Director, Strategic Finance

Whatnot•Los Angeles, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values . With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together. From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone. And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces , we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce. 💻 Role Strong Business Partnership Serve as a role model for Whatnot’s Cultural Principles. Collaborate with Sales, CatEx, Ops, EPD, and Marketing teams to analyze performance and optimize investments. Work with stakeholders to uncover high-impact opportunities through quantitative analysis, industry benchmarks, and competitive research. Drive Financial Insights & Analytics Develop actionable recommendations through hands-on analytics, financial modeling, and strategic insights. Synthesize company-wide data into a clear, contextualized view that informs high-impact decisions. Contribute to business planning and go-to-market strategy by identifying key growth and efficiency drivers. Operational Rigor & Performance Management Enhance operational rigor by defining KPIs, dashboards, and OKRs. Maintain and refine business models to support forecasting and accountability. Lead strategic and operational initiatives that drive business growth and scalability. We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in-person time for planning, problem-solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York City hubs. 👋 You Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.

Requirements

5-8+ years of overall professional experience with a mix of professional services and start-up experience, plus:
Past experience in consulting, banking, or Strategic Finance.
Experience working with Sales, Operations, Product, and Marketing teams a plus
Strong strategic sense with the ability to balance data driven insights and business instincts
Superb financial modeling skills and extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis.
Excellent data skills including strength with SQL is a plus
Comfort working exceptionally fast in an ambiguous work environment
Ability to operate independently and go deep on projects while also building key cross collaborative relationships across the company
Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross-functionally. You are proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on-board.
You seek out and have a track record for driving change and impact in a fluid, unstructured working environment
Excellent executive communication skills. You can show and explain insights to a variety of audience types

Nice To Haves

Experience working on a marketplace or a two-sided platform
Passion for creator communities, existing product categories on Whatnot, and/or new verticals that are uniquely suited for live e-commerce
Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces communities

Responsibilities

Serve as a role model for Whatnot’s Cultural Principles.
Collaborate with Sales, CatEx, Ops, EPD, and Marketing teams to analyze performance and optimize investments.
Work with stakeholders to uncover high-impact opportunities through quantitative analysis, industry benchmarks, and competitive research.
Develop actionable recommendations through hands-on analytics, financial modeling, and strategic insights.
Synthesize company-wide data into a clear, contextualized view that informs high-impact decisions.
Contribute to business planning and go-to-market strategy by identifying key growth and efficiency drivers.
Enhance operational rigor by defining KPIs, dashboards, and OKRs.
Maintain and refine business models to support forecasting and accountability.
Lead strategic and operational initiatives that drive business growth and scalability.

Benefits

Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
Work From Home Support
Home office setup allowance
Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
Care benefits
Monthly allowance for wellness
Annual allowance towards Childcare
Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
Parental Leave
16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.