Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

CFO

Richardson, TX (Hybrid
- Reports to the CEO
- Member of the Executive Team)

Full Time

Matilda Cloud is at the forefront of AI-driven cloud management. Our platform helps enterprises assess, migrate, modernize, and optimize the full cloud lifecycle — and we are growing fast in a market that is moving quickly in our direction. The next phase of our growth depends on a finance function that is sophisticated, fast, and built for scale. We are hiring a Chief Financial Officer to build it.

This is a build-the-function role at a company where finance is treated as a strategic lever, not a cost center. You will report to the CEO, be a member of the executive team, and have direct visibility with the Board. You will build the systems and the team. You will design how we forecast, close, and report. You will be the financial voice in every strategic conversation — pricing, packaging, partnerships, M&A, fundraising — and you will help us make the bets that determine how big this company becomes.

• Build a comprehensive FP&A capability — budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and the operating cadence that keeps the company aligned to its plan.
• Own the SaaS metric stack — ARR, NRR, GRR, CAC, payback period, magic number, cohort retention, gross margin by product — and use it to drive real business decisions, not just monthly reporting.
• Build unit economics and segmentation analysis that tell us where to invest and where to pull back.
• Partner with sales, marketing, product, and engineering leaders to translate financial insight into action.

• Build robust accounting operations — close calendar, controls, audit readiness, revenue recognition (ASC 606), and a clean foundation for future audit and compliance milestones.
• Manage the order-to-cash process end-to-end — billing, collections, cash application, and accurate cash forecasting.
• Establish financial reporting frameworks for internal stakeholders, the Board, investors, and external audit.

• Own cash management, forecasting, and runway planning with the precision a growth-stage company demands.
• Support fundraising — investor materials, due diligence, financial diligence rooms, and term-sheet analysis.
• Manage banking relationships and credit facilities as we scale.

• Design and implement the financial technology stack — ERP, FP&A platform, billing, expense, equity, and the integrations that tie them together.
• Build an AI-native finance function from day one — using AI for close acceleration, anomaly detection, forecast variance analysis, vendor spend analysis, and operational reporting.
• Set clear policies on where AI is sanctioned in the finance workflow, where it requires human review, and how outputs are validated.
• Stay close to the frontier — track how AI is reshaping finance and bring the best ideas into Matilda Cloud.

• Be the financial co-pilot to the CEO — bringing rigor and judgment to every strategic decision.
• Lead financial analysis for pricing and packaging, partnership economics, M&A evaluation, and major investment decisions.
• Present to the Board with clarity and confidence.
• Translate financial reality into business recommendations — and translate business strategy back into financial models that hold up.

• Build and lead a high-performing finance and accounting team as the organization grows.
• Develop the career frameworks, hiring rubrics, and team norms that make this a function people want to join and stay in.
• Hire and grow a team that reflects the diversity of thought, background, and experience our company values.
• Model the Matilda Cloud culture — curiosity, ownership, kindness, and excellence.

• Energized by hard, ambiguous, important problems — and visibly excited by the opportunity at Matilda Cloud.
• A creative builder — you see opportunities to design better systems, smarter processes, and stronger teams.
• Comfortable toggling between strategic and operational finance — same week,…