Strategic Finance Manager
About The Position
Greenlight is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to collaborate with cross-functional leaders and drive business outcomes. The role combines traditional finance responsibilities—including budgets, forecasts, and monthly and quarterly reporting—with significant involvement in new product analysis, data analytics, strategic projects, and company-wide planning. The position reports to the Finance Team Lead and works with executives across departments. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, hands-on thought leader and proactive business partner with the capacity to assume increasing responsibility over time. The role operates in a fast-paced environment and directly supports key business decisions and efficient growth.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of directly relatable work experience.
- Experience in strategic finance, FP&A, corporate development, investment banking, private equity or venture capital, management consulting, or a high-growth company.
- Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and technical skills.
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets modeling skills.
- Ability to influence across functions and levels.
- Strong accounting and systems knowledge.
- Ability to analyze problems using a data-driven approach and develop actionable insights, with a strong understanding of consumer subscription or FinTech business models and metrics such as CAC, LTV, retention, cohort analysis, and ARPU.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including willingness to raise critical issues and comfort presenting recommendations to executives.
- Business curiosity and a desire to understand business drivers and ask why.
- Strategic thinking, ownership, attention to detail, and commitment to high-quality work.
- Ability to build bespoke financial models for diverse cross-functional needs.
- Adaptability and flexibility to pivot when necessary.
Nice To Haves
- FinTech experience.
- Familiarity with consumer retail and hardware business models.
- Experience using financial planning software.
- Strong data visualization skills and ability to simplify complex analyses.
Responsibilities
- Build close cross-functional relationships with business leaders, understand their issues and needs, and act as a liaison between them and executive management to advance business goals.
- Support product, engineering, marketing, and commercial sales teams with custom financial modeling, scenario analysis, and market insights for prospective products and initiatives.
- Analyze actual financial results against budgets and forecasts, partnering with business leaders to provide actionable decision support.
- Support investor relations and corporate development, including peer benchmarking and evaluation of strategic partnerships, investment opportunities, and acquisition targets.
- Own or contribute to forecasting, budgeting, resource allocation, and annual and long-range planning processes.
- Support the Accounting Team with month-end and quarter-end close processes and audit support.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus HSA match.
- Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits.
- Traditional 401(k) with company match.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays.
- Professional development stipends.
- Mental health resources.
- Access to 1:1 financial planners.
- Fertility healthcare.
- 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during leave.
- Flexible work-from-home arrangements and remote and in-office opportunities.
- Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours.
- Employee resource groups.
- Discretionary performance bonus and equity rewards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
