Director, Strategic Finance & Operations

Mesh

15h•$220,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Mesh is hiring a Director, Strategic Finance & Operations to own the company’s financial planning and operating agenda. The role manages budgeting, forecasting, board financials, acquisition-related finance, capital allocation, and the company’s operating cadence, including OKRs and business reviews. It leads the team responsible for revenue and finance systems and requires hands-on work with data, modeling, and AI tools, as well as the ability to bring structure and challenge senior leaders with evidence. The position partners with leaders across Finance, BizOps, Corporate Development, Accounting, Sales, Product, and the executive team. It owns reporting and metric definitions across payments volume, monetization, unit economics, retention, growth, efficiency, and cash. Success includes running the FY27 budget and reforecast, establishing shared metrics and regular reviews, and delivering timely board financials; within six months, the role is expected to establish quarterly budget reviews and OKR reviews, develop product-level unit economics, and implement a diligence model template for deals.

Requirements

At least 8 years of combined experience in strategy consulting (Big Four strategy practice or similar), investment banking, private equity, or FP&A.
At least 2–4 years of in-house operating experience at a fintech, payments, or high-growth company.
Experience running an end-to-end budget process with department leaders.
Experience owning board-level reporting.
Strong financial modeling skills, including M&A or investment models.
Experience building and running an operating cadence or cross-functional OKR process.
Hands-on ability to use Claude and similar AI tools to pull, model, and analyze data and build reporting directly.
Ability to challenge senior leaders with data while maintaining relationships.

Nice To Haves

Crypto experience.
Capital planning experience for regulated entities.
Experience managing systems or data builders.

Responsibilities

Own the annual budget and monthly forecast across ten departments, and roll out quarterly budget review calls.
Build and maintain a driver-based operating model covering payment volume, take rates, contract minimums, subsidies, headcount, and vendor spend.
Own quarterly board financials and the monthly management pack, including revenue, gross margin, spend versus budget, burn, runway, and cash.
Own the monthly P&L flux review and commentary, and assemble the financial statement package with the accounting team.
Run the business review in coordination with BizOps, conduct quarterly OKR reviews, track commitments, and use data to identify misses.
Own company metric definitions and payments metrics so leaders report from consistent numbers.
Perform hands-on analysis of metrics by pulling, modeling, and interpreting data using Claude and other AI tools, with support from the platform data team.
Run the financial workstream on acquisitions with Corporate Development, including models, valuation, synergy and integration cases, due diligence, and coordination.
Lead capital allocation analysis for new products, corridors, incentives such as rate subsidies, and build-versus-buy decisions.
Plan capital for licensed entities, project net worth and EU capital headroom, and flag funding needs early.
Approve pricing exceptions outside agreed deal guardrails.
Build the sales capacity and quota model with the CRO as part of the budget.
Support organizational design and cross-functional programs for the CFO and CEO.
Lead the Manager of FinOps, RevOps & Finance Systems.
Confirm budget availability on purchase orders above the approval threshold.
Own metrics covering payment volume, monetization, unit economics, retention, growth, efficiency, and cash.