Director of Strategic Finance, Chief
$190k
+ Equity
Private membership network for female executive leaders
Job no longer available
Private membership network for female executive leaders
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$190k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Chief’s mission is to drive women to the top — and keep them there.
Role
Who you are
- Relevant work experience in Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, FP&A, Revenue/Sales Operations, and Strategy/Business Operations at fast-paced companies
- Expert knowledge of financial statement, ROI and new business analysis, in addition to corporate finance and accounting concepts
- Possess the ability to partner with and influence business partners and executives across the organization
- Demonstrated ability to develop and retain key talent, drive prioritization of work for the broader team and improve productivity/output
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills; able to move quickly with little structure or guidance
- Strong interpersonal skills; collaborative working style; can communicate complex ideas effectively and simply to all levels of management
- Proven ability to translate large amounts of data and information into strategic and actionable insights, recommendations, and presentations
- Agile – you thrive in fast-paced and dynamic environments and are willing to get deep into the weeds where needed
What the job involves
- The Director, Strategic Finance will partner cross functionally to identify areas of efficiency and growth to define Chief’s short-term and long-term business strategy
- Reporting to the VP, Finance, you will play a key role in delivering compelling strategic recommendations to the business that will drive improved performance, higher returns and optimal resource allocation
- This role will help manage the company’s annual business planning and quarterly reforecasting processes, develop & monitor company wide metrics & KPIs, report on trends and explain variances, and translate complex data into actionable insights to drive stronger business performance and profitability, ultimately helping to drive key-decision making across the organization
- You will find innovative ways to measure financial performance against Plan and use these insights to inform Chief’s investment decisions
- This role will drive and build sophisticated, scalable, and airtight budgeting, forecasting, and reporting frameworks and processes
- Beyond forward-looking strategic recommendations, you will oversee all facets of operational planning processes for Chief’s revenue streams and spend, including budgeting, forecasting and LRF (long-range forecasting)
- Manage an integrated business planning process across all functions, and evolve all facets of financial forecasting including annual budgeting, rolling reforecasting, and long range planning
- Create, enrich and maintain financial models to support ROI based decision-making and inform key stakeholders across the organization of the financial implications of key business decisions
- Assist in the preparation of key stakeholder communications including Board of Director presentations, investor communications, Executive Leadership Team proposals, and other financial communications
- Build and lead a high functioning and collaborative team that is a central partner to the organization
- Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures; highlight trends and analyze causes of unexpected variances; develop and present recommendations to executives and operational leaders
- Drive growth and improvements in margin and profitability through effective business planning partnering with the leadership team to achieve overall alignment on goals
- Advise cross-functional peers on ways to optimize the business through budget and resource management
- Oversee forecasts for each revenue line, including Sales & Marketing funnel metrics
- Define Sales & Marketing spend strategy by analyzing LTV/CAC by revenue line
- Oversee Chief’s operating expense budget and forecast by revenue line, including headcount spend
- Evaluate all new business opportunities by quantifying forward-looking financial impact
- Manage all ad hoc analysis for the Strategic Finance team
- Support the Accounting Team on monthly financial close preparation in the analysis of key P&L line items
- Partner with the Data Team to provide key insights into performance and financial trends, linking leading indicators in current business drivers to future strategy
Our take
Chief aims to help more businesswomen rise into positions of power with its private membership network. C-Suite, senior executives, and accomplished VPs are evaluated for membership based on seniority, professional experience, background, and impact, as well as a demonstrated history of supporting others along the way.
As of the start of 2023, 53 of the Fortune 500 companies had female CEOs - the first time ever that women have represented over 10% of this group. Women are also drastically underrepresented when it comes to leading funded startups, which is where the need for a community like Chief's comes from.
Chief's has over 20,000 members from organizations including the likes of Google, Nike, HBO, Pfizer, and Disney. It achieved unicorn status in 2021 and continues to make impressive moves such as the launch of "Chief Enterprise" for businesses looking to invest in their women leaders. That said, it has also seen its fair share of controversy over alleged discriminatory actions towards minority members, which it will need to properly address is it is to continue claiming a DEI-first mission.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2022
$100m
SERIES B
May 2020
$15m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $140m
Company benefits
- Bonus structures
- 401K
- Stock options
- Spending allowances to support your work
- Fully funded health insurance
- Partnership with Talkiatry to support our employees
- Chief employees receive quarterly stipends to support your wellness and work from home set up where eligible
- Flexible approach to PTO, 10 paid holidays, and a 4.5-day workweek
- Generous leave arrangements, and 4 weeks of sabbatical for team members when they reach their four year anniversary
- 20 weeks of parental leave for new parents of any gender, plus we design a personalized re-boarding program that eases the transition back to work
- Work from anywhere
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Carolyn Childers
(Co-founder & CEO)Previous Operating Partner at Primary Venture Partners for 2 years and SVP of Operations at Handy HQ for 4 years.
Lindsay Kaplan
(Co-founder)Previous Social Media Manager at ELLE Magazine for 1 year and Communications Manager at Time Out North America for 2 years.
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