Director, Strategic Finance
Director-level finance leader partnering with Lyft business units (Autonomous Vehicles, Luxury, Growth) on planning, forecasting, ROI frameworks, and strategic investments. Requires 12+ years FP&A experience (8+ in tech), team leadership, and executive presence.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead comprehensive financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for supported business leaders, including revenue and contracts optimization, complex modeling, and scenario planning.
- Partner directly with business leaders and executive leadership to develop and execute strategic finance initiatives and key investment decisions.
- Drive forecast updates and quarterly business reviews with sophisticated analysis of business performance.
- Drive long-term planning (inclusive of capital allocation and capex planning) for emerging businesses.
- Build and maintain advanced ROI frameworks across the business, inclusive of ROIC and Free Cash Flow.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve efficiency, profitability, and growth through deep-dive analysis and competitive benchmarking.
- Design and implement automated financial models and dashboards that provide real-time visibility into key business drivers and performance indicators.
- Drive scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support strategic decisions around new businesses and investments, product launches, and capital allocation.
- Manage the quarterly performance of the business.
- Build, manage, and develop a high-performing FP&A team with expertise in marketplace dynamics and consumer tech metrics.
- Establish best-in-class financial processes, including data collection and analysis.
- Foster a culture of analytical rigor and business partnership across the finance organization.
Requirements
- 12+ years of FP&A experience with at least 8+ years in technology companies.
- Deep experience building and implementing ROI frameworks for customer acquisition, product development, expansion into new businesses, and support to business development teams.
- Extensive track record of building and leading high-performing FP&A teams in fast-growth environments.
- Strong executive presence with experience presenting to boards, investors, and C-suite leadership.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with ability to translate complex financial concepts for diverse audiences.
Nice-to-Haves
- Tech industry expertise, combined with experience in new ventures and hardware/infrastructure investments.
Skills
Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Roi Frameworks, Financial Modeling, Scenario Planning, Capital Allocation, Capex Planning, Roic, Free Cash Flow, Competitive Benchmarking, Financial Dashboards, Fp&A Leadership, Marketplace Dynamics, Consumer Tech Metrics
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