Strategic Finance Manager
Builds strategic financial models, forecasts cashflow and operations, drives business initiatives like acquisitions and pricing. Partners with Sales, Product, Engineering leadership; requires 5+ years in finance/strategy and SQL skills.
What you'll do
- Develop strategic models and forecasts
- Own and update cashflow and operating models
- Help set strategy and drive key business initiatives (such as acquisitions, business partnerships, new business lines, pricing structures, and other high priority projects)
- Manage performance by defining, tracking and monitoring critical success metrics
- Help continuously improve reporting frameworks and processes to ensure access to timely, accurate and actionable data
- Help business leaders identify new, scalable business opportunities by finding unique insights on new markets, competitors, and business trends
- Lead the financial modeling for new product pricing structures and contract terms, ensuring long-term margin health
- Assist in managing investor relations and preparation of Board level materials
- Help operating partners with fund budgets and periodic operational and financial review
About you
- Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent years of experience
- 5+ years experience in top-tier strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity, or strategy/business operations for an enterprise software company
- Startup experience desired
- Ability to provide high-level strategic analysis
- Excellent quantitative skills with previous experience in building and owning operating models
- Proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners, department leads, and investors and is seen as a trusted and objective advisor
- Technical Autonomy: able to navigate ambiguity and deliver polished results independently
- Attention to Detail: have a zero-error mentality and a rigorous approach to data validation
- Comfortable with writing SQL queries and presenting strategy to the Executive Leadership team
Compensation
The base salary range for this role is $185,000 to $210,000 + bonus, equity, and US Benefits.
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