Eric Steele

Chief Financial Officer Recurly

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Eric Steele is Chief Financial Officer of Recurly, the subscription billing and growth platform used by brands in streaming, digital media, ecommerce and SaaS. He joined in July 2025 to oversee financial strategy, FP&A, accounting and operations. Recurly describes him as a strategic finance leader with more than 15 years in high-growth SaaS and technology businesses. He came from Paytronix, where he was CFO through its sale to The Access Group. Before that he led finance, corporate development and investor relations at Snap One as it passed $1 billion in revenue and went public.

Career Highlights

• Appointed Chief Financial Officer of Recurly on 22 July 2025.
• CFO of Paytronix, a restaurant and hospitality guest-engagement software provider, which he led to profitable growth and a strategic sale. The Access Group agreed to acquire Paytronix from Great Hill Partners in November 2024.
• Led finance, corporate development and investor relations at Snap One, helping scale it past $1 billion in revenue and taking it public. He appears as SVP Finance in Snap One’s September 2022 investor day materials filed with the SEC.
• Earlier background in growth equity investing and investment banking.

Professional Journey

Steele started out in investment banking and growth equity investing, according to Recurly’s announcement of his appointment. The firms he worked for are not named.

He then moved to operating finance at Snap One, the smart-home technology company. There he led finance, corporate development and investor relations, and he played a key role in scaling it to more than $1 billion in revenue and in its public listing. By September 2022, when Snap One held an analyst and investor day that it filed with the SEC, he was SVP Finance, and he opened the event with the welcome and agenda review.

From Snap One he became Chief Financial Officer of Paytronix, a Newton, Massachusetts provider of loyalty, gift, online ordering and guest-engagement software for restaurants and convenience stores. Recurly credits him with leading Paytronix to profitable growth and a successful strategic sale. That sale was announced on 1 November 2024: The Access Group agreed to acquire Paytronix from Great Hill Partners, which had owned it since 2017.

Recurly appointed him CFO in July 2025. Recurly was founded in 2009, and its most recent press boilerplate places its headquarters in Austin, Texas, with offices in Broomfield, Medellin and London. Its customers include Paramount+, Alaska Airlines, Sling, FabFitFun and Sprout Social. Announcing the hire, CEO Joe Rohrlich called Steele “a thoughtful, strategic leader who knows how to drive sustainable growth and partner with key stakeholders to unlock long-term value.”

Outside work he follows the UNC Tar Heels and enjoys sport and travel.

Education

No education record was found in a first-party or editorial source.