We’re Ethena, an AI platform that’s revolutionizing the Compliance space. Our team of agents helps Compliance leaders run proactive Compliance programs that drive meaningful behavior change.
From Policies and Disclosures to Training, Hotline, and Analytics, our agents work together to drive smarter, faster, human-led decision-making. Hotline and training data rolls up into fully customizable, board-ready risk reports. Phishing clicks trigger bite-sized, targeted follow-up courses that drive behavior change without taking up a ton of training time. Our AI call taker synthesizes data to recommend improvements to company policies and training. Every signal lands in one place, so Compliance leaders can spot risk early and fix it before it becomes a problem. The agents do the legwork, and people make every judgment call.
More than 2,000 organizations, from Pinterest and Zendesk to the Salvation Army, run their programs on Ethena. That covers millions of employees, from the warehouse floor to the trading desk. Our learning paths drop seat time by 60%, learners give our training a 93% approval rating, and 96% of customers renew.
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Who we're looking for
Ethena is growing fast, and we need a finance leader who’s excited to build what comes next. As our Head of Finance, you’ll own the full finance function, from accounting and close to forecasting, planning, and board reporting. You’ll report to our COO and work closely with her to give our leadership team the data and insight behind our biggest decisions. You’ll also give every department head a clear line of sight into their budget. We’re looking for someone with a real point of view. You’ll spot the risks and opportunities in the numbers before anyone asks and turn complex data into clear and actionable takeaways. You’ll be hands-on in the details one day and zoomed out on strategy the next. Along the way, you’ll build a high-performing finance team that holds itself to a high bar.
What you’ll do
- Partner with the COO to drive smart decisions. You’ll keep leadership equipped with a clear, current view of financials, forecasts, and runway. You’ll also pull together and synthesize the data behind our biggest calls. You’ll flag risks and opportunities early, lay out the levers we can pull, and bring a recommendation on things like a smarter way to deploy spend or a cost that’s growing faster than its value. Then you’ll turn it into takeaways the exec team can act on.
- Partner with RevOps on revenue and comp plans. You’ll work with our Head of RevOps to turn pipeline and attainment data into financial insight on unit economics, retention, and sales efficiency. You’ll oversee commission and comp plans.
- Give every department head line of sight. You’ll work with each leader so they always know where their budget stands, what’s changed, and what tradeoffs they’re facing.
- Own planning and forecasting. That covers the annual plan, quarterly reforecasts, the operating model, the cash forecast, and scenario planning for pricing, hiring, and growth.
- Oversee accounting end to end. You’ll oversee month-end and year-end close, AR/AP, revenue recognition, and tax, and build a faster, cleaner close as we scale.
- Lead the audit and keep us compliant. You’ll own the annual audit and keep us current on tax and regulatory requirements everywhere we operate.
- Manage investor and lender relationships. You’ll own board and investor reporting, manage our banking and lending partners, and lead fundraising work from model to data room.
- Level up the finance function. You’ll grow and lead the team, decide what to bring in-house versus outsource, and use AI and automation to keep a lean team operating well above its size.
What makes a great candidate
- You cut your teeth in FP&A and have since overseen every part of finance, including accounting, at early stage and fast-growing SaaS companies.
- You’ve built and led a finance team, and you’ve been the person accountable for the numbers, not just a contributor to them.
- You’ve run an audit, supported a fundraise, and presented directly to a board.
- You’re as comfortable reconciling an account as you are presenting a growth plan to the board.
- You have a strong point of view and share it. You come with a recommendation and the math behind it, and you change your mind when the data says you should.
- You can make finance make sense to anyone, from a first-time manager to a board member.
- You’re highly autonomous and do your best work when you’re trusted to run your function.
- You care about building a team with a culture of excellence, and you know how to hire, coach, and raise the bar.
- You’re AI-native. You already use Claude, ChatGPT, or similar tools to automate work, build models, and get to insights faster, and you’d rather build a tool than hire for a task.
- You thrive on a fully distributed team, and move fast without losing rigor.
Skills Required
- Experience in FP&A and oversight of the full finance function, including accounting, at early-stage and fast-growing SaaS companies
- Experience building and leading a finance team
- Accountability for company financials
- Experience running an audit
- Experience supporting a fundraising process
- Experience presenting directly to a board
- Ability to manage detailed accounting work and present strategic growth plans
- Strong financial judgment and ability to provide data-backed recommendations
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to employees and board members
- High autonomy and ability to independently run the finance function
- Ability to hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT to automate work, build models, and generate insights
- Ability to work effectively on a fully distributed team
Ethena Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ethena and has not been reviewed or approved by Ethena.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered transparent, with publicly shared salary formulas, posted ranges on job descriptions, and a stated compensation philosophy. Practices like a no‑negotiation approach and location‑agnostic engineering pay aim to reduce gaps and increase clarity.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Progression appears structured through a formula‑based approach and twice‑yearly review cycles that provide predictable increases. Market adjustments and stronger performance can yield larger raises within this framework.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off breadth includes unlimited PTO, all U.S. federal holidays, and a company‑wide week‑long year‑end break. This structure signals meaningful rest time for a remote‑first environment.
Ethena Insights
What We Do
Compliance training that customizes itself to you. Ethena combines top-rated training content with intelligent AI that builds and adapts training to reflect your company’s unique brand, roles, policies, and risks. From auto-assigning courses based on HRIS data to transforming your policies into interactive training in minutes, Ethena helps People, Legal, and Compliance teams do more with less. Companies like Genesco, Zendesk, Pinterest, and Synaptics use Ethena to launch training in days instead of months and cut learner seat time by up to 60% with adaptive learning paths. Beyond training, Ethena unifies core compliance tools including Hotline & Case Management, Policy Bot, and Phishing Simulator in one platform. This simplifies your compliance tech stack, connects data sources, and continuously strengthens your training by identifying knowledge gaps. With built-in audit trails, compliance controls, and a 93% approval rating across more than 1 million learners, Ethena delivers programs that are responsive and effective.
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