Senior Associate, Strategic Finance (Growth)

Chime Financial • San Francisco, CA

1d • $119,000 - $165,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Chime is seeking a Strategic Finance Senior Associate to join its Growth & Marketing Finance team. The role partners with leaders across Marketing, Growth, Product, Data, and Finance to manage marketing budgets, evaluate growth initiatives, measure performance, and inform strategic investment decisions. The team provides data-driven insights to support efficient scaling and sustainable growth.

As a thought partner to the business, the Senior Associate will help shape how Chime evaluates and prioritizes growth opportunities, including acquisition strategies and growth partnerships. The role manages a dynamic budget to optimize growth and return on investment, builds trackers and analytical frameworks, and turns performance data into recommendations about investment priorities. The position also supports more accurate and reliable growth and marketing forecasts over time.

The successful candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, action-oriented, and an effective communicator. They build strong cross-functional partnerships, balance precision with speed, and use automation and emerging AI capabilities to improve reporting and workflows. This is an onsite-designated role; Chime’s stated in-office policy is four days per week in the office and Fridays from home for employees near an office, with a fully remote program also noted.

The base salary range is $119,000–$165,000 USD. Full-time employees may also be eligible for bonuses, competitive equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant experience in Strategic Finance, investment banking, private equity, consulting, venture capital, or a related field.
• Exceptional ability to build scalable, efficient, and intuitive financial models.
• Demonstrated experience with cohort data and return-on-investment analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex findings into concise, actionable insights.
• High attention to detail and a strong ownership mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver accurate work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work and influence cross-functionally with minimal guidance.
• Ability to communicate with cross-functional partners and senior leadership on a weekly basis.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a high-growth technology environment.
• Experience with Looker and SQL.
• Familiarity with the marketing ecosystem, acquisition channels, and channel KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance, Marketing, and Product leadership on growth strategy discussions, success metrics, and measuring the impact of growth initiatives across the user lifecycle.
• Develop, deliver, and maintain reporting that helps business leaders track progress against expectations.
• Support and continuously improve forecasting processes, systems, and tooling to better reflect growth dynamics, streamline operations, and increase scalability and automation.
• Lead cohort-based analyses and deep dives by extracting, visualizing, and synthesizing data to identify performance trends, key drivers, and opportunities across acquisition and engagement.
• Contribute to earnings preparation and executive narratives about user growth, translating complex analyses into clear insights and externally facing performance stories.
• Use automation and emerging AI capabilities to enhance reporting, streamline workflows, and improve scalability.
• Manage a dynamic marketing budget and develop analytical frameworks to inform growth and return-on-investment decisions.

Benefits

• Eligible full-time employees may receive bonuses and competitive equity.
• Backup child, elder, and pet care.
• Subsidized commuter benefits for eligible employees.
• Comprehensive health, financial, and wellbeing benefits.
• Generous vacation policy and company-wide paid days off.
• One percent of time off to support local community organizations of the employee’s choice.
• Annual wellness stipend for eligible wellness-related expenses.
• Up to 22 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Family planning reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed