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Sarah Riley

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Head of FP&A, Corp Dev & Canva Ventures at Canva
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Sarah is the Chief Financial Officer at dbt Labs, specializing in scaling high-growth SaaS companies towards IPO and beyond. Her career includes pivotal finance roles at Zoom and Okta during their IPOs. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

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She has a unique track record of helping guide two major tech companies, Okta (2017) and Zoom (2019), through successful Initial Public Offerings.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head of FP&A, Corp Dev & Canva Ventures
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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SaaS Growth & IPOs
Her career is defined by scaling high-growth SaaS firms like dbt Labs, Zoom, and Okta, with direct experience leading finance strategy through two major IPOs.
Open Data Infrastructure
She is a vocal proponent of the recent merger between dbt Labs and Fivetran, which aims to establish a new industry standard for open data infrastructure.
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Career

Work history

5-2026
Head of FP&A, Corp Dev & Canva Ventures
Canva
6-2024 - 5-2026
Chief Financial Officer
dbt Labs
2-2023 - 6-2024
VP, Head of Finance & Strategy
dbt Labs
1-2022 - 2-2023
Sr. Director, Head of Finance & Strategy
dbt Labs
1-2021 - 8-2024
Advisor
Daydream
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Education
2009 - 2013
B.S. Business Administration
University of Southern California
2012 - 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
University of St.Gallen
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