Strategic Finance Manager, Very Good Security

• 4–7+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, corporate development, or a similarly rigorous analytical environment
• Exceptional financial modeling skills, including integrated three-statement models, transaction analysis, valuation, and multi-scenario forecasting
• Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals and how operating decisions flow through the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement
• Ability to move comfortably between detailed analysis and executive-level recommendations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience explaining complex financial topics to non-finance stakeholders
• Demonstrated judgment, discretion, and maturity when working with sensitive company information
• High ownership, attention to detail, and comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities

Desirable

• We are seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to help shape the financial and corporate strategy of a rapidly growing payments infrastructure company
• This is a high-impact role at the intersection of strategic finance, FP&A, corporate development, and capital markets. Reporting directly to the CFO, you will work closely with the CEO and executive team on some of the company’s most consequential decisions
• You will own the company’s integrated financial model and use it to answer questions such as:
• Where should we invest to maximize long-term value?
• How quickly can we scale while maintaining financial discipline?
• How should we finance growth?
• How should we evaluate acquisitions, partnerships, and other strategic opportunities?
• How do different operating and capital-structure decisions affect cash, dilution, and shareholder outcomes?
• This is not a traditional reporting-focused FP&A position. The right candidate will combine exceptional financial modeling with strong commercial judgment, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to operate effectively in an evolving startup environment
• Company Financial Model and Scenario Planning
• Own and continuously improve the company’s integrated three-statement financial model
• Translate operational drivers—including bookings, revenue, pricing, customer behavior, headcount, and expenses—into reliable financial forecasts
• Build rapid scenario analyses for growth investments, pricing decisions, organizational plans, and strategic alternatives
• Evaluate the impact of decisions on revenue, profitability, cash flow, capital requirements, and company value
• Develop both detailed near-term forecasts and long-range strategic plans
• Strategic Transactions and Corporate Development
• Support the evaluation of acquisitions, partnerships, and other inorganic growth opportunities
• Build valuation, returns, synergy, accretion/dilution, and financing analyses
• Support transaction processes from initial screening through diligence, structuring, and integration planning
• Develop clear recommendations that balance strategic rationale, financial returns, execution risk, and opportunity cost
• Capital Structure and Shareholder Analysis
• Maintain a detailed understanding of the company’s capitalization and ownership structure
• Model equity financings, debt alternatives, secondary transactions, acquisitions, and other capital-structure scenarios
• Analyze dilution, shareholder proceeds, payout waterfalls, and financing tradeoffs
• Partner with legal, accounting, and external advisors to ensure analyses are accurate and decision-ready
• Financial Planning and Performance Management
• Lead the annual planning process, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning
• Partner with functional leaders on headcount, operating expenses, investment priorities, and performance targets
• Identify the operating and financial drivers behind variances, emerging risks, and opportunities
• Connect short-term financial performance to the company’s broader strategic objectives
• Executive, Board, and Investor Support
• Prepare decision-ready materials for executive leadership, the board, investors, and other external stakeholders
• Turn complex financial analysis into concise narratives, recommendations, and clear choices
• Support fundraising and investor diligence processes as needed
• Help leadership evaluate tradeoffs across growth, profitability, liquidity, and long-term enterprise value
• Finance Infrastructure
• Improve the speed, reliability, and transparency of the company’s forecasting and decision-support processes
• Establish clear assumptions, controls, and documentation around key models
• Partner with Accounting and operational teams to strengthen data quality and ensure consistency between actual results and forecasts
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring analysis and create more scalable finance workflows
• What Success Looks Like in the First Year..
• The company has a trusted, flexible financial model that leadership can use to evaluate decisions quickly
• Strategic investments, acquisitions, and financing alternatives are supported by rigorous, decision-ready analysis
• Leadership has a clear view of the company’s capital needs, liquidity, dilution, and shareholder outcomes across scenarios
• Forecasting and planning are faster, more accurate, and better connected to the company’s operating drivers
• Board and investor materials communicate the company’s performance, opportunities, and risks clearly
• You are viewed by the executive team as a trusted strategic partner—not simply the owner of a spreadsheet or budget process