This role is with one of our portfolio companies.
We are looking for a VP – Vendor Finance to own the business end-to-end. This is a high-impact, high-visibility P&L role working directly with the founders. You will lead sales, customer success, and operations—ensuring buyer programs scale, vendor participation grows, and the business scales predictably and profitably.
Key Responsibilities:
Business & P&L Ownership
- Own revenue, profitability, and growth targets
- Track and drive performance across leading and lagging indicators
- Ensure disciplined execution against monthly plans
Buyer & Vendor Success
- Ensure success of all ongoing buyer programs
- Drive rapid onboarding and scaling of new programs
- Improve buyer and vendor experience through structured interventions
- Personally handle high-impact escalations when needed
Team Leadership
- Lead and scale a 20-25 member team across sales, customer success, and ops
- Manage attrition and hiring pipeline to ensure optimum capacity
- Set clear goals, metrics, and accountability
- Build a culture of ownership, transparency, and high performance
Process & Playbook Building
- Design scalable GTM and ops playbooks
- Implement root-cause-based problem solving (RCU mindset)
- Reduce recurring issues through systemic fixes
Strategic Problem Solving
- Identify structural bottlenecks in growth and execution
- Partner with founders on strategic decisions
- Drive cross-functional alignment with product and tech
Requirements
- 5 - 10 years in SME Lending / Supply Chain Finance or Financial services
- Proven track record of growing P&L or business unit from $1M to $10M+
- Experience leading multi-functional teams (across sales, operations, product)
- Strong problem solving and results orientation
- Excellent stakeholder and people management
- High ownership and accountability
Why This Role Matters
This role is central to the company’s growth and execution engine. You will shape how the SME business scales, being the largest contributor to the company revenues. Own outcomes that directly impact revenue.
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