Director of Strategic Finance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for end-to-end planning and forecasting.

• Execute the annual operating plan and create templates for departmental OpEx and headcount.

• Manage the operating model encompassing revenue, gross profit, OpEx, headcount, EBITDA, working capital, cash, and a long-range plan spanning 3–5 years.

• Conduct regular reforecasts and facilitate monthly budget-versus-actual reviews alongside department leaders.

• Oversee both short- and long-term cash-flow forecasting, including timing for collections and payments.

• Collaborate with the Head of Finance to prepare monthly reporting packages and Board materials.

• Spearhead the transition from spreadsheet-based finance operations to automated system-to-system workflows.

• Work in partnership with an engineer to define requirements and logic, validate figures, and conduct user acceptance testing.

• Establish the general-ledger structure and coordinate with accounting for cleanup and accuracy in coding.

• Assess and select financial tools such as planning platforms.

• Utilize AI for variance commentary, data validation, and ongoing reporting tasks.

• Analyze sales-investment payback by team.

• Construct advertiser and partner cohort, retention, and spend-distribution analysis by segment.

• Formulate methodologies and recommendations for business inquiries, document analyses, and convey data-supported conclusions.

• Write SQL queries against production data and the finance schema.

• Within the first 90 days, assume control of the operating model and annual plan, conduct a monthly close review, and produce reporting and Board materials.

• By the sixth month, present a driver-based plan, rolling forecast, predictable close cadence, clarified variances, and at least one automated workflow.

• By the twelfth month, provide reliable cash forecasting, an effective ledger structure, recurring sales payback and cohort analysis, and a finance function that operates independently of daily involvement from the Head of Finance.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in FP&A or strategic finance; investment banking or transaction advisory experience is acceptable if it includes ownership of planning and forecasting in an operating company.

• Proficient in SQL with strong hands-on skills, able to query, join, and reconcile complex data.

• Complete ownership of P&L planning within a smaller company or a division functioning like its own business.

• Mastery of the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow connections.

• Proven history of developing new finance processes, models, reporting pipelines, or automation.

• Capability to transform analysis into clear recommendations for a CEO or Board.

• Experience in performance marketing, adtech, martech, ecommerce, consumer, SaaS, or other data-intensive, variable-cost sectors is a plus.

• Familiarity with cohort, retention, LTV, and unit economics is advantageous.

• Exposure to finance systems projects, including invoicing, payables, planning tools, ERP rollout, engineering collaboration, and user acceptance testing is beneficial.

• Experience in Board reporting or preparing investor materials is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

• Flexible working hours and remote work options.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.