Fractional CFO, DTC Ecommerce Brand

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🌐 Canada, United States, +1 more countries – Remote

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote 🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 $84k - $120k / year

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛍️ E-commerce

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KittySpout

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2 - 10 employees

🛍️ eCommerce

👥 B2C

🛒 Retail

eCommerce • B2C • Retail

KittySpout is a direct-to-consumer pet product brand and online retailer focused on cat hydration and related accessories. The company sells cat water fountains (including wireless and stainless-steel models), replacement filters that claim to remove impurities, anti-splash mats, feeders, toys, supplements, and other accessories. Its website and marketing reference seasonal promotions, a VIP Cat Club, social channels, referral programs, and content such as a blog—indicating an e-commerce retail business model targeting cat owners.

📋 Description

• Own the company's finances end to end, including cash, books, payments, projections and financial planning • Keep a 13-week cash flow current weekly, identify the cash trough, and time supplier and purchase-order payments to plan • Close the books monthly with the outside bookkeeper and review the P&L against budget with the CEO • Run contractor pay, supplier and freight bills, software and card expenses, and affiliate and creator payouts correctly and on time • Project subscriptions, subscription cohorts and the cash conversion cycle, compare projections with actuals, and flag deviations • Prepare sales tax filings with the CPA and ensure sales tax and corporate tax filings are accurate and timely • Grow credit lines, establish and operate an asset-based lending facility, and manage bank and lender relationships • Manage currency exposure for supplier payments in RMB, USD and CAD • Implement two-person payment approvals and monthly account reconciliations • Keep the books audit-ready • Set and track annual and monthly budgets and fixed costs • Provide weekly cash updates and a monthly finance report to the CEO • Structure and manage tax considerations for new entities with the CPA • Own AI finance agents and automations

🎯 Requirements

• Fully remote, fractional: about 1-2 days a week approx. (as needed), ongoing, as a contractor • Fluent in English • CFO or VP of Finance for at least one DTC ecommerce brand doing $30M+ a year • Hands-on experience running 13-week cash flows, monthly closes with an outside bookkeeper, and contractor and supplier payments • Experience reconciling Shopify and Amazon payouts • Understanding of nCPA, MER, LTV, COGS and inventory cash cycles • Ability to build cash flow, subscription cohort and cash conversion cycle projections • Experience setting up or managing an inventory- or receivables-backed credit facility • Experience keeping lenders confident with clean reporting • Sales tax experience alongside a CPA • Experience running payment processes with approvals and reconciliations • Strong attention to detail for detecting wrong amounts, duplicate payments and missed filings • Discreet and trustworthy with contractor pay, bank access and owner finances • Responsive when cash or payment issues arise, including outside set days • Excellent cultural fit according to the stated values • Excited to work closely with the founder and help scale the company • Bonus: experience with an inventory-heavy brand importing from China and cross-border experience, e.g. US and Hong Kong

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work • Fractional schedule of about 1–2 days per week • Ongoing contractor engagement • Direct work with the founder • Opportunity to play a major role in scaling a profitable DTC pet brand from $50M+ toward $100M+ • Flexible responsiveness outside set days when cash or payment issues arise

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