[Hiring] Strategic Finance Manager @Greenlight Financial Technology

Role Description

We are seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to collaborate with cross-functional leaders and drive outcomes across the business. In addition to traditional finance responsibilities of developing budgets, forecasts, and monthly/quarterly reports, this role will have significant involvement in new product analysis, data analytics, strategic projects, and company-wide planning. This position will report to the Finance Team Lead and collaborate with executives across all departments.

Your day-to-day:

• Establish close cross-functional working relationships with business leaders to develop an understanding of their issues and needs; act as a liaison between these business leaders and executive management to drive attainment of business goals.
• Support our product, engineering, marketing, and commercial sales teams with detailed custom financial modeling, scenario analysis, and market insights for prospective products and initiatives.
• Analyze actual financial results vs budget/forecast and partner with business leaders to drive insightful and actionable decision support.
• Support investor relations and corporate development activities, such as peer company benchmarking and evaluation of strategic partnerships, investment opportunities, and acquisition targets.
• Own or contribute to forecasting, budgeting, resource allocation, and annual/long-range planning processes.
• Support the Accounting Team in month-end and quarter-end close processes and audit support.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic finance, FP&A, corporate development, investment banking, private equity/venture capital, management consulting, or a high-growth company (experience in FinTech is a plus).
• 5+ years directly relatable work experience.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets modeling and technical skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and mindset.
• Proven ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Enthusiasm to learn and evolve skillset over time.
• Strong accounting and systems knowledge (experience using financial planning software is a plus).
• Strong data visualization skills and an ability to synthesize complicated analyses in simple ways.

Requirements

• Data driven approach to analyze problems and drive actionable insights based on a strong understanding of consumer subscription or FinTech business models and the metrics that drive them (CAC, LTV, retention, cohort analysis, ARPU). Familiarity with consumer retail and hardware business models is a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Not afraid to speak up when seeking answers to critical issues and comfortable presenting recommendations to executives.
• Business curiosity. Desire to understand how the business works and is comfortable asking the “why” behind the drivers/numbers.
• Strategic thinker with a strong ownership mentality. Ability to zoom out to the big picture, while staying detail oriented and committed to producing work at a high standard.
• Creative mindset for building bespoke financial models from scratch for a diverse set of cross-functional needs.
• Adaptability and flexibility. Startups require the ability to pivot when necessary.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match.
• Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits.
• Traditional 401k with company match.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays.
• Professional development stipends.
• Mental health resources.
• 1:1 financial planners.
• Fertility healthcare.
• 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave.
• Flexible WFH, both remote and in-office opportunities.
• Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours.
• Employee resource groups.