Director of Strategic Finance

Triumph•San Francisco, CA

8d•$230,000 - $280,000•Onsite

About The Position

Triumph is hiring its first dedicated Director of Strategic Finance to build the company’s budgeting, forecasting, and planning function. Reporting to the CFO, this hands-on role will partner with leadership to translate growth into financial plans, provide teams with decision-supporting analysis, and establish processes suited to the company’s scale. The role will initially hire an analyst and may grow the Strategic Finance team as Triumph scales. The Director will create and lead the annual operating plan, budget, rolling forecast, and 12–24 month outlook; build and maintain a three-statement model; connect headcount plans and financial results; and provide analysis and reporting for business leaders, executives, the board, and investors. The role will also establish finance infrastructure by selecting and implementing planning and BI tools, connecting them to company data, replacing manual spreadsheet workflows, and partnering with Accounting to ensure actuals are accurate and timely. The position is based at Triumph’s headquarters at Levi’s Plaza in San Francisco. The team gathers there five days a week.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or a similar field.
At least 2 years leading strategic planning processes.
Experience at a high-growth company, ideally through the transition from startup to scale.
Track record of building finance processes from scratch.
Expertise in financial modeling, including three-statement models, forecasting, and scenario planning.
Strong accounting fundamentals, including GAAP, P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Strong software and data skills; ability to learn new systems quickly and comfort with SQL or BI tools.
Ability to identify opportunities to automate repetitive work.
Hands-on experience using AI in budgeting and forecasting, such as building and maintaining models, automating variance analysis and reporting, or improving forecast accuracy.
Strong presentation skills and comfort leading business reviews and presenting to executives and the board.
Sound judgment and ability to influence leaders who do not report to you.

Nice To Haves

Experience in consumer apps, gaming, e-commerce, marketplaces, or fintech, including familiarity with their key metrics.
Hands-on implementation of a planning tool such as Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive, or Mosaic, or of a BI tool.
MBA, CPA, or CFA.
Experience hiring and managing a finance team.

Responsibilities

Design and run Triumph’s first annual operating plan and budget, translating top-down targets into team-level budgets and setting a planning calendar and clear budget ownership.
Establish a rolling forecast and the company’s 12–24 month outlook.
Build and maintain a three-statement financial model, including scenarios for growth, spending, and new products.
Partner with Talent and team leads to align hiring plans with budgets and track plans against actuals.
Deliver monthly budget-versus-actual reporting and explain variances.
Analyze margins, marketing spend, and new initiatives across Arcade and Rips.
Partner with the CFO, CEO, and leaders across Product, Growth, Operations, and Engineering on resource allocation and trade-offs.
Prepare financial updates for the board and investors.
Select and implement planning and BI tools, connect them to company data, and replace manual spreadsheet workflows with repeatable processes.
Partner with Accounting to ensure actuals are accurate, timely, and decision-ready.
Hire and develop an analyst, then grow the Strategic Finance team as Triumph scales.
Lead monthly business reviews with studio teams and management, and present to the executive team and board.