San Francisco, CA
Dmitri Litin
Head of Finance VP Finance Controller
Strategic finance leader with 19+ years partnering with executives and boards at venture-backed and growth-stage companies — pairing CFO-level range with deep, hands-on accounting.
Open to fractional & advisory finance engagements
- 19+Years in finance leadership
- 20→5Days to monthly close
- 37%Cash-burn reduction
- $1.4MRevenue recaptured
About
A finance partner who scales with the business
Today I partner with founders and leadership teams on a fractional and advisory basis — bringing senior finance leadership to companies that need the depth without a full-time hire.
I lead finance at venture-backed and growth-stage companies, serving as a trusted partner to executives and boards on financial strategy, planning, and capital. Over 19+ years I've driven successful raises, run M&A due diligence, built financial models that hold up under investor scrutiny, and managed treasury — while standing up the controls and teams that let a company scale without losing its grip on the numbers.
My range spans CFO-level strategy and deep, hands-on accounting: I'm as comfortable in a board conversation about runway and capital as I am closing the books, fixing a broken revenue process, or migrating an ERP. Increasingly that means bringing automation and AI into the finance stack — building lean, tooling-driven workflows that let small teams operate well above their headcount. I'm currently a Quantic Executive MBA candidate (Class of 2027).
How I help
Fractional & advisory engagements
Fractional CFO / Head of Finance
Senior finance leadership on a part-time basis — planning and forecasting, board and investor reporting, and the operating cadence to run the business with confidence.
Finance Transformation & Controls
Faster, cleaner closes; ERP and systems implementation; and the internal controls and SOPs that let finance scale with the company.
Fundraising & Investor Diligence
Investor-ready financial models, data rooms, and diligence support across debt and equity raises.
M&A Due Diligence
Buy- and sell-side financial due diligence, quality-of-earnings analysis, and post-deal integration planning.
Experience
Selected roles & impact
Finance Leadership
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- Owned accounting, finance, and planning; rebuilt the financial model that secured a successful bridge raise.
- Instituted a budgeting and forecasting framework that sharpened strategic planning.
- Revitalized revenue and AP operations and recovered $700K in unrecognized revenue.
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- Led a full accounting transformation — controls, AP migration, and trust-accounting SOPs — across a remote organization.
- Recaptured $1.4M in missed revenue and corrected $1.2M in trust-cash errors.
- Captured $400K in uncollected sales tax and drove collections 25–26% above plan.
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- Secured $1.4M in unsecured debt with no personal guarantees; completed due diligence for two fundraising rounds.
- Reduced monthly close from 20 days to 5 and brought past-due audits current.
- Led ASC 606 adoption and an ERP implementation across the business.
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- Oversaw restructuring and acquisition; secured $1.5M in investor funding and cut cash burn by 37%.
- Improved budgeting accuracy by 78% and tightened inventory and manufacturing controls.
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- Owned inventory revenue recognition and intercompany accounting; established and documented SOX controls supporting a KPMG audit.
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- Led a 10-person global finance team (US and Southeast Asia) through an international restructuring.
- Strengthened global controls and published financial manuals and SOPs for international staff.
Earlier: Financial Operations Manager (Sycle, Inc.) · Controller & Treasurer (Artisan's Asylum, Somerville, MA) · plus staff-accountant foundations at The Exhibit Source, ARAMARK, and Adrian A. Gaspar & Company.
Ventures & Advisory
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- Co-founded Minowa (formerly HealthyBuddy.AI), a San Francisco healthcare-software startup, and helped build it from launch.
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- Founded a venture providing rapid prototyping (3D printing) and contract manufacturing for makers and startups.
Expertise
Core competencies & systems
Accounting & ERP
NetSuite · QuickBooks (QBO) · Oracle R12 · Hyperion
FP&A, Analytics & BI
Advanced Excel · Looker · Tableau · Forecastr
AP, Spend, Tax & CRM
Bill.com · Airbase · Concur · Expensify · Avalara AvaTax · Salesforce · HubSpot
Payroll & HR
ADP · Paychex · Gusto · Rippling · TriNet
Automation & AI
n8n · Zapier · Claude · ChatGPT · Google Workspace
Education
Academic background
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Expected 2027
Executive MBA
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2005
B.S., Accounting & Computer Information Systems
Get in touch
Let's talk fractional finance, fundraising, or scaling your team.
The best way to reach me is on LinkedIn.
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