Strategic Finance Lead, Value

Faire•San Francisco, CA

1d•$164,000 - $225,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Capital is necessary in every business, but at Faire it serves as a core value proposition to our customers. The Finance & Strategy team ensures we have access to it and are spending it effectively, but also wears several other hats at Faire including strategic growth planning, company-wide performance management, and business analysis. As part of this team, you will help inform how Faire can optimally allocate capital in the form of customer benefits that translates to sustainable growth and customer loyalty. This is an ideal role for someone who wants to work in a dynamic, highly collaborative, and data-driven environment and have the opportunity to work closely with a variety of functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in strategic finance, private equity / credit / venture capital, investment banking, and/or management consulting
Investor mindset: nose for value with a broad toolkit to reason about risk/reward
Strong modeling muscle: able to build and stress-test financial models that reflect a point of view, not just spreadsheet theory
Analytical rigor: synthesize information, decompose problems, and use data and logic to diagnose root causes—comfortable going deep on unit economics without losing the strategic question
Excellent communication: credible, structured storytelling for executives and cross-functional partners; able to zoom-in and zoom-out between detail and narrative
Cross-functional: track record building trust and influencing results alongside a variety of different stakeholder groups
Team-oriented: motivated by business outcomes and being great at your craft in service of enabling them

Nice To Haves

Experience in fintech and/or SMB enablement technology
Knowledge of SQL

Responsibilities

Identify opportunities, develop hypotheses, and execute in-depth analyses to inform product strategy and execution for Faire’s proprietary financial products
Own forecasting, goal-setting, and tracking of key inputs that drive ROI across Faire’s financial value props to inform company-level capital and resource allocation decisions
Support company-wide capital markets strategies that ensure Faire remains front footed on the financing required to fuel program benefits
Lead strategic planning across key growth initiatives and new product launches
Enable the organization to remain highly data-driven at scale by synthesizing insights, building financial models, and developing KPIs for real-time performance monitoring