Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gold Leaf Farming is a modern agricultural investment and farming company focused on sustainable practices and long-term growth. The VP Finance will lead the finance and accounting function, partnering with the CEO and executive team to shape the company's financial strategy and enhance operational performance.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the CEO on long-term capital structure, capital allocation strategy, and building a differentiated agribusiness over the very long run
- Own Gold Leaf’s debt strategy, lender relationships, and capital structure execution (facility selection, refinancing, covenant management)
- Partner with the VP Ops, VP Cost of Production and senior ops team on cost of production, performance by crop and region, and investment & operating decisions that drive CoP down
- Bring sharp financial analysis and independent judgment to the executive table, i.e. push back, test assumptions, make us better
- Set and execute a multi-year vision for GLF’s finance function. The default mindset should be to leverage technology, automation, and AI where it meaningfully improves speed, accuracy, or decision-making
- Lead, manage, and hold accountable (LMA) the finance and accounting team. Design and build the team you need to deliver this vision. Source, recruit, develop, and retain talent with deliberate consideration for which roles sit in-house vs. with third-party partners vs. in software
- Own GLF’s systems strategy, including NetSuite (ERP) and the surrounding stack (FP&A, financial and ops/farm data, reporting). Build financial systems and reporting that drive operational performance and that Farm Managers actually want to use. Rebuild what isn’t working; deploy AI-native tools where they’ll meaningfully improve speed, accuracy, or cost
- Oversee GLF's core administrative processes, i.e. close, reporting, A/P, A/R, budget, forecast. Hold a high bar for efficient, light, documented, and followed SOPs
- Partner with the acquisitions team on deal financing through diligence support, deal structuring, and lender engagement for new acquisitions
Skills
- 7-10+ years of finance leadership, with meaningful time as a VP Finance, CFO, or senior finance executive at a performance-oriented business (PE/investor-backed, fast-growth, or similar)
- Background in a capital-intensive, asset-based or commodity business, i.e. farming, oil & gas, mining, operationally intensive real estate, or similar
- Proven experience acting as a strategic partner to a CEO and leadership team
- Experience designing and building a finance function for a growing business while enhancing the team's capabilities, systems, and processes
- Track record of operating as a true business partner, working directly with operators and end users to drive performance, not just reporting outcomes. Ability to earn trust from operators and energized by solving problems at the asset level, not only at the leadership team level
- Strong financial acumen, clear thinking, and sharp analytical judgment
- Ability to communicate clearly and directly in both written and verbal form
- Genuine interest in agriculture and in building a long-term business in ag; natural fit with an ag-type culture that is low ego, humble, down-to-earth, and informal
- Ability to be in California (Bay Area or Central Valley preferred) and to travel regularly to our farm locations: Sacramento, Modesto, Fresno, Bakersfield, and Kingman, AZ
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
- Clear perspective on how AI and technology can reshape a finance function, with examples of applying or exploring these tools
- Experience in M&A and acquisition-led growth
Benefits
- Farm workers earn well above market with 100%-covered family healthcare
- Parental leave
- Equity
Company Overview
Gold Leaf Farming operates and supplies almond, pistachio, and date farms. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Modesto, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.goldleaf.ag/.