Executive Vice President of Finance
Industrious
About the Company:
Industrious is the largest premium workplace-as-a-service provider and home to the highest-rated workplaces in the industry. Everything we do comes down to creating great days for teams of all sizes and stages, including our own. We believe that what makes a great day at work is the people on your team and the problems you get to solve together. We’re looking for people who love thinking outside the box and thrive in a truly collaborative setting. As teammates, we encourage new ideas and toast every win. We’re excited about having a meaningful impact on people’s workplace experience.
Great days also start when everyone can be their authentic self at work. Diversity of backgrounds, thoughts, and ideas is critical to our success in delivering great workplace experiences, both for our members and for each other. Industrious is committed to creating an inclusive, respectful environment that embraces your individuality and quirkiness. You are valued for who YOU are. We celebrate our people as individuals who can accomplish great things when we work together as one team.
To learn more, visit www.industriousoffice.com/careers.
About the role:
Industrious is the fastest-growing flexible workplace platform, backed by CBRE ($40bn market cap) and on a trajectory toward $1 billion+ in revenue. We combine premium hospitality, thoughtful design, and real-estate innovation to create exceptional workplace experiences across 65+ cities worldwide.
Industrious is at an inflection point where we’re scaling internationally, nurturing new product launches, compounding profitability while continuing to positively impact our members’ lives. We are seeking a seasoned financial and business leader who can help steer the company through this next stage of the company’s growth..
We are elevating our finance function with an Executive Vice President of Finance, a strategic enterprise leader who will be given the opportunity to grow into C-suite level responsibilities. This executive will be more than a finance operator: they will be a business builder capable of running large, complex organizations and influencing the entire company agenda.
Partnering closely with the CEO and CBRE leadership, the EVP of Finance will manage financial strategy and also help shape and lead cross-functional areas such as new product development, real estate strategy, new capital deployment, data & analytics strategy and other critical operating functions as needed.
What you'll do:
Shaping the future
- Serve as a core member of the Executive Leadership Team, shaping and executing long-term corporate strategy and growth plans.You’ll be tasked to advise on a wide variety of topics that the Executive team is weighing
- This will include assessing how our capital should be deployed - (i) where should we open our next 200 locations globally, (ii) what new products should we invest in (iii) what M&A targets should we pursue, (iv) and what resources are needed for these pursuits
Financial Strategy & Stewardship
- Own financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting to support rapid global expansion with a focus on revenue growth, profitability and free cash flow conversion.
- Own interface with CBRE to provide the results, insights and reporting necessary to support CBRE’s public company disclosure
- Note that this role will interface closely with Accounting but the accounting team will report directly into CBRE’s controllership (and not this role)
Unlocking Growth & Innovation
- Partner across Design, Product, and Operations to optimize the economics of our future real estate network (including designing new financial structures for our units).
- Use data and analytics to surface insights that the commercial teams can use unlock revenue growth, improve margin, and strengthen unit economics of the current network
- Creating business models and innovative economic structures for new products and services
- Champion operational excellence, embedding financial rigor into all key decisions without stifling innovation.
Talent & Culture
- Cultivate strong followership among your teammates and growing leaders around you, and doing this all with your own spin on our values.
- We’re looking for a leader who people want to follow and who can lift up the people around you. We’re looking for someone who wants to be a leader in a culture that’s full of kind, smart, low-ego, goofy people.
- Recruit and develop the same type of future leaders who can scale with the company’s ambitions.
About you:
- 15+ years of progressive leadership in finance, corporate development, and/or general management; significant experience in high-growth, capital-intensive businesses.
- Track record of overseeing multiple corporate functions or large, complex organizations.
- Deep expertise in capital markets, M&A, and strategic financial planning.
- Executive presence and credibility to engage effectively with boards, clients, strategic partners and c-suite colleagues
- Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking skills; able to distill complexity into clear decisions.
- High-integrity, low-ego leader who inspires trust and drives results through influence and collaboration.
Why Join Us?
You will step into a pivotal role at a company redefining the workplace globally. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth, well-capitalized business at an inflection point and to shape its trajectory as the next CFO.
Compensation:
The annual base compensation range for this role is between $300,000 and $330,000. The successful candidate's actual base compensation will be based upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to work experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and professional qualifications. You will also be eligible for an annual 30% bonus and participation in our long-term incentive program.
Base and bonus compensation are just two components of Industrious’ total compensation package for this role. Other great perks and benefits include heavily subsidized healthcare plans, generous paid time off, wellness programs, professional development grants, 401k plan, and many other benefits, subject to applicable eligibility criteria and company policies.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Industrious is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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