VP of Finance

Meet Method

Method has built the most modern way to connect to consumer financial accounts. Combining real-time liability connectivity with instant payment execution, Method’s API is designed to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use.

We have helped 45+ million users connect 350+ million liability accounts credential-less and processed over $2.5B in payments, helping users save millions in interest. One in every three credit cards in the United States is in the Method ecosystem and leading financial institutions like SoFi, Bilt, Cleo, Sezzle, Figure & Aven rely on our APIs to build magical experiences for millions of consumers.

We’re a team of 50+ people spread across offices in Austin, SF, New York City, and Washington D.C! We’re excited to continue the momentum working alongside our investors and advisors from Andreessen Horowitz, Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, Avra, and Ardent. To learn more about us, check out our blog!

About the role

Method is the financial connectivity layer for consumer liabilities, and our payments business brings real scale and complexity to finance. As we head into our next stage of growth, we are hiring a VP of Finance to build the finance operation that takes us there.

You will be responsible for leading Finance, Accounting, and Strategic Finance as one function, including process design, controls, the audit, board reporting, and our relationships with banks and key vendors. The ideal candidate has run a finance function before and will have deep experience putting the right processes in place before the business needs them.

This is a hands-on role. Our metrics and forecasting are in good shape, and our finance team is strong. You will run the team day to day, connect the work across finance and accounting, and stay close to the details. You will also partner with Sales and Engineering leadership on approval processes and margin projects, and build our relationships with the board, auditors, and finance vendors.

What you'll do

• Lead Finance, Accounting, Biz Ops, and Rev Ops day to day, owning team performance, priorities, and development, and uniting sub-teams around shared goals.

• Own process management across finance and accounting, deciding what to build, when to transition it, and when to tighten it as Method scales.

• Oversee relationships with external auditors and finance vendors, and build a trusted working relationship with the board through fluent reporting on Method's financial performance.

• Inherit and extend the forecasting and business metrics frameworks, partnering with the outgoing finance lead through the transition.

• Build proactive feedback loops with Sales, Engineering, and other functional leaders, including approval processes and margin projects that move forward without executive escalation.

• Jump into high-impact projects, from board preparation and audits to corporate development should Method pursue an acquihire strategy.

Who you are

• 10+ years of experience in finance, with a rigorous analytical foundation, ideally investment banking, followed by operating roles inside a company rather than only advising or investing.

• 5+ years as a people manager, including running a finance function or a combined finance and accounting function where you owned the team, systems, and processes.

• Proven ability to build processes and systems at scale, ideally at a company with large transaction volumes.

• Demonstrated success rallying teams across silos toward a shared outcome.

• Strong relationships with Sales, Engineering, and other functional leaders, with the influence to move projects forward without escalating every decision.

• Confident communicator with boards, auditors, and external vendors.

• Comfortable working in the details: you treat a growing company's imperfect systems as work to do rather than a problem to escalate.

• Able to work in person from one of our hubs in New York, Washington DC, Austin, or San Francisco.

Extra awesome

• Experience in fintech, payments, or another business with complex money movement.

• Experience leading a company through a first or second annual audit.

• Corporate development or M&A experience, including acqui-hires.

• Experience at a Series B–D startup during a period of rapid scale.

Compensation

The annual US base salary range for this role is approximately $280,000 - $325,000 based on experience and location. We also offer an equity package and have a suite of excellent benefits.

Benefits available to full time employees

• Medical, Dental, Vision; basic medical plans 100% covered

• Flexible PTO

• $30/day Lunch allowance when working from the office

• 12 weeks parental leave

• Commuter benefits; employer-sponsored

• Phone/internet stipend

• WFH stipend

• Student loan repayment contribution

• Lifestyle Spending stipend

• Learning & Development stipend

• Hybrid-office stocked with snacks

• Quarterly team off-sites

In-office Policy

For most roles are Method, we expect a regular in-person presence at one of our hubs in NYC, Austin, SF or DC. We have embedded flexibility to work remotely for a week here and there, but the general expectation is a minimum 2-3 days/week in office on average. What does not work is full-time remote.

Accommodations

Method provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance with your application due to a disability, please contact us at talent@methodfi.com to request an accommodation.