[Hiring] VP, Finance @Enveda

Role Description

Join Enveda as VP, Finance and help us transform evolutionarily-selected compounds into life-changing medicines. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role responsible for owning accounting operations, financial reporting, and controllership end-to-end, while leading and growing a high-performing finance team. You will report directly to the CFO and together ensure the company’s financial foundation is rigorous, accurate, and scalable as Enveda grows through its next phase of development.

What You’ll Do

• Accounting Operations:
  • Own the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process.
  • Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and GAAP compliance across all financial statements.
  • Maintain the general ledger, oversee journal entries, account reconciliations, and consolidations.
• Technical Accounting:
  • Own complex areas critical to biotech including R&D and clinical trial expense accruals, stock-based compensation, leases, collaboration and licensing arrangements, revenue recognition, and equity/financing transactions.
  • Document positions in clear technical memos.
• Audit Leadership:
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors.
  • Lead the annual financial statement audit from planning through issuance, including audit schedules, PBC requests, and management responses.
• Treasury & Cash Management:
  • Manage the company’s cash position, bank relationships, and investment accounts.
  • Oversee cash flow forecasting, wire approvals, and operating account controls.
  • Ensure clear visibility into the company’s liquidity runway at all times.
• Financial Reporting & Internal Controls:
  • Prepare accurate and timely internal financial reports (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) for the CFO, executive team, and Board.
  • Design, implement, and maintain a robust internal control environment and accounting policies consistent with GAAP and SOX-readiness standards.
• Tax & Regulatory Compliance:
  • Oversee federal, state, and local tax filings (or coordinate with external advisors).
  • Manage R&D tax credits and all regulatory reporting requirements.
• Systems & Infrastructure:
  • Evaluate, implement, and optimize accounting systems and finance tools (ERP, expense management, procurement workflows).
  • Deploy AI strategically and responsibly.
  • Scale and modernize the finance tech stack to meet the demands of a growing clinical-stage biotech.
• Vendor & External Advisor Management:
  • Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, payroll providers, and accounting consultants.
  • Hold vendors accountable to scope, budget, and timeline.
• Team Leadership:
  • Directly manage, develop, and retain the finance team.
  • Serve as the day-to-day mentor and primary resource for finance staff.
  • Build a high-performance culture within the function.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience including controllership leadership, with a strong track record in high-growth, scaling environments.
• At least 3+ years in a senior finance leadership role at a clinical-stage or commercial biotech or pharma company.
• Deep US GAAP and technical accounting expertise, with direct ownership of external audits and ICFR/internal controls.
• Demonstrated track record owning the month-end close process end-to-end, leading external audits from planning through issuance, and managing treasury operations hands-on.
• CPA required; Big Four or mid-tier public accounting background strongly preferred.
• Experience managing a lean finance team; comfortable being both a manager and an individual contributor as the business demands.
• Proven ability to build financial systems, processes, and controls from the ground up in a fast-moving environment.
• Public-company finance experience strongly preferred.
• Builder mentality, high integrity, and the ability to earn trust quickly.
• A proven people leader who earns trust quickly, invests in team development, and creates clarity in ambiguous situations.

Benefits

• 90% Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k Match
• Flexible PTO
• Adoption Assistance