Vice President of Finance
About the job
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Dapper Labs is seeking a Vice President of Finance with 12+ years of experience in finance within a top technology or web3 company. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in managing high-growth businesses and possess exceptional business instincts.
Join us at Dapper as a Vice President of Finance, where we focus on the intersection of blockchain and gaming. Our flagship projects, including Disney Pinnacle, NBA Top Shot, and NFL All Day, are blockchain-based digital collectibles platforms that leverage sophisticated technology. You will play a pivotal role in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, continually deploying to an enthusiastic and global audience, helping to pioneer new territories in blockchain and entertainment.
We’re hiring a Vice President of Finance to lead the team in one of the most exciting and innovative emerging technology areas in blockchain. In this role, you will partner closely with the CEO and leadership team and will be responsible for overseeing the finance function through a strategic lens. This role will oversee the strategic and financial planning to drive ownership and accountability across the Dapper Labs business, partner with the leaders of the business to model the complex and emerging growth Studio business, and have a direct impact on the growth of the business, consistently driving and informing some of the Company’s most important business and financial decisions.
Every one of us shares a common vision: to create the future we want to live in. We need the right people to help us realize that vision.
What we’ll achieve together:
- Manage and oversee all aspects of the finance team; developing relationships within the Company that facilitate early discovery of issues and quick resolution, and providing feedback and support across the organization
- Provide leadership and direction to develop the team using a supportive and collaborative approach: assign accountabilities; set objectives; establish priorities, and monitor and evaluate results
- Lead the company in collaborative financial planning, specifically cash flow forecasting
- Serve as a thought partner, providing strategic and financial analysis to leadership across the organization regarding risk / reward of capital allocation
- Manage budget control and analysis to maintain rigor around expense spend and spending with clear impact
- Provide headcount and capital resource planning and decision-making support
- Find opportunities to help the business grow and achieve its financial goals
- Lead continuous improvement of financial forecast systems, methodology and process, including implementation of the necessary software & tools
- Maintain alignment between financial forecast reporting and business needs
- Provide expertise and support for corporate development efforts, including fundraising and M&A
- Design and deliver strategic financial planning, multi-year financial planning targets, and ad-hoc strategic and financial projects and efforts in partnership with our leadership team
About you:
- 12+ years of directly applicable experience with time spent in Finance within a top technology, web3 company and/or investment banking
- 6+ years of management and demonstrated success within an organization (through hyper-growth) from start-up to an established multinational entity with global business operations
- Proven ability to deliver impact for your business partner and the business
- Exceptional business instincts – you understand the markets, strategy, products, partners, customers and challenges - and use that knowledge to help inform decisions
- High-energy business athlete with a strong quantitative skill set and an analytical, intellectually curious mindset
- Data-driven decision maker with a player/coach mentality
- Success building scalable execution and processes across cross-functional teams
- Poised communicator accustomed to actively sharing your point of view
- Prioritize multiple work streams with intense demands on your time
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast paced environment
- Approach work and decision-making by empowering the people around you, effectively utilizing the team's expertise and enabling them to do their best work
- Comfort and excitement working in a fast paced, constantly evolving startup environment
- Maintain high performance standards and has a passion for excellence and continuous improvement
Dapper Labs is the world's first blockchain entertainment company. We are the creators of industry-leading experiences including CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, NFL All Day, Disney Pinnacle as well as Dapper Wallet – the simplest way to manage your assets and use the blockchain. We are also the original developers behind Flow, a new decentralized blockchain designed from the ground up for scalability and ease of use. Our mission at Dapper Labs is to make the world a more accessible and enjoyable place through consumer adoption of decentralized technologies. We have raised over $600M from leading and notable investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Union Square Ventures, Venrock, Google Ventures (GV), Samsung, and the founders of Dreamworks, Reddit, Coinbase, Zynga, and AngelList, among others.
Visit our website to learn even more about Dapper Labs, including information about benefits and perks.
About The Company
Our specialty is testing the potential of emerging technology to build high-growth businesses. Today that means we're working on AI, AR, and blockchain, either independently or in partnership with Fortune 500 leaders and domain-expert investors.
Axiom Zen was named first among Canada's Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Our work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, and Fast Company.
Products developed by Axiom Zen have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading organizations. Recent successes include NBA Top Shot, and CryptoKitties, products created by our startup Dapper Labs. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams; and the creator of Toby, tab management with personality recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt.
We are founded on Axioms—philosophies that drive our company culture and partnerships.
Work with the best
Do the best work
Make a difference
Be sustainable
We’re hiring. Let’s build the future together: https://www.axiomzen.co/careers
