VP of Finance | Authentic

Locations:
Sector: Insurance

Backed by leading investors and having grown 15x+ in the past year, Authentic is hiring a senior-most finance leader to build and own the entire finance function as a close partner to the CEO.

Meet Authentic:

Authentic is transforming how insurance is distributed — designing and powering custom insurance programs that help brokers and partners unlock better economics and deliver a modern, tech-enabled experience to their clients. We’ve grown 15x+ in the past year, exceeded $15M in ARR, and have a massive market opportunity ahead.

Backed by FirstMark Capital, Zigg Capital, Slow Ventures, Clocktower, Commerce Ventures, and Altai. Carrier partners include Starr Companies, QBE, Ascot Group, and Everspan Group.

Authentic Leadership

Cole Riccardi

CEO & Cofounder

Kyle Babirad

COO & Cofounder

Saravana Kumar

CTO

Cole Riccardi

CEO & Cofounder

Kyle Babirad

COO & Cofounder

Cole Riccardi

CEO & Cofounder

Role Responsibilities:

THE ROLE

  • Own the finance function end to end: FP&A, accounting, treasury, capital markets, audit, tax, and board reporting
  • Partner directly with the CEO on financial strategy, investor relations, and future debt and equity financings
  • High-leverage seat for someone equally comfortable with board-level strategy and hands-on process building

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

Financial planning & reporting

  • Own the operating model, annual budget, rolling forecasts, scenario planning, and capital allocation analysis
  • Prepare finance materials for board meetings, investor updates, and leadership discussions
  • Build reporting across GWP, revenue, renewals, commissions, loss ratios, collateral, cash, and department-level spend

Accounting & controls

  • Own monthly close, financial reporting, revenue recognition, and management reporting
  • Build scalable controls around commissions, AR, AP, expenses, vendor management, and reconciliation

Treasury & capital markets

  • Own cash management, bank relationships, debt facility reporting, and liquidity forecasting
  • Support future debt and equity financings alongside the CEO—
  • Partner with the CEO and advisors on carrier, reinsurance, captive, and collateral economics

External partners & team

  • Manage audit, tax, regulatory finance workstreams and external partners across accounting, legal, tax, audit, banking, and compliance
  • Hire and develop a lean, high-performing finance team as the business scales

Job requirements:

  • 6–10+ years in finance Including time as a senior or #2 finance leader at a high-growth company
  • Insurance / insurtech background
  • MGA, program business, carrier, or reinsurance experience strongly preferred
  • Function-builder mindset
  • Experience scaling a finance function at a venture-backed company from the ground up
  • FP&A + accounting depth
  • Able to move between strategic finance and close-level operating detail without slowing down
  • Debt, treasury & reinsurance
  • Comfort with collateral, ceding commissions, quota share structures, and insurance balance sheet mechanics
  • High judgment, low ego
  • Strong communication skills, comfort in ambiguity, and a proven ability to work with founders and boards

BENEFITS

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • 401k with company match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Competitive equity
  • Strong role trajectory

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