Head of Strategic Finance

Origin

5d•Remote

About The Position

We're hiring our first dedicated Head of Strategic Finance to own the financial engine behind that expansion — the model, the metrics, the money decisions, and the commercial deals behind every new product and partnership. You'll report to the CEO, work daily with the Executive Team, and lead our Analytics/BI team, Fractional CFO, and Controller. This is a builder's seat, not an inherited function. You'll be the connective tissue between finance, data, and product at a newly profitable fintech scaling at startup speed — and the mandate is designed to grow with the company.

Requirements

8–15+ years combining a foundation in investment banking / PE / growth equity / top-tier consulting with operating strategic finance / FP&A / BizOps at a high-growth (100%+ YoY) consumer fintech — ideally through a Series B→C/D scaling and a path-to-profitability inflection
Personally built the financial model (not maintained a big-company one) and owned unit economics for a subscription and/or transaction/interchange business
Deep fluency in fintech/PFM & neobank unit economics — LTV:CAC (≥3:1), CAC payback (<12 mo), ARPU, contribution margin, cohort analysis, interchange/take-rate and partner-bank economics
Data-native — fluent in SQL/warehouse workflows; able to run and level up an analytics team, not just consume dashboards
Commercial/deal chops — led RFP → procurement → negotiation and can quantify the economics captured
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Origin does not sponsor visas.

Nice To Haves

Operated through a new-product launch on top of a core subscription business (banking, HYSA, lending, or referral marketplaces)
Experience partnering with (or managing) a data/analytics org through a finance-data integration
Exposure to AI-augmented finance workflows and modern data tooling

Responsibilities

Build and run the company P&L, forecasting, and long-range growth models for a business growing 100%+ YoY.
Own the annual operating plan, monthly close-to-forecast variance analysis, and board/investor reporting.
Analyze unit economics & product-finance, including LTV, CAC, LTV:CAC, ARPU, contribution margin, payback, and cohort retention.
Surface correlations and causations that lift growth and translate them into product and pricing opportunities.
Lead RFP, procurement, contract negotiation, and ongoing vendor/partner management for every new service and partnership.
Negotiate the economics of commercial and vendor agreements.
Lead and develop Analytics/BI, the Fractional CFO, and the Controller.
Deliver clean books, reliable BI, and a single source of truth for decision-making.
Partner with the CEO and executives on capital efficiency, resource allocation, new-product business cases, and capital strategy for the next phase.