Top Finance Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Leads financial performance, reporting, planning, controls, cost accounting, capital analysis, and operational finance for the U.S. Fresh Foods Division. Partners with executive and plant leadership to improve profitability, manufacturing performance, working capital, and cash flow. Oversees forecasting, budgeting, audits, SOX compliance, financial reporting, standard costing, inventory valuation, and capital investments while developing the finance organization and driving continuous improvement.

Create practical Excel templates, demo files, and use-case scenarios for accounting, FP&A, finance, operations, and marketing. Improve onboarding with clear demos, produce short guides and walkthroughs, and complete a sample Excel task and paid trial as part of the interview process.

Leads corporate revenue and gross profit modeling, tracking performance across sales channels, forecasting revenue and margins, identifying pricing opportunities and business risks, and delivering data-driven recommendations to leadership. The role develops financial simulations, standardized reports, and executive presentations while partnering with Sales, Operations, Kiosk Pricing, Device Processing, and Business Intelligence teams. It also supports sales execution automation and ad hoc strategic initiatives.

The Sr. Manager, Finance Systems Operations will enhance financial systems, manage data configurations, collaborate on system updates, and implement AI tools for improved financial processes.

Prepare monthly accounting entries, FX translation, reconciliations, consolidated financial statements and investor reports. Manage cashflow, payments, tax, audit, treasury, internal controls, product costing and KPIs. Lead finance team, coordinate with local firms, support strategic planning and cost-savings initiatives.

Leads operational project finance supporting clinical trials, including revenue recognition, forecasting, variance analysis, budgeting, invoicing, earned value analysis, contract review, and financial reporting. Manages and mentors financial analysts, coordinates with finance teams and project leaders, supports month-end close, identifies scope and budget variances, and serves as the financial lead for client business reviews.

Manages operational project finance, including revenue recognition, forecasting, variance analysis, budgeting, invoicing, earned value analysis, vendor and consultant spend, and financial reporting. Leads and mentors financial analysts, supports clinical trial project teams, reviews contracts and change orders, partners with Finance and project leaders, and presents financial results to executives and clients.

Owns card brand and bank invoice expense processes, accruals, reconciliations, reporting, and quarterly scheme submissions. Downloads and loads invoices, runs SQL queries, identifies billing anomalies and variances, reconciles expenses to the general ledger, creates bank invoices, and monitors opportunities for process improvement and cost reduction. The role supports finance leadership with research, reporting accuracy, and issue resolution.

Develop and execute credit risk strategies for consumer loan portfolios, analyzing bureau, cash flow, and behavioral data to improve losses, receivables, and revenue. Build datasets, dashboards, and monitoring infrastructure using SQL and analytical tools; forecast strategy impacts; support regulatory reviews, audits, and board reporting; ensure policy compliance; communicate underwriting changes; and lead independent analyses and projects. May supervise associates.

Lead Voltify’s finance strategy across equity fundraising, project finance, tax equity, lease facilities, infrastructure partnerships, deal design, financial modeling, public-company readiness, incentives, treasury, tax, legal coordination, and payments. Build a lean finance organization and establish scalable funding structures for battery locomotives, charging infrastructure, and microgrids.

Own monthly close activities across multiple entities, including reconciliations, journal entries, intercompany accounting, consolidations, and crypto subledger maintenance. Reconcile centralized and decentralized trading activity, prepare P&L schedules, manage billing and revenue tracking, support tax and entity structuring, maintain compliance documentation, and assist with payroll operations. Build financial models and reporting tools while coordinating with external accountants and institutional partners.

Own Freshpaint’s finance function, including accounting, monthly close, financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, runway, and SaaS financial metrics. Partner with the CEO, executive team, and go-to-market leaders on investment decisions, commercial economics, pricing, compensation, and growth planning. Manage internal and external finance resources, build scalable processes and models, maintain audit readiness, and develop board and investor reporting.

Leads Sales Finance FP&A, forecasting, budgeting, bookings governance, executive and board reporting, IPO readiness, audit support, controls, and M&A integration. Partners with Sales, Finance, Rev Ops, Customer Support, Professional Services, and other teams to improve decision-making and operational processes. Manages and mentors a distributed financial analyst team while using AI-enabled tools to improve planning, reconciliation, analysis, and presentations.

