Chief of Staff - CFO

About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role 

As Chief of Staff to the CFO, you’ll act as a force multiplier for Faire’s Finance leadership, supporting the execution of high-impact priorities across Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investor Relations, Accounting, Tax & Treasury, Finance Systems, and Business Development. 

You’ll work closely with the CFO and the broader Finance leadership team to enhance operating rhythms, lead initiatives, and drive cross-functional alignment. This role is ideal for someone with a strong finance background and a passion for building and scaling finance within a high-growth environment. You’ll gain firsthand exposure to company-wide priorities, leadership decision-making, and the inner workings of a high-performing Finance organization. 

What you’ll do 

• Act as a thought partner and advisor to the CFO—helping prioritize, execute, and track key initiatives across the Finance org. 
• Improve how finance operates by identifying and implementing process enhancements, including the use of AI and automation and driving cross-functional alignment to streamline key processes 
• Direct internal operating rhythms including leadership meetings, OKR and goal tracking, quarter-end processes
• Lead preparations for internal and external meetings, including board meetings, audit committee, investor sessions and team all-hands/offsites
• Support Investor Relations. Partner with the Head of Investor Relations to shape our IR strategy and narrative, conduct peer benchmarking and market analysis, and prepare for key investor touch points 
• Drive special projects and initiatives from concept to execution. Examples include finance operational readiness for public company standards, program managing AI use cases for finance, and developing valuation/benchmarking analysis 
• Act as a communication bridge between the CFO and internal stakeholders, ensuring clear and timely flow of information. 

Qualifications 

• 6+ years of experience, typically in finance or business operations, ideally within a high growth company 
• Strong project management and cross-functional execution skills—you drive to outcomes and align stakeholders with clarity and accountability. 
• Analytical thinker with strong business judgment and comfort with data and metrics. 
• Excellent communicator. Able to distill complexity into crisp, actionable insights. 
• Exceptionally organized, low-ego, and trusted to handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Self starter and action-oriented. Comfortable navigating ambiguity and operating independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 
• A continuous improvement mindset and eagerness to build scalable systems and processes

Salary Range

California: the pay range for this role is $158,500 - $218,000 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Effective January 2025, Faire employees will be expected to go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting. 

Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

• We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
• We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
• We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
• We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.  To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)