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title: 'Chief Information Security Officer at Campfire'
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# Chief Information Security Officer at Campfire

- **Company:** Campfire
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/campfire/b98a00a5-35ff-42e2-bc98-bda01d1a4132

## Job description

## About Campfire

Campfire is a next-gen core accounting platform built for modern mid-market finance teams. We’re building the future of ERP by replacing outdated systems and manual accounting processes with an AI-native platform that helps finance teams move faster and operate more efficiently.

## The role

Campfire is hiring its first full-time CISO to own security, compliance and customer trust as we sell to larger enterprises.

- Campfire is an AI-native ERP and financial automation platform. We raised a $65M Series B led by Accel and Ribbit Capital.
- Customers trust us with their general ledger, bank details, payroll and vendor data.
- Today, security is run by a fractional vCISO firm plus a few engineers. Deals are increasingly gated on security reviews.
- You will turn that into an in-house program that closes deals faster and keeps us safe.

## What you'll own

Customer security reviews and deal support

- Answer security questionnaires, TPRMs and RFPs (SIG, CAIQ, custom) with a fast, predictable turnaround.
- Join customer and prospect calls with CIOs and IT security teams, including implementation kickoffs.
- Maintain a trust center and security collateral pack: policies, pentest reports, network architecture, insurance certificate.

Compliance and audits

- Own SOC 1 and SOC 2 (Type I and II): scope, auditor management, bridge letters, and customer follow-up questions.
- Decide and lead the path to ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and other frameworks customers ask about.
- Run Vanta as the system of record for controls and evidence.

Privacy and contracts

- Partner with Legal on DPAs, BAAs, GDPR transfer mechanisms (SCCs / DPF), DORA and non-US privacy laws.
- Review security and audit-cooperation clauses in customer contracts.
- Own data retention, export and residency answers, including new-region or GovCloud requests.

Security operations and incident response

- Own the incident response plan, run tabletop tests, and lead response when incidents happen.
- Own customer breach notification decisions and post-incident write-ups.
- Own detection and email security: SIEM, EDR, email protection, identity alerting.

Identity and access

- Own Okta (SSO, phishing-resistant MFA, SCIM), MDM and least-privilege access to production.
- Support customer-facing SSO/SCIM setups.

Resilience and policy

- Own BCDR plans, RTO/RPO targets, backup and restore testing.
- Maintain information security, responsible AI and vendor management policies.
- Run background and sanctions screening for employees and vendors.

AI security

- Answer customer questions on our AI assistant: underlying models, prompt and response retention, logging, and opt-out.
- Govern AI vendors and subprocessors.

First 90 days

- Take over customer security reviews from the vCISO firm and set a clear intake and turnaround process for Sales.
- Finish the Vanta migration and publish a trust center with standard collateral.
- Finalize and test the BCDR and incident response plans.
- Close out post-incident hardening: email security, Okta alerting, MDM and EDR coverage.
- Present a 12-month security and certification roadmap to the CTO.

## What we're looking for

- 10+ years in security, with 3+ leading a program at a B2B SaaS company.
- Has owned SOC 1 / SOC 2 audits end to end. ISO 27001 experience a plus.
- Comfortable on calls with enterprise CIOs and auditors, and enjoys helping close deals.
- Hands-on with AWS, Okta, Google Workspace, EDR and SIEM tooling.
- Working knowledge of GDPR, DPAs and contract security terms.
- Has led real incident response, including customer communication.
- Fintech, ERP or accounting software background a strong plus.
- Pragmatic builder: starts as a team of one, hires as we grow.

Reporting and logistics

- Reports to the CEO. Works closely with Sales, Legal and Engineering.
- Location: Bay Area preferred.

## About Campfire

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Campfire is an AI-native Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform that automates accounting workflows — including transaction categorization, bank reconciliation, revenue recognition, and reporting — for mid-market and enterprise finance teams.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (also New York office)
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: John Glasgow (CEO/CFO) and Paul C Nichols (CTO) are key executives; founding team details are not publicly disclosed.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Accounting & Finance Software / Enterprise SaaS
- **Target customers**: B2B – mid-size to enterprise companies (50–5,000 employees), including SaaS, usage-based, consulting, and transaction-heavy businesses
- **Mission / Purpose**: “Superpower your accounting team” – Campfire aims to multiply what finance teams can do by automating manual, repetitive tasks so they can focus on strategic business drivers rather than spreadsheets.

## Products & Services
- **Core Accounting (General Ledger)**: Multi-entity consolidation with 180+ currencies, global compliance support, and real-time sync.
- **Revenue Automation**: Revenue recognition for any billing model (SaaS, usage, etc.).
- **Close Management**: Built-in close checklists, flux analysis, account reconciliations, and autonomous reconciliation.
- **Reporting**: Real-time dashboards with drill-down to any transaction.
- **AI Assistant (Ember)**: Conversational AI that answers questions, detects anomalies, auto-categorizes transactions, performs cash forecasting, and more.
- **Integrations**: 100+ natively built integrations (e.g., Ramp, Rippling, Salesforce) plus 1,200+ granular permission controls.

All offerings are cloud-based SaaS with API endpoints for custom workflows.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding = **$103.6M** (as of late 2025); Annual Revenue = **$3.9M** (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Notable Investors**: Accel, Ribbit Capital (led Series B), Foundation Capital, Y Combinator, Capital49 (Airwallex)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew **+800% year-over-year** to 81 employees
  - 25 active job postings (monthly postings down 7.4% but quarterly up 525%, yearly up 1,150%)
  - Customers include Replit, Decagon, PostHog, Advisor360
  - LinkedIn followers grew +341.4% year-over-year

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native foundation**: Autonomous reconciliation, auto-categorization, anomaly detection, and conversational reporting built into the core product – not bolted on.
- **Depth for scaling**: Multi-entity, multi-currency (180+ currencies), unlimited entities, and granular permission controls ideal for global high-growth companies.
- **Integrated ecosystem**: 100+ native integrations and 1,200+ permissions, reducing manual data entry and spreadsheet reliance.
- **Domain expertise**: In-house support from accountants who have closed books themselves.
- **Enterprise readiness**: Policies, roles, approval workflows, and comprehensive compliance support.

## Strategic Focus
- **Product expansion**: Continuing to add AI capabilities (Ember assistant, flux analysis, cash forecasting) and deepen core accounting features.
- **Global scaling**: Supporting international subsidiaries and compliance (EMEA, Australia presence) while growing headcount across sales, customer success, and engineering.
- **Talent acquisition**: Aggressively hiring (25+ open roles) across sales, customer success, engineering, and implementation – particularly looking for people who want “real ownership” in a hyper-growth startup.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “hyper-growth startup” where employees get “meaningful responsibility from day one.” The team includes alumni from Deloitte, PwC, NetSuite, Brex, Rippling, and other top finance/tech companies.
- **Work model**: In-office (on-site) – offices in San Francisco and New York City.
- **Notable perks**: Not detailed in search results, but the company emphasizes a driven, ownership-minded environment and the chance to “do the kind of work that moves your career forward.”
- **Engineering culture**: 13% of staff in technical roles, with a focus on building AI-first solutions. The CTO (Paul C Nichols) leads a team that includes AI engineers.

## Sources
1. [Campfire AI](https://campfire.ai/)
2. [Campfire Careers](https://campfire.ai/careers)
3. [Campfire Jobs on Ashby](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/campfire)
4. [Built In – Campfire Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/campfire)
5. [LinkedIn – Campfire Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/meetcampfire)

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