Strategic Finance

Mending•New York, NY

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Mending is seeking its first Strategic Finance team member to work directly with the founders and key leaders. This role will be involved in every financial aspect of the business, spanning financial planning and analysis (FP&A), revenue operations, and supporting fundraising. The position involves building financial models, conducting underlying analysis and research for assumptions, and at times, acting as a Chief of Staff to help founders make decisions, set priorities, stay organized, and move projects forward. The ideal candidate thrives in an early startup environment, embraces broad responsibility, is comfortable figuring things out, and demonstrates urgency, stamina, and a willingness to put in extra hours. They are proactive, deeply curious, learn quickly, take pride in understanding business operations, ask good questions, check assumptions, take action without being asked, and care about getting details right.

Requirements

MBA strongly encouraged.
4-12 years of total professional experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, consulting, revenue operations, or a finance and operations role at a startup.
Strong financial modeling skills and the ability to build an operating model from scratch.
Practical understanding of accounting, cash flow, and unit economics.
Patience to work through incomplete or messy data.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate analysis into simple recommendations.
A record of taking ownership, working with limited direction, and delivering through changing priorities.
Must be based in the New York City metro area.

Nice To Haves

Experience at an early startup is especially relevant.
Healthcare experience is helpful.
Excited to learn how DPC and employer health benefits work.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain the company's financial model, budget, and rolling forecasts.
Track revenue, margins, spending, hiring, and cash runway, and explain changes and their reasons.
Assist founders in making investment and cost-cutting decisions, and determining affordability.
Connect sales pipeline, signed contracts, customer launches, and member activity to a reliable revenue forecast.
Track conversion, sales cycles, renewals, and expansion.
Maintain CRM data and ensure sales and operations are accountable to the same numbers.
Understand the economics of each deal and model margin improvement over time.
Assist in running customer billing, collections, DPC payments, and cash management.
Collaborate with accounting partners on reconciliations, monthly reporting, and accurate financial records.
Investigate discrepancies and build processes to ensure smooth financial operations.
Undertake projects that span across teams, researching unfamiliar questions, making recommendations, coordinating work, and ensuring completion.
Help translate company priorities into clear owners and deadlines.
Step into operational gaps as the business needs evolve.