Vice President, Finance Strategy & Operations

Job Description

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. *Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An Overview of This Role GitLab is seeking a VP of Finance Strategy & Operations to lead the strategic and operational evolution of our Finance function while serving as the CFO's chief operating partner as we scale as a public company. Reporting directly to the CFO, you will provide the operational framework and strategic rigor to help our Finance organization scale effectively. This means ensuring we have the right practices in place to prioritize, plan, and monitor the execution of our strategic objectives. At its core, this role is Finance-led and Finance-owned. You will build and lead the Finance Strategy & Operations function, serving as a strategic advisor and sounding board to the Finance Leadership Team while driving GitLab's most consequential cross-functional initiatives. These include Lead-to-Cash optimization, our transition to a consumption-based business model, and global expansion strategy. You will partner closely with the CRO, CPO, CIO, and executive leadership team to ensure these programs are well-structured, well-governed, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Finance will set the agenda and hold the accountability. You are a Finance-native leader who brings operational rigor, strategic clarity, and the ability to translate complex ideas into disciplined execution. You are equally comfortable influencing a Board-level strategy conversation and rolling up your sleeves to drive delivery in a fully distributed, async-first environment. What You'll Do - Finance Organization & Strategy Leadership Act as the CFO's day-to-day operating partner on Finance org operations and strategic change agenda. Review and stress-test processes and operating models, implementing better ways of working. Develop and execute Finance's multi-year transformation roadmap aligned with GitLab's growth and public company requirements. - Enterprise Transformation Program Ownership Lead Finance's role in GitLab's most consequential cross-functional initiatives: Lead-to-Cash optimization, consumption-based model transition, and global expansion strategy. Finance owns business requirements, program architecture, and outcome accountability across these programs. Establish governance frameworks with executive-level reporting on progress, outcomes, and business value. - Process & Operational Excellence Redesign core Finance processes to drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability in a remote-first environment. Identify and eliminate friction points through process reengineering. Operationalize key ideas into consistent systems and processes that enable coherent nimbleness and responsiveness at scale. - Finance Systems & Technology Partnership Partner with the CIO organization to define Finance's technology priorities and business requirements. Serve as Finance's primary requirements owner and business sponsor for finance system implementations, not the systems implementer. Ensure successful integration of finance systems following M&A activity. - AI & Intelligent Automation Identify high-impact use cases for AI and intelligent automation within the Finance function. Partner with IT to evaluate and implement solutions, with Finance defining business outcomes and owning adoption and process change management. - Controls & Compliance Integration Partner with Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Internal Audit to maintain and enhance control frameworks while enabling efficiency gains. Design scalable processes that support SOX compliance and audit requirements as Finance transforms. - Executive Partnership & Cross-Functional Influence Serve

Responsibilities

Finance Organization & Strategy Leadership: Act as the CFO's day-to-day operating partner on Finance org operations and strategic change agenda. Review and stress-test processes and operating models, implementing better ways of working. Develop and execute Finance's multi-year transformation roadmap aligned with GitLab's growth and public company requirements.
Enterprise Transformation Program Ownership: Lead Finance's role in GitLab's most consequential cross-functional initiatives: Lead-to-Cash optimization, consumption-based model transition, and global expansion strategy. Finance owns business requirements, program architecture, and outcome accountability across these programs. Establish governance frameworks with executive-level reporting on progress, outcomes, and business value.
Process & Operational Excellence: Redesign core Finance processes to drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability in a remote-first environment. Identify and eliminate friction points through process reengineering. Operationalize key ideas into consistent systems and processes that enable coherent nimbleness and responsiveness at scale.
Finance Systems & Technology Partnership: Partner with the CIO organization to define Finance's technology priorities and business requirements. Serve as Finance's primary requirements owner and business sponsor for finance system implementations, not the systems implementer. Ensure successful integration of finance systems following M&A activity.
AI & Intelligent Automation: Identify high-impact use cases for AI and intelligent automation within the Finance function. Partner with IT to evaluate and implement solutions, with Finance defining business outcomes and owning adoption and process change management.
Controls & Compliance: Integration: Partner with Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Internal Audit to maintain and enhance control frameworks while enabling efficiency gains. Design scalable processes that support SOX compliance and audit requirements as Finance transforms.
Executive Partnership & Cross-Functional Influence: Serve as a close partner to senior finance leadership and cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives and value realization.

Skills Required

AIintelligent automationlead-to-cashconsumption-based business modelglobal expansiongovernance frameworksSOX complianceM&A integrationfinance systems implementationsprogram managementcross-functional collaborationchange managementIT partnershipfinance transformation

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