Partner 36, Corporate Finance Lead

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies across AI bio healthcare consumer crypto enterprise fintech games and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $90B under management across multiple funds.

Weve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what its like to be in the founders shoes. Weve invested in companies like Anduril Airbnb Coinbase Cursor Databricks Deel Figma GitHub Roblox SpaceX and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The Role

The Corporate Finance Lead will report to the Chief Operating Officer and oversee both company-wide corporate accounting and corporate finance activities unifying the firms financial operations reporting and planning disciplines. This leader will build a scalable accurate technology-enabled financial foundation while shaping decision-making through forward-looking insight rigorous analysis and trusted business partnership.

Beyond accounting and planning this leader will own and drive key firmwide operational programs including contractor workforce governance T&E policy management and international expansion infrastructure serving as an operational finance lead across the firm not just within the corporate finance function.

The successful candidate brings deep technical accounting expertise mature financial judgment and the ability to architect systems and processes for a rapidly scaling structurally complex organization.

This role will be based out of Menlo Park / San Francisco and our firms in-office expectations align with what each primary business partner requires. A reasonable assumption for now is 2 days per week.

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To join our team you should be excited to:

• Responsible for corporate accounting
• Own and maintain the firms accounting policy framework including technical accounting determinations for non-standard transactions
• Coordinate closely with fund accounting and tax on shared workflows reporting and period-end processes
• Own all management company accounting including GL AP payroll and consolidated reporting
• Build scalable processes controls and multi-entity structures
• Lead and execute timely month-end and quarter-end close with strong data integrity
• Lead firmwide planning forecasting & consolidation
• Manage annual budgets in-year forecasts and multi-year planning
• Set firmwide targets for fees expenses margins and cash
• Deliver consolidated P&L cash flow and margin reporting to senior stakeholders
• Provide variance analysis scenario modeling and tradeoff insights for senior leadership on major financial decisions
• Partner across central teams & verticals
• Support G&A teams with budgeting forecasting and resource decisions
• Align vertical finance teams on fees hiring plans and margin targets
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders (e.g. HR Legal) to drive initiatives and programs
• Lead firmwide operational programs
• Own the firms contractor management program: establish governance policy vendor classification and controls across all teams and verticals not just within the finance function
• Design communicate and evolve the firmwide T&E policy partnering with Legal Compliance and HR to ensure it is clear current and consistently applied
• Lead international expansion at a firmwide operational level: coordinate entity setup local compliance banking payroll infrastructure and cross-functional readiness (HR Legal Tax Finance) as the firm expands its global footprint
• Act as the COOs operational finance lead on any other firm-level projects requiring financial governance or cross-functional coordination
• Build & scale financial systems
• Lead corporate finance system design forecasting templates and automation across the firm
• Raise the quality speed and consistency of financial data across accounting corporate finance HR Tax and other partner functions
• Lead the modernization and automation of accounting and corporate finance activities with the goal of building a best-in-class technology-forward finance function
• Develop the team
• Build develop and retain a high-performing team across accounting and corporate finance with a culture of accountability precision and continuous improvement

Minimum Qualifications

• 12 years of experience across Corporate Accounting Corporate Finance and/or Strategic Finance with deep technical accounting expertise
• Demonstrated success leading both accounting and financial planning functions in a complex high-growth environment
• Public accounting experience and CPA strongly preferred
• Experience leading the planning and execution of large operational cross -functional initiatives/programs
• Experience managing multi-entity multi-jurisdiction accounting structures and consolidated financials
• Strong accounting and finance capabilities: forecasting modeling scenario analysis long-range planning and executive reporting
• Proven track record of system implementations (ERP payroll expense and FP&A tools)
• Experience leading cross-functional decision-making and influencing senior leadership
• Demonstrated ability to build lead and develop high-performing teams
• Low ego high empathy and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams

Capabilities

• AI-curious: interest in and experience with using cutting edge AI tools in creating automated real-time self-service capabilities
• Services mindset: highly responsive proactive and helpful; sets the standard for operational excellence
• Strategic thinking: develops a long-term roadmap for financial reporting and operations
• Analytical rigor: ability to pressure test assumptions and drive insights from complex data
• Project management: leads large-scale cross-functional initiatives with precision and clarity
• Collaboration leadership and stakeholder management: builds strong relationships across the organization; trusted by executives
• Thrives in ambiguity: navigates complexity and designs structure where none exists
• Commitment to systemization and scale: prioritizes automation repeatability and data integrity
• Judgment & discretion: brings balanced thoughtful decision-making in time-sensitive or high-impact situations

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $322000 - $376000 actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience skills and scope.

This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health dental vision disability life insurance 401K plan vacation and sick leave.

a16z culture

• We do only first class business and only in a first class way
• We take a long view of relationships because we are in the relationship business
• We believe in the future and bet the firm that way
• We are all different we recognize that and we win
• We celebrate the good times
• We do it for the team
• We play to win

At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity age marital or family status disability Veteran status and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves our portfolio companies and the World.

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