Head of Strategic Finance

Ondo Finance • New York, NY

9d • Remote

About The Position

Ondo Finance is seeking a Head of Strategic Finance to play a central role in shaping the company's financial strategy. This position will report directly to the CFO and provide leadership with critical insights for high-impact decision-making. The role involves owning the forward-looking financial model and planning process, developing KPIs and analysis for business and product performance, and translating these insights into clear recommendations. Responsibilities also include supporting board and investor communications, capital allocation, strategic partnerships, and financing activities. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role at the intersection of FP&A, strategic finance, and capital strategy, requiring close partnership with leaders across Product, Revenue, Operations, and Accounting, while building the financial infrastructure for scale.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, consulting, or related fields, ideally combining a rigorous analytical foundation with meaningful operating experience at a high-growth company.
• Demonstrated experience owning a company-level or major business-unit financial model, forecast, and planning process.
• Strong FP&A capabilities, including forecasting, KPI development, performance analysis, scenario planning, and business partnering.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including three-statement modeling and the ability to evaluate businesses or opportunities without straightforward public comparables.
• Direct experience producing board and investor materials, and supporting a fundraise or financing transaction end to end (investor model, data room, diligence Q&A).
• Fluency in capital-side concepts: valuation, cap table and dilution mechanics, financing structures, and capital allocation frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to turn complex financial analysis into clear recommendations for executives and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence and the judgment to operate as a trusted partner to senior leaders across the organization.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment and building structure, processes, and analysis as the business evolves.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or another quantitative field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in financial services, fintech, asset management, digital assets, or tokenized assets.
• Experience working with institutional counterparties such as banks, asset managers, broker-dealers, or distribution partners.
• Experience managing or optimizing a corporate balance sheet or treasury portfolio.
• SQL proficiency or the ability to independently access and structure data for analysis.
• Experience with modern planning platforms such as Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive, or Mosaic, as well as BI and dashboarding tools.
• A track record of using AI and automation to improve finance workflows and decision-making.
• Experience at a company operating under, or preparing for, public-company reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the consolidated operating model across revenue, expenses, headcount, unit economics, and the balance sheet, including key assumptions.
• Lead the annual operating plan, partnering with functional leaders to develop bottom-up plans aligned with company priorities and financial objectives.
• Maintain the rolling forecast and long-range plan, proactively identifying performance changes and their implications.
• Deliver variance and performance analysis identifying drivers, assessing outlook impact, and informing recommended actions.
• Build scenario and sensitivity analyses for leadership to evaluate strategic decisions and market conditions.
• Partner with Product, Revenue, and Operations leaders to develop KPIs and financial frameworks for business and product performance.
• Build dashboards and reporting for clear visibility into revenue drivers, product economics, and emerging trends.
• Work with business leaders to understand performance changes, identify drivers, and determine actions.
• Model the economics of new products, markets, and growth initiatives, including unit economics, contribution margin, break-even dynamics, and expected returns.
• Develop investment cases for strategic initiatives and track realized performance against expectations.
• Own financial and analytical work supporting board meetings, including performance, KPI reporting, strategic initiatives, and forward-looking analysis.
• Develop clear, high-quality investor updates and external financial communications.
• Support fundraising and financing activity through investor models, data rooms, diligence materials, and related analysis.
• Maintain key financial reference materials, including valuation analysis, cap table and dilution scenarios, peer benchmarking, and KPI definitions.
• Ensure board members, investors, and stakeholders have a clear and accurate view of company performance and outlook.
• Partner with the CFO on capital allocation decisions, evaluating where resources generate the greatest impact.
• Support treasury and balance sheet strategy, including liquidity management, yield optimization, runway, and market sensitivity.
• Analyze institutional partnerships and counterparty economics, including pricing, take rates, deal structures, and expected returns.
• Support equity and debt financing analysis.
• Evaluate strategic partnerships, investments, M&A, and other inorganic opportunities, including financial modeling, valuation, and due diligence.
• Help establish a trusted source of financial information with consistent definitions and strong Finance/Accounting alignment.
• Build scalable reporting infrastructure and automate financial workflows, including thoughtful use of modern AI tools.
• Continuously improve systems and processes for faster and more useful financial insights.
• Help hire, develop, and establish a high analytical and communication bar for future finance team members.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including but not limited to salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences)
• Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental)
• Flexible vacation policy (PTO)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior