Canals AI is hiring a VP Finance

Canals AI is hiring a VP Finance to lead the financial function at our scaling, profitable startup. This is a build-and-own role where you will bring clarity, discipline, and strategic thinking while staying deeply hands-on. You will report directly to the CEO and be a key voice in board communication and company-wide planning.

What You'll Do

• Own the company’s financial model end-to-end.
• Build, maintain, and evolve a forward-looking model for scenario planning, hiring projections, profitability analysis, and capital allocation.
• Oversee accounting, taxes, and books and records, partnering with external firms while maintaining accountability.
• Lead FP&A and strategic planning, translating financial data into insights and recommendations.
• Partner closely with go-to-market leadership on sales compensation, revenue forecasting, invoicing, collections, and customer-facing financial workflows.
• Own financial reporting and board preparation, presenting quarterly financials to leadership and the board.
• Improve operational finance systems and processes, leveraging automation and AI for a fast-growing SaaS company.
• Manage working capital and cash discipline, monitoring burn, profitability, collections, and vendor payments.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in early-stage startup environments (pre-Series B or into Series B strongly preferred).
• Must have worked closely with a founder CEO.
• Strong financial modeling skills to build and defend a sophisticated operating model independently.
• Experience overseeing accounting, taxes, and books — even if execution is outsourced.
• Comfort operating as a lean finance function (e.g., VP + one additional team member or external support).
• Experience partnering with revenue organizations (sales comp, forecasting, invoicing, collections).
• Ability to present financial results clearly to executive leadership and board-level audiences.
• High ownership mindset.
• Comfort with ambiguity, scrappiness, and imperfect information.
• Strong judgment to know which risks require rigor and which don’t.

Nice to Have

• Experience in SaaS with familiarity of SaaS metrics (e.g., retention, gross margin, Rule of 40).
• Experience with M&A.
• Comfort exploring how AI and automation can improve finance and accounting efficiency.

Team & Environment

You will join an 80-person team (~50 in engineering) in a build-and-own role, not a 'manage a big team' role. You will report directly to the CEO.

Benefits & Compensation

• Profitable company: stability without chaos or pivots.
• Real-world impact improving global supply chains.
• Strong engineering culture investing in quality and documentation.
• Culture of ownership.
• Remote-first, flexible work environment across North and South America.
• Stellar product-market fit.
• All star team with diverse backgrounds.

Work Mode

This is a remote-first position. Candidates must be located in North America or South America.

Canals.ai is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age.