Senior Manager, Finance Analytics

Extend

1d•$175,000 - $185,000

About The Position

Extend is hiring a Senior Manager to lead its Finance Analytics function within the centralized Risk, Analytics & Data Science (RAD) team and help build and scale the team. The role partners closely with Extend’s leadership team on financial planning, forecasting, performance monitoring, financial models, and analytical standards. The Senior Manager is accountable for the quality of their own forecasts and models as well as the team’s methodology and financial data. This role combines senior-level influence with hands-on work at a fast-growing company. It will use Extend’s modern data infrastructure and AI tools to improve how the finance function works, and will serve as a key partner to leadership and cross-functional teams in turning financial analysis into business decisions.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, or corporate development.
Track record of owning forecasting methodology or financial strategy, including driver-based financial modeling, long-range planning, scenario analysis, and unit economics.
Strong analytical and data skills spanning SQL and end-to-end financial modeling.
Ability to synthesize complex analysis into board- and executive-level materials.
Demonstrated experience managing or mentoring senior analysts and raising a team’s technical bar.
Interest in using new AI tools, such as Claude and Gemini, to improve day-to-day efficiency.
Ability and interest in considering challenges beyond Finance and prioritizing what is best for the business holistically.
Empathy, humility, and curiosity.

Nice To Haves

Experience with dbt, Snowflake, Python, and BI tools.
Experience in Insurtech, fintech, or financial services.

Responsibilities

Own financial forecast methodology, processes, outputs, and driver-based models for key financials, including merchant GMV, attach rates, revenue, cash balances, and margins across product lines.
Establish assumptions governance and variance-review standards to ensure forecasts are defensible.
Own the annual operating plan and long-range plan, including leading the annual budgeting cycle and developing a 3–5 year financial model linked to growth, cash, and capital needs; partner with Accounting to reconcile the plan with reported results.
Lead performance management by tracking KPIs and OKRs against plan, diagnosing variances by merchant, product, and segment, and delivering forward-looking insights.
Serve as a financial strategy partner and analytical thought partner to the CFO and senior leadership; regularly communicate business performance and inform strategic decisions.
Own end-to-end P&L modeling and performance reporting, using analytical insights to drive business decisions and operational changes.
Build and maintain a unit-economics framework, including true contribution margin at the contract level, and embed it in pricing, merchant deal reviews, and product investment decisions.
Build ROI, scenario, and sensitivity models for new products, markets, merchant partnerships, and major investments; support fundraising, insurer and reinsurance partner economics, and M&A or corporate-development analysis as needed.
Partner with People and department leaders on workforce and capacity plans, and track budget versus actuals on major initiatives to identify potential resource reallocations.
Serve as the primary finance partner to Sales, Growth, Operations, Risk, Accounting, and other teams; represent Finance in key forums, align teams on assumptions and priorities, and turn financial insights into action.
Drive AI-native ways of working and help raise the team’s output, speed, and quality through experimentation with AI tools.
Manage or mentor senior analysts and help raise the team’s technical bar.