Backed by Costanoa Ventures.
About the role
This is a leadership role for a finance leader who wants to shape the direction of a high-growth payments company. Reporting to the COO and partnering closely with the CEO and the rest of the leadership team, you will be the person who looks ahead, reads what the numbers are telling us, and proactively lays out the financial moves the company should make. You will not wait to be asked for analysis. You will bring it, defend it, and help us act on it.
What they're looking for
- Proactively analyze the business, spot where we are heading financially, and recommend the steps we should be taking, ahead of being asked
- Own the strategic financial narrative: what is driving performance, what it means for the plan, and where the risks and opportunities are
- Run scenario and sensitivity work so leadership can see the financial impact of major decisions, new products, and customer changes before they are made
- Be a genuine partner to the CEO and COO, translating financial reality into clear, defensible guidance that shapes company decisions
- Guide the annual operating plan and regular forecasting, working with the team that runs the day-to-day modeling, and hold the overall view of revenue, gross profit, operating expense, and burn
- Deliver a clean, insightful reporting package to the leadership team and the board that explains what happened, why, and what we should do about it
More about this role
Founded in 2020 by a team of leaders from Braintree, PayPal, and Lending Club, Highnote is an embedded finance company that sets the standard in modern card platform management. As an all-in-one card issuer processor and program management platform, we provide digital-first organizations with the flexibility to seamlessly issue and process payment cards, embed virtual and physical card payments, and integrate ledger and wallet functionalities—empowering businesses to drive growth and profitability.
We’ve raised $145M+ and have grown our team to 140+ employees. Headquartered in San Francisco, we’ve managed to build one of the most advanced payments teams in the industry, with team members in 25+ US states.
Operating through our core values of customer obsession, executional excellence, intentional inclusion, we’re helping businesses grow for the future by creating the payment products demanded by tomorrow, with the ability to solve for use cases that don’t exist yet.
We are fast-moving, hands-on, and strongly believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. We believe we’re unlocking incredible opportunities that can change the future of payments, as long as we have the right people...
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