Vice President of Finance

Our Purpose

At Fiddler we understand the implications of AI and the impact that it has on human lives. Our company was born with the mission of building trust into AI. The rise of Generative AI and Agents has unlocked generalized intelligence but also widened the risk aperture and made it harder to ensure that AI applications are working well. Fiddler enables organizations to get ahead of these issues by helping deploy trustworthy and transparent AI solutions.

Fiddler partners with AI-first organizations to help build a long-term framework for responsible AI practices which in turn builds trust with their user base. AI Engineers Data Science and business teams use Fiddler AI to monitor evaluate secure analyze and improve their AI solutions to drive better outcomes. Our platform enables engineering teams and business stakeholders alike to understand the what why and how behind AI outcomes.

Our Founders

Fiddler AI is founded by Krishna Gade (engineering leader at Facebook Pinterest Twitter and Microsoft) and Amit Paka (product leader at Microsoft Samsung Paypal and two-time founder). We are backed by Insight Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lux Capital.

Why Join Us

Our team is motivated to help build trust into AI to enable society harness the power of AI. Joining us means you get to make an impact by ensuring that AI applications at production scale across industries have operational transparency and are an early-stage startup and have a rapidly growing team of intelligent and empathetic doers thinkers creators builders and everyone in between. The AI and ML industry has a rapid pace of innovation and the learning opportunities here are monumental. This is your chance to be a trailblazer.

Fiddler is recognized as a pioneer in the field of AI Observability and has received numerous accolades including: 2022 a16z Data50 list 2021 CB Insights AI 100 most promising startups 2020 WEF Technology Pioneer 2020 Forbes AI 50 most promising startups of 2020 and a 2019 Gartner Cool Vendor in Enterprise AI Governance and Ethical Response. By joining our brilliant (at least we think so) team you will help pave the way in the AI Observability space.

Mission:

As VP of Finance and a founding finance leader at Fiddler AI you will build and scale the finance function from the ground up driving strategic financial decisions ensuring forecast accuracy and compliance and enabling sustainable growth. Youll partner across the company to create frameworks processes and insights that support capital raises operational excellence and profitable scalingshaping the future of Fiddler AI while leading and mentoring the finance team

About The Team:

Were a team of smart driven and mission-aligned individuals passionate about building trustworthy transparent and understandable AI solutions. Our team is spread across the continental U.S. and India with our headquarters in Palo Alto.

The leadership group is a humble but high-caliber mix bringing experience from both large corporations and scrappy start-ups. Most of the executive team is based in the Bay Area giving this role plenty of face-to-face time support and collaboration opportunities.

Beyond work were a diverse bunch: from Ironman finishers to avid travelers (one is nearly done visiting every U.S. state) to parents navigating everything from drop-offs at preschool to college move-in day. Were united not just by our professional expertise but by being genuinely good people who enjoy working together.

What Youll Do:

Drive Strategic Financial Decisions own the financial strategy and operations that enable rapid sustainable growth. Partner with the executive team and Board to drive strategic decisions that optimize growth profitability and capital allocation helping to ensure MRR/ARR grows quarter-over-quarter churn stays low and net revenue retention increases.

Lead FP&A Forecasting and Budgeting delivering rolling forecasts with low variance versus actuals aligning budgets across departments and ensuring capital is allocated efficiently to support strategic initiatives.

Ensure Accounting Excellence and Compliance maintaining timely reporting and audit readiness to support high confidence decision making maintaining a month-end close on time achieving zero major audit findings and ensuring full regulatory compliance while providing timely and accurate management reporting and Board decks.

Optimize Operations and Systems to scale efficiently extending cash runway maintaining a burn multiple at or below 1.5x and implementing scalable processes and controls across the finance organization.

Lead Fundraising and Investor Relations crafting credible financial narratives and managing diligence processes for growth equity private equity or prospective public investors enabling successful capital raises and smooth M&A integrations.

Build & Mentor the Finance Team fostering a culture of ownership transparency and accountability and creating a finance function capable of supporting Fiddler AIs next stage of growth

What Were Looking For:

• 10 years of experience in finance ideally in high-growth technology companies with strong FP&A and strategic finance expertise.
  

• Player-coach with a builder mindset with experience creating scalable finance frameworks systems and processes from the ground up.
  

• Highly collaborative able to partner effectively with executives across functions and bring teams along on financial strategy and decisions.
  

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity with a strong sense of risk awareness and the ability to make decisions under uncertainty.
  

• Proven ability to lead mentor and inspire high-performing finance teams fostering accountability ownership and a growth-oriented culture.
  

• Strong relationship-building and communication skills able to translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.
  

• Analytical and metrics-driven with expertise in financial modeling forecasting and budgeting that informs strategic decision-making.
  

• Experience implementing and optimizing financial systems to improve efficiency reporting and operational control.
  

• Track record of supporting investor relations and fundraising ideally in AI data or analytics-focused companies.

• Ability to work 3 days per week onsite in our Palo Alto office collaborating closely with the executive team and finance function

Bonus Qualifications:

CPA CFA CMA or MBA

Compensation:

Bay Area $230000 - $280000 equity & benefits

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay equity

• Premium health dental & vision for you 100% premiums covered with buy-up options.

• Unlimited PTO

• 401(k) plan

• Monthly fitness reimbursement

• Paid parental leave

Palo Alto HQ Vibes

• Free annual Caltrain pass

• Monthly in-office massages

• Fastrak reimbursement

• Free lunch MonThurs

The posted range represents the expected salary range for this job requisition and does not include any other potential components of the compensation package and perks previously outlined. Ultimately in determining pay well consider your experience leveling location and other job-related factors.

Fiddler is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you require special accommodations in order to complete the interviews or perform job duties please inform the recruiter at the beginning of the process.

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Required Experience:

Exec