for existing and prospective investors and our receivables lender, including covenant reporting and onsite diligence
- Present to boards, investors and lenders yourself and be their first call for analytical questions
- Build the models and documentation for equity and debt financing, analyse term sheets, work with the People team on cap table and option pool, and support the CFO on transactions
- Own cohort economics, customer lifetime value, geographic and segment profitability, and the return on marketing and sales spend
- With the CRO's organisation, build quota and commission models so targets, incentives and the forecast point at the same numbers
- Partner with Product and Engineering, Fulfilment, Fintech and the commercial teams on build versus buy, hiring cases, pricing and fee experiments, and capital allocation
- Lead the team: hiring, onboarding, objectives, development and performance, including written objectives and regular structured feedback for each person
- Set the review standard and deliverables calendar, agree data contracts with the Data team, and own the tooling (Snowflake, NetSuite, ThoughtSpot, Claude and the modelling stack)
What we're looking for
- A background in investment banking, FP&A or venture capital, building models that senior stakeholders made decisions on
- You have led a team, directly or through managers, and you want the management part of this role
- You have presented to boards, investors or lenders as the person answering the question, not the person who built the slide
- A working understanding of marketplace dynamics: two-sided liquidity, take rates, usage-based revenue without a contract, and what FX does to all of it
- Complex cohort modelling is native to you
- You are comfortable in Snowflake and a modern BI tool, you treat AI tooling as part of the stack, and you would rather fix the pipeline than reformat the output every month
- You are calm under pressure, low on ego and allergic to spin
- You tell people the uncomfortable thing early
Nice to have
- Receivables financing or lender reporting
- A multi-jurisdiction group
- NetSuite
- A business that trades physical goods across borders
Your team
Finance (G&A)
Reports to the Chief Financial Officer; sits on the Extended Leadership Team
Benefits
- Flexible working hours and a vibrant, remote-first company culture
- Unlimited holiday allowance
- Participation in our equity programme
- Genuine opportunities for growth: we promote from within and invest in your development
- The chance to join during an expansion phase and shape how Nivoda operates at scale
How to get hired
- 1Screening conversation with Talent Acquisition
- 2Structured career-history interview with Hiring Manager
- 3Focus interview: you present a case study to a panel from Finance and the leadership team
- 4Final conversation with the C-suite
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About Nivoda
The B2B marketplace rebuilding how the jewellery industry works
Nivoda connects independent jewellery retailers with a global network of diamond and gemstone suppliers, handling logistics, payments and quality checks. It processes over $300M in transactions a year in a $350B industry.
Mission
Every jeweller, whatever their size and wherever they are, has access to the same global supply, pricing and tools as the biggest players
Key facts
- 450-person company
- B2B jewellery marketplace
- Processes over $300M in transactions a year
- Operates in a $350B industry
- Backed by leading investors
- Remote-first company culture
What they value
- We move fast, give ownership early, and don't have layers of bureaucracy slowing things down
- If you see a problem, you can fix it
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment
