--- title: 'Finance Lead at Partiful' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/finance-lead-partiful-new-york-d74hk0hf92j2' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Finance Lead at Partiful - **Company:** Partiful - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-06-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/partiful/16930cee-9c16-4a9f-b5ef-fa3c82188411 ## Job description Partiful's mission is to cultivate friendships through social events. We believe parties (and other social events) are the most effective way to meet new people and make friends. Our product helps you throw incredible events, starting with memorable party pages that make it easy to plan & communicate with guests — [download the app](http://partiful.com/download) to see how it works! We're building new ways to streamline planning, connect meaningfully in the real world, and make connections between friends-of-friends. Our ultimate vision is to power everything you do in-person with your friends, eliminating the friction of bringing your most memorable experiences to life. You can read more about our mission in [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/31/partiful-gen-z-new-years-eve/), [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/style/partiful-event-planning-parties.html), [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/evites-are-out-this-new-text-message-party-planner-is-in-46e8b64f), [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/party-invitation-website-partiful/672333/), [Wirecutter](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/partiful-app-review/), and [USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2024/08/04/partiful-app-party-planning/72619936007/?taid=66af5128983783000189ad12&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter). Partiful was named [Google's Best App of 2024](https://blog.google/products/google-play/google-play-best-apps-games-2024/), a [Finalist for Apple's App Store Awards](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/11/apple-reveals-45-app-and-game-finalists-for-the-2024-app-store-awards/), and Apple's [App of the Day](https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1771691398) (awarded 4x). In 2025, we were named one of [TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies](https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289589/partiful/), one of [Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies](https://www.fastcompany.com/91270177/social-media-most-innovative-companies-2025-duolingo-bluesky-boston-celtics-pinterest-partiful-planoly-sesame-workshop-feeld-strava-yelp), and named to [Inc. Magazine's Best in Business List](https://www.inc.com/john-jannuzzi/how-partiful-became-the-life-of-gen-zs-irl-party/91263552). Our company is backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, and advised by the founders of some of the most successful consumer social products ever made. ## The Role As Partiful’s first finance hire, you'll own Partiful's finance function end-to-end - building the systems, model, and operational infrastructure that enable Partiful’s growth, and help the business make fast, confident decisions at scale. This is a role for someone who wants to own the full picture and can execute on the granular, day-to-day finance operations - modeling scenarios that inform our most important decisions, managing our P&L, coordinating with our tax & accounting firm to ensure our numbers are trustworthy & timely, tracking & reporting financial KPIs, and collaborating with every team in the business to set us up for success. We're NY-based with a hybrid in-person model, in the office 3 days a week. In this role you will: - Own Partiful's financial model - build it, maintain it, and make it the thing leadership actually uses to make decisions - Scenario model for our most important decisions - hiring, fundraising, expansion, monetization efforts - Own pricing strategies & build the unit economics for Partiful’s monetization efforts - Manage the financial side of ticketing deals - diligencing partners, modeling fee discounts & sponsorship ROI and building guardrails to mitigate risk - Coordinate with our external accounting and tax firms to keep the close tight, the books clean, and the numbers trustworthy - Own controls, policies & finance process design end-to-end - Drive cost reduction across the business - identifying opportunities and actioning them, not just flagging them - Build and own the company's budget infrastructure: data-driven department-level targets set with each lead, cost centers and card limits configured in Ramp, and tooling for visibility & reporting. - Execute on day-to-day financial operations: AP/AR, internal & external reporting, cash management, cap table admin, and more. You're a good fit if you: - Have 4–6 years of experience in finance, with a foundation in PE or IB and at least 2 years at a startup - Are comfortable owning the full scope - the fundraise scenario and the Ramp card audit in the same week - Have excellent modeling and analytical skills; comfortable with calculating and owning all financial metrics - Have experience underwriting deals and creating unique, effective deal structures - Obsess over the numbers, holding an extremely high bar for accuracy and correctness. High attention to detail. - Are AI-native, with a bias towards creating agents and relying on AI wherever possible to streamline workflows - Are comfortable jumping into any problem to fix it, no matter how small - Have a bachelor's degree, MBA as a bonus What we offer: - 401(k) with up to 6% matching - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents (FSAs and HSA plans available) - Free OneMedical membership, telehealth, and virtual mental health services - Commuter benefits & contributions towards ClassPass and Citibike memberships - Unlimited vacation (minimum 3 weeks required) - Quarterly stipend to plan your own party and dogfood the product - Annual team offsites - Get invited to exclusive parties 🎉 In your application, please include a note on what's got you excited about Partiful! The compensation range for this role is $170,000-$200,000 depending on years of experience. We're an equal-opportunity employer and strongly encourage applicants from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We're proud to be a diverse team, and actively work to bring new perspectives to the table. ## About Partiful ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Partiful is a free event planning and management platform that makes it easy to create fun, modern invites, manage RSVPs, and send updates via text—all designed to power real-world connections. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; raised $20M led by Andreessen Horowitz in November 2022) - **Headquarters**: Brooklyn, New York, United States (also offices in New York, NY and London, UK) - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Joy Tao (Co-Founder & CTO) and Shreya Murthy (Co-Founder & CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industries**: Event planning, social networking, consumer technology - **Target Customers**: B2C (individuals hosting parties, gatherings, and events of all sizes) and increasingly B2B (ticketing for event organizers) - **Mission or Purpose Statement**: "Our mission is to power meaningful connections in the real world." (from [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers)) ## Products & Services - **Partiful Invites**: Free, customizable digital invitations with animations, fonts, and templates. RSVPs via name and phone number, with guest list stalking, comments, reactions, and photo albums. - **Text Blast**: Send one-to-many updates to all guests (e.g., arrival instructions, last-minute changes). - **Polls & Questions**: Poll guests for best dates, dietary preferences, playlist suggestions, or party themes. - **Ticket Sales**: Integrated ticketing with tiered pricing, QR code check-in, and sales tracking (new feature). - **Photo Albums**: Shared event photo albums where guests can add their own pictures. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding $20M (Series A, November 2022, led by Andreessen Horowitz with 5 investors); Annual Revenue $650k (estimated, per LinkedIn) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (lead investor in Series A); also backed by prominent angel investors (not listed in provided data) - **Growth Signals**: - 89 employees (+70.3% year-over-year, +45 people) - 26.5 million monthly website visits (+89.6% year-over-year) - 13,751 LinkedIn followers (+126.3% year-over-year) - Global website rank #1,760; 92% of traffic from the United States - Actively hiring across multiple roles (engineering, data science, business development, operations) ## Competitive Advantages - **Free and frictionless**: No paywalls; all core features are free, lowering the barrier to creating an event. - **Viral distribution**: Invites are shareable via text, email, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more, driving organic growth. - **User experience**: Modern, fun, and customizable templates with animations and a strong brand identity ("Parties are back"). - **Text-first approach**: Automatically sends reminders and blasts, reducing the need for group chat chaos. - **Speed and craft**: The team ships multiple times per week and emphasizes quality, precision, and attention to detail (from [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers)). ## Strategic Focus - Continuing to grow the user base by making event planning effortless and fun. - Expanding monetization through ticketing and payment collection features. - Deepening the product experience (polls, photo albums, text blasts) to become the default platform for all social gatherings. - Scaling the team across engineering, data science, growth, and operations (mostly in Brooklyn, NY). ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Values include integrity, speed, ownership, openness, creativity, and craft. The team believes in moving fast, shipping frequently, and doing creative work with a high bar for quality. - **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: All current open roles are listed as full-time in Brooklyn, NY, indicating an in-office (or hybrid) expectation. - **Notable perks** (from [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers)): - Unlimited PTO (with a minimum of 3 weeks required) - Health, dental, and vision coverage - ClassPass and One Medical memberships - CitiBike discount and other commuter benefits - Telehealth and mental health services - 401k matching - Monthly party stipend - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on ownership, rapid iteration, and high craft. The tech stack includes TypeScript, React Native, React, and various modern tools. ## Sources 1. [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers) 2. [partiful.com](https://partiful.com/) 3. [partiful.com/about](https://partiful.com/about) 4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/partiful](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/partiful) 5. 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