VP, Finance

CFO Opportunity At Vori

Vori is building modern technology for the grocery industry. The company serves independent and regional grocers with tools that help them run more efficient, data-driven businesses.

The careers page positions Vori around a practical, high-ownership culture: small teams, meaningful customer problems, fast learning, and work that matters to real operators in grocery. This CFO req should mirror that tone: clear, direct, builder-oriented, and focused on impact rather than corporate polish.

Vori needs a finance executive who can own both sides of the finance mandate:

This is not a ceremonial CFO role. It is a hands-on company-building role for someone who can operate at the executive level while still building the finance function from the ground up.

The VP, Finance will help Vori make better strategic decisions, raise and allocate capital effectively, and build a finance function that gives the company reliable visibility into performance, runway, and tradeoffs.

The right person will be a trusted partner to the CEO and leadership team, a credible voice with investors and the board, and a builder who can turn messy operating reality into clear financial strategy.

• Bring an elite level of financial rigor to our business

• Build internal and investor-facing financial models, narratives, and materials

• Lead or co-lead fundraising processes

• Manage diligence, financial data rooms, and investor follow-up

• Own capital strategy in partnership with the CEO

• Advise on valuation, dilution, timing, runway, and financing strategy

• Evaluate venture debt, credit, or other financing options where relevant

• Own the board financial package

• Translate company performance into a clear financial narrative

• Prepare investor updates and financial reporting

• Build credibility with current and prospective investors

• Help the leadership team understand financial tradeoffs before they become board-level issues

• Build and own the company operating model

• Own budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, and variance analysis

• Build the planning cadence across departments

• Partner with GTM, Product, Operations, and People on financial plans

• Analyze revenue, gross margin, burn, runway, customer economics, and sales efficiency

• Turn strategy into a financial plan the company can execute against

• Build the accounting and controllership foundation

• Manage outsourced accounting or hire internal accounting leadership when needed

• Ensure accurate monthly close and clean financial statements

• Improve AP, AR, payroll, revenue recognition, and department coding

• Create the finance systems and reporting infrastructure needed to scale

• Build lightweight but effective spend controls and approval processes

• Support or lead M&A analysis, strategic partnerships, or transaction evaluation

• Model acquisition, partnership, or financing scenarios

• Help evaluate build/buy/partner tradeoffs from a financial perspective

In the first 90 days:

• You've built a rigorous and workable company financial model

• You've implemented an intelligent architecture for our capital including hardware financing

• Cash, runway, burn, revenue, gross margin, and hiring scenarios are clear

• Board reporting is cleaner, more consistent, and more strategic

• Accounting and close gaps are fixed

• You have a clear finance org design and hiring roadmap

In the first 6 months:

• The company has a repeatable forecasting and planning cadence

• Leadership has regular budget vs. actuals visibility

• Investor and board materials are CFO-grade

• Capital strategy is explicit and tied to operating milestones

• FP&A is supported by cleaner accounting data and operating inputs

In the first 12 months:

• Vori has a scalable finance function

• The company…