Strategic Finance Lead, Merge
$185-210k
+ Equity Compensation Package
5 days a week in office
Customer-facing integrations & agent tools
Open for applications
Customer-facing integrations & agent tools
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$185-210k
+ Equity Compensation Package
5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make secure data access easy.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a disciplined leader with a "right is right" mentality
- You are a player-coach who can still build a complex model from scratch but excels at managing a team, setting a high pace, and acting as a trusted advisor to the executive suite
- Professional Tenor: At least 8 years of total experience, including a foundation in Investment Banking or Management Consulting (2+ years)
- Management Expertise: Proven track record of managing and developing a Strategic Finance or BizOps team at a high-growth startup
- Technical & Analytical Rigor: Expert-level Excel and modeling skills with a "right is right" mentality and unyielding attention to detail
- SaaS Fluency: Deep understanding of enterprise SaaS unit economics and the operational levers that drive ARR and retention
- Strategic Execution: Demonstrated experience leading high-visibility projects from initial scoping through to final reporting and implementation
What the job involves
- Merge is looking for a driven Strategic Finance Lead to act as a primary partner to our executive team
- At Merge, Strategic Finance is a core operational unit: we don't just report on the business; we provide the analytical framework for every major decision we make
- You will be responsible for leading the team that manages investor relations, Board communications, M&A, long-range planning and strategic initiatives
- We need an objective leader with the resolve to navigate uncertainty and the management skills to ensure their team delivers airtight, high-stakes work in a fast-paced environment
- Function Leadership: Lead and scale the Strategic Finance team, overseeing the end-to-end execution of company-wide financial planning and strategic initiatives
- Executive & Board Partnership: Own the narrative for Board materials and investor relations, acting as a primary point of contact for the executive team
- Cross-Functional Strategy: Drive high-impact projects across all business units
- Capital & M&A Strategy: Lead capital raising efforts and evaluate M&A opportunities that align with our long-term roadmap
- Performance Architecture: Define and manage the company’s KPI framework, building the dashboards and deep-dives necessary to track and improve performance
Our take
To help B2B companies navigate the increasing number of APIs needed to integrate SaaS product, Merge supplies a unified API. This provides access to dozens of payroll, recruiting, accounting, and HR platforms using a single integration layer. This way, businesses can work with a large number of APIs without compromising on efficiency.
Merge was founded in 2020 and has already built a large client base for itself, including Deed, AngelList, Ramp and Reachdesk. It has also expanded into new areas, providing support for CRM tools, ticketing systems and project management functions. With an impressively escalating annual revenue, and considerable funding at its back, the company continues to build out its product into new verticals.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2022
$55m
SERIES B
Nov 2021
$15m
SERIES A
Total funding: $74.5m
Company benefits
- Healthcare
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental Leave
- 401k
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Shensi Ding
(Co-Founder)Studied Computer Science at Columbia before joining Credit Suisse as an Investment Banking Analyst. Previously Chief of Staff at Expanse.
Gil Feig
(Co-Founder)A Columbia graduate who has worked for LinkedIn and Wealthfront as a Software Engineer. Previously Head of Engineering at Canvas.
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