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Loop

VP of Finance

Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Work type
On-site · Full-time
Salary
USD 200,000 – 250,000 / year
Posted
(3 months ago)

About the role

About Loop

Loop is building the AI workforce for the restaurant industry. Our AI agents automate complex workflows across finance, operations and marketing—turning fragmented data into clear decisions and action. Built by our in-house team of AI engineers, strategists and industry experts, Loop gives restaurant brands the intelligence and execution power to grow revenue, protect margins and scale.

Backed by $14 million in Series A funding, Loop has grown in just four years to serve more than 14,000 restaurant locations, supporting billions of dollars in restaurant revenue across some of America’s most recognizable brands. We bring the capabilities of a sophisticated back office to every location—giving teams more time to focus on their food, their guests and their growth.

Behind Loop is a team of entrepreneurs, operators and AI engineers with experience at Uber, Google, Amazon and McKinsey, spanning technology, management consulting and investment banking. With offices in San Francisco, New York, Tampa and India, we’re building the intelligence layer behind the next generation of restaurant operations.


About the Role

Finance is one of the few functions that touches every meaningful decision a company makes.

Hiring. Product investment. Pricing. Expansion. Fundraising. Cash management. Every one of them ultimately becomes a finance decision.

As Vice President of Finance, you'll build the financial operating system that helps guide Loop through its next stage of growth. This isn't about reporting what happened last month. It's about helping determine what happens over the next three years.

You'll work directly alongside the founders, shaping company strategy through financial insight, commercial thinking and disciplined execution. You'll build the operating model, own the planning cadence, prepare the board materials, support investor conversations and ensure every major decision is grounded in robust financial analysis.

This is a builder's role.

You won't inherit a large finance organisation. You'll build the operating model yourself. You'll create the first board packs yourself. You'll own the forecasting process yourself. You'll establish the systems, discipline and financial infrastructure that will support the business as it scales.

The right person enjoys moving effortlessly between strategy and execution—comfortable presenting to investors in the morning, building a three-statement model after lunch, and partnering with Product, Sales or Engineering before the day ends.

If you're looking to hide behind spreadsheets, this isn't the role.

If you want to become one of the key people helping build an iconic AI company from the inside, we'd love to speak with you.

 


 

Responsibilities

Build Loop's Financial Operating System

  • Own the financial architecture of the business.

  • Build the models, planning processes and operating cadence that help leadership make faster, smarter decisions.

  • Design finance to scale long before it has to.

Own Financial Planning & Analysis

  • Own company-wide budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning.

  • Build integrated operating models covering revenue, hiring, burn, runway, headcount, infrastructure investment and multiple growth scenarios.

  • Turn financial planning into one of the company's competitive advantages.

Be the Founders' Strategic Finance Partner

  • Work directly with the founders on the company's biggest decisions.

  • Challenge assumptions and pressure-test investment decisions.

  • Provide financial clarity when the path forward isn't obvious.

  • Help leadership understand not only what the numbers say—but what they mean.

Lead Board & Investor Finance

  • Own every financial interaction with the Board and investors.

  • Prepare board packs that tell a clear story rather than simply reporting numbers.

  • Develop investor presentations.

  • Support fundraising, due diligence and financial requests from existing and prospective investors.

  • Help the business communicate confidence through financial discipline.

Own Cash & Capital

  • Manage the company's cash with founder-level ownership.

  • Build sophisticated cash flow forecasts.

  • Model fundraising scenarios.

  • Monitor burn multiple, runway, hiring capacity and investment priorities.

  • Help leadership understand exactly how today's decisions affect tomorrow's opportunities.

Build Commercial Finance

  • Partner with Sales, Product, Customer Success, Operations and Engineering.

  • Evaluate pricing strategy and commercial opportunities.

  • Analyse customer profitability and unit economics.

  • Develop dashboards that move beyond reporting into decision-making.

  • Help every function understand how financial performance connects to operational performance.

Build Scalable Finance Operations

  • Own accounting oversight, payroll, reporting, controls and governance.

  • Strengthen systems, automate reporting and improve operational efficiency.

  • Manage relationships with auditors, tax advisers, banking partners and external providers.

  • Ensure the business remains audit-ready as it scales.

Build the Future Finance Team

  • Begin as a highly hands-on individual contributor.

  • Build the finance function deliberately as the business grows.

  • Hire, mentor and develop exceptional finance talent over time.

  • Create a culture of ownership, commercial thinking and operational excellence.

 


 

Who You Are

You are most likely a strong candidate for this role if you:

  • Have 10+ years of finance experience within high-growth venture-backed technology companies.

  • Have helped build finance inside a Series A, B or C business rather than simply operating inside a mature organisation.

  • Have personally built forecasting models, board packs and financial plans—not simply reviewed work prepared by large teams.

  • Have supported fundraising, investor diligence or venture capital reporting.

  • Have significant experience with FP&A, financial modelling, forecasting, budgeting and cash flow management.

  • Think commercially before you think technically. You understand that finance exists to help the business make better decisions.

  • Have worked directly with founders or executive leadership where finance was part of every major strategic discussion.

  • Can explain complex financial concepts simply and influence leaders who don't come from finance backgrounds.

  • Enjoy solving ambiguous problems where there isn't a textbook answer.

  • Thrive operating with high ownership and minimal bureaucracy.

  • Demonstrate Loop's cultural defaults: radical ownership, customer obsession, intellectual honesty, urgency, curiosity and the discipline to execute.

 


 

Preferred Spikes

Having one or more of the following makes you a preferred candidate, in addition to the above:

  • You've helped scale a venture-backed business through multiple funding rounds.

  • You've built board reporting that investors genuinely looked forward to reading because it explained the business—not just the numbers.

  • You've partnered directly with CEOs or founders on company strategy, capital allocation and long-term planning.

  • You've built finance functions from the ground up, selecting systems, establishing reporting rhythms and creating scalable processes.

  • You understand SaaS, AI or enterprise software economics, including ARR, gross margin, retention, customer acquisition economics and unit economics.

  • You've implemented ERP or FP&A platforms such as NetSuite, Pigment, Mosaic, Anaplan or similar.

  • You hold a CPA, ACA, ACCA, CFA or MBA, although outstanding operating experience matters more than credentials.

 

Equal Opportunity, Accessibility & Reasonable Accommodations

Loop AI is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This commitment applies to recruitment, hiring and all other aspects of employment.

We are committed to an accessible, inclusive hiring process and provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs and practices, pregnancy-related limitations, and other needs protected by applicable law.

If you need an accommodation to apply, participate in an interview or assessment, or access any part of our recruitment process—including AI-supported assessments—please contact your recruiter. Requests may be made at any stage, verbally or in writing. We will work with you promptly to identify an effective accommodation.

Requesting an accommodation, raising a discrimination concern or exercising your legal rights will not negatively affect your candidacy or result in retaliation. Medical information provided in connection with an accommodation request will be kept confidential, maintained separately from recruitment evaluation records and disclosed only as permitted by law.