Roie Chizik

About Roie Chizik

CFO STRATEGIC FINANCE & OPERATIONS LEADER SCALING VC-BACKED & GLOBAL BUSINESSESI’m a Chief Financial Officer with 20+ years of experience helping VC-backed and public-company businesses scale from high-growth to operational and financial maturity. I specialize in building finance organizations, operating cadence, and capital strategies that create predictability, capital efficiency, and investor confidence as companies prepare for the next stage of growth.I’ve partnered closely with CEOs, Boards, and investors to guide companies through hypergrowth, global expansion, capital raises, and IPO readiness, while maintaining disciplined financial execution. My background spans Fortune 500 environments (Amazon, Disney, EA) and multiple venture-backed scale-ups, giving me a practical, operator-first approach to finance leadership.What I do best:• Build public-company-ready finance functions (FP & A, Accounting, controls, systems)• Lead equity and debt financings ($100M+ raised across multiple companies)• Establish metrics, unit economics, and forecasting that drive better decisions• Partner with Boards, investors, auditors, and advisors on long-term value creation• Support M&A, pricing strategy, and capital allocation• Scale and develop high-performing global finance teamsI’ve led ERP implementations, multi-year audits, internal controls, and long-range planning, and helped companies balance growth with financial rigor.Industries I’ve worked across include SaaS, marketplaces, gaming, advertising, e-commerce, and global services, spanning Enterprise, SMB, and consumer business models.I’m most effective in growth-stage and pre-IPO environments where the challenge is bringing structure, clarity, and discipline without slowing momentum.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

   Amber

   Sep 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Amber is a employee full-service game development and creative services company, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bucharest, Botoșani, Guadalajara, Montreal, Kyiv, Manila and Bogota. Pre-IPO CFO partnering with the CEO and Board to scale a global, multi-studio services organization and prepare the company for its next phase of growth. Own finance, accounting, FP & A, treasury, and investor reporting across a 9-country footprint.

Education

• Reichman University

  LL.B., Law

  1995 — 1999

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  MBA

  2003 — 2005

• Reichman University

  B.A, Finance

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• P&L Financial Management
• Forecasting
• Financial Reporting
• Team Building
• Start-Ups
• Operations Management
• Revenue Recognition
• Strategy
• Financial Planning
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Team Leadership
• Mobile Devices
• Full P&L Responsibility
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Leading Change
• Corporate Finance
• Essbase
• Strategic Planning
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Budgets
• Finance
• Business Strategy
• Global Finance