Head of Strategic Finance
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Head of Strategic Finance at fintech startup leading financial strategy and analytics for rapid expansion. Overseeing P&L and securing commercial partnerships in the financial services sector.
Responsibilities:
- Build and run the company P&L, forecasting, and long-range growth models for a business growing 100%+ YoY
- Own the annual operating plan, monthly close-to-forecast variance analysis, and board/investor reporting
- Be in the details of every product and experience — LTV, CAC, LTV:CAC, ARPU, contribution margin, payback, cohort retention
- Surface the correlations and causations that lift growth and translate them into product and pricing opportunities
- Lead RFP, procurement, contract negotiation, and ongoing vendor/partner management for every new service and partnership — sponsor/BaaS banks, HYSA, mortgage & insurance referral partners, and key vendors
- Deliver clean books, reliable BI, and a single source of truth for decision-making
- Partner with the CEO and executives on capital efficiency, resource allocation, new-product business cases, and capital strategy for the next phase
- A trusted, single-source financial model and metrics layer the exec team runs the business on
- Per-product unit-economics visibility that has directly informed at least one growth or margin decision
Requirements:
- 8–15+ years combining a foundation in investment banking / PE / growth equity / top-tier consulting with operating strategic finance / FP&A / BizOps at a high-growth (100%+ YoY) consumer fintech — ideally through a Series B→C/D scaling and a path-to-profitability inflection
- You've personally built the financial model (not maintained a big-company one) and owned unit economics for a subscription and/or transaction/interchange business
- Deep fluency in fintech/PFM & neobank unit economics — LTV:CAC (≥3:1), CAC payback (<12 mo), ARPU, contribution margin, cohort analysis, interchange/take-rate and partner-bank economics
- Data-native — fluent in SQL/warehouse workflows; able to run and level up an analytics team, not just consume dashboards
- Commercial/deal chops — you've led RFP → procurement → negotiation and can quantify the economics you captured
Benefits:
- Generous base salary
- Meaningful equity package
- Retirement 401k for USA-based Originals
- Healthcare and wellness programs: Healthcare, Wellness stipend, Mental wellness program
- Unlimited access to financial planning
- Life insurance for USA-based Originals
- Work-life balance: Unlimited DPTO, Remote-first culture, Flexible hours (Core hours: 9 AM to 5 PM local time)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Additional perks: Parenthood and fertility assistance, Monthly co-working membership reimbursement, English tutoring stipend for International Originals, Build your home-office one-time stipend, Pick your setup (Apple, Windows) and accessories
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