Lead strategic finance at a high-growth B2B software company. Responsibilities include investment analysis, resource allocation, annual planning, forecasting, unit economics, pricing and packaging analysis, finance systems roadmap development, board and investor reporting, and building a high-performing finance function. The role partners closely with executives, GTM, Product, RevOps, Data, and external implementation partners.

Supports RoadieXD financial operations through billing validation, accounts payable tracking, month-end close, reconciliations, forecasting, budgeting, vendor contract analysis, and operating-metric reporting. Investigates discrepancies, analyzes costs and margins, maintains financial trackers, supports rebates and rate-card analysis, and partners with Finance, Accounting, AP, and Operations to improve processes and inform leadership decisions.

Lead corporate development, strategic finance, capital formation, fundraising, financial modeling, scenario analysis, and investment evaluation. Partner with the CEO, CFO, executive team, Board, and investors on strategic opportunities, financing transactions, business intelligence, market investigations, partnerships, and potential M&A. Develop actionable recommendations and help execute high-priority initiatives supporting the company’s growth and scale.

Supports consumer credit risk teams by translating lending strategies into business rules, scoring configurations, system changes, and decision logic. Responsibilities include model and strategy implementation, documentation, change control, testing, UAT, API and third-party integrations, compliance alignment, discrepancy analysis, and software release support. The role collaborates with Risk, Compliance, Scoring, and Technology teams to improve decisioning processes and ensure regulatory and business requirements are met.

Leads enterprise financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, budget-to-actual analysis, and strategic decision support across a complex multi-entity organization. Oversees finance systems, BI dashboards, process automation, grant budgeting, revenue modeling, and capacity analysis. Advises senior leaders, boards, and partners while supervising senior finance and fiscal teams and driving scalable planning processes, data integrity, and organizational change.

The Head of Finance will lead financial strategy, forecasting, budgeting, FP&A, accounting operations, reporting, cash flow management, audits, tax compliance, and financial systems implementation. The role partners with senior leaders to drive data-informed decisions, improves internal controls and operational efficiency, and builds and mentors a finance team. Responsibilities include developing financial models, dashboards, board materials, and long-range plans for a scaling startup.

Build product-level P&L reporting, cost allocation methodologies, financial models, dashboards, and ROI analyses. Partner with Finance, Accounting, Product, and Data teams on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, product usage metrics, and investment decisions. Establish standardized reporting rhythms and translate ambiguous business questions into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Leads financial planning, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and analytics for the Mortgage Originations business. Partners with senior leaders, Data Science & Analytics, Capital Markets, Corporate Development, and the CFO to support strategy, transactions, shareholder relations, and financial systems enhancements. Oversees a finance data warehouse launch, develops reporting metrics, manages policies, drives automation, and leads and develops the finance team.

Leads Americas Sales Finance and serves as a strategic advisor to senior sales leadership. Owns topline growth, P&L oversight, annual planning, forecasting, headcount, quota capacity, commissions, pricing, renewals, and investment allocation. Builds financial models, analyzes sales performance and channel economics, guides commercial decisions, and improves finance operating processes. Partners cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Customer Success, and global teams to drive alignment, accountability, and profitable growth.

Leads finance for strategic manufacturing expansion projects across the Americas. Responsibilities include project accounting, CapEx budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, reporting, governance, internal controls, SAP and finance systems implementation, process improvement, and transition of completed projects to plant controllers. Partners with Finance, IT, plant leadership, and global stakeholders to support investment decisions and financially disciplined execution.

Short-term, paid project to export and redact personal financial data from multiple apps/services across five mandatory categories, create two financial artifacts, follow detailed submission and quality-review processes, and resubmit if required.

Owns the full finance function for a growing e-commerce brand, including financial reporting, cash forecasting, budgeting, profitability improvement, process automation, SOP development, systems implementation, dashboards, and cross-functional financial planning. The role partners with executive leadership to scale financial operations and support sustainable growth.