Senior Manager, Finance

About vidIQ

vidIQ is the leading AI-powered platform helping millions of creators grow their audiences and businesses on YouTube. Finance sits at the center of how we make decisions — and we're looking for the person who will own it end to end.

The Role

This is a rare, high-ownership combined seat: you'll be both the technical backbone of our accounting and controls function and the analytical partner to the CEO and leadership team. You'll own everything from month-end close, audit, and compliance through forecasting, board reporting, and strategic analysis.

You'll work on a modern, automation-forward finance stack, with an accounting analyst handling day-to-day preparation and reconciliation — so your time goes to judgment, review, and insight, not manual data entry. If you want to own a whole finance function, put your name on the numbers, and directly shape company decisions, this is that seat.

What You'll Own

Accounting, Controls & Compliance

• Own the monthly close: final-level review and sign-off on financial statements, revenue and deferred-revenue recognition, journal entries, and reconciliations (US GAAP)

• Own the annual financial-statement audit end to end — manage the external audit relationship, coordinate requests, and represent the company through fieldwork and management representations

• Own lender/debt-covenant reporting and certification and other recurring external financial deliverables

• Own equity administration and stock-option issuances (cap table / Carta), including board-approval packages and the annual 409A valuation renewal

• Own tax-compliance coordination — sales/use tax, 1099/3921 filings, and the external tax-firm relationship

• Maintain and strengthen internal controls, segregation of duties, and financial policies

Cash, Treasury & Payments

• Own the cash-flow forecast model and weekly cash monitoring; prioritize and authorize payments during the month

• Own AP invoice approval, expense-reimbursement review, payroll review, banking administration, and the corporate card program

FP&A, Analytics & Strategy

• Own the company budget/forecast and the monthly and quarterly reforecast

• Own board-deck financials and KPI reporting; partner with the CEO on strategic, investor, and diligence materials

• Build and maintain SaaS/subscription analytics — MRR/ARR, retention and cohort behavior, expansion, churn, and unit economics — and translate them into decisions

• Partner cross-functionally (Engineering on infrastructure/COGS, People Ops on headcount planning, GTM on growth) to protect margin and drive efficiency

Leadership

• Guide an offshore accounting analyst and use automation to scale the function without adding headcount

• Serve as the senior finance point of contact for the CEO, board, auditors, lender, and investors

Requirements

Must-haves

• 7+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience spanning both technical accounting/controllership and FP&A

• Strong US GAAP; has owned a full monthly close and served as the company-side lead on an external audit

• Hands-on SaaS/subscription finance experience (revenue recognition, deferred revenue, MRR/ARR)

• Experience with debt-covenant reporting and/or equity/cap-table administration

• Proven ability to build forecasts, cash models, and board/investor reporting from scratch

• Thrives as a lean, hands-on operator — high ownership, strong judgment, low ego

• A track record of proactively identifying and implementing AI/automation solutions to streamline finance processes, not just using tools when told to

• An excellent communicator who's comfortable putting their name on the numbers with a board, auditors, and a lender

Nice-to-haves

• CPA (active or inactive)

• NetSuite, Carta, Stripe, Brex, Bill.com, and ChartMogul experience

• Prior venture- or PE-backed, growth-stage software company experience

• Experience supporting M&A, fundraising, or investor due diligence

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Employer-paid basic life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• Monthly cell phone and wifi stipend ($100/month each)

• Equity where applicable

This is a full-time position. This role is open to candidates located in the United States, excluding Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

Highlights

Own vidIQ's entire finance function, from month-end close and audit through board reporting and forecasting; in one high-impact, high-ownership seat.

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