Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis, Ghost
$150-175k
+ Equity + Bonus
Inventory distribution optimization
Be an early applicant
Inventory distribution optimization
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-175k
+ Equity + Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform how inventory is bought and sold.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of finance experience; minimum 3 years at a bulge bracket investment bank with capital markets execution credentials or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of FP&A experience at a Series B or mid stage retail or CPG company strongly preferred
- Experience supporting Series C+ equity raises and managing debt facilities, working capital financing, and treasury operations strongly preferred
- Previous experience with 3-statement modeling, scenario analysis, and driver-based financial frameworks
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail, yet able to prioritize and move fast
- Uncompromising work ethic and a team first mentality
- Operates with a sense of urgency, and has a relentless approach to understanding concepts, taking ownership and driving results
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required; MBA or CFA designation strongly preferred
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis to serve as a strategic financial partner to our Finance team
- This is a high-impact role for someone with deep investment banking expertise and hands-on operating experience
- The ideal candidate has navigated the full spectrum of capital markets and brings robust analytical rigor and business judgment
- You are strategic, analytical finance and have experience in the CPG industry
- You will own the operating model, rolling forecasts, daily cashflow forecasting, financial reporting & variance analysis and support capital market needs
- Work on annual budgeting, long-range planning, and rolling forecasts across all business units
- Support monthly forecast, variance analysis, and operational reviews with leadership
- Build and maintain a bottoms-up 3-statement operating model with driver-based assumptions
- Build and deliver executive and board-level reporting packages
- Establish and track KPIs, unit economics and operating metrics, partnering with business leads to inform operational and financial performance
- Support Series D fundraising — investor materials, due diligence, and process management
- Support working capital financing including revolving credit, inventory financing, and vendor payment programs
- Support debt capital markets transactions; maintain covenant compliance and lender relationships
- Support treasury operations: daily cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and bank relationships
- Work closely with the Finance team on the AI transformation roadmap for FP&A, accounting, and treasury — deploying AI agents for forecasting, reporting, anomaly detection, and close automation
- Build AI-powered forecasting models and agentic workflows that auto-generate variance commentary, narratives, and dashboards
- Support the design of a company-wide KPI framework with AI-enabled monitoring, automated alerting, and a single source of truth data architecture
- Bring rigor, transparency, and sound judgment to financial decision-making in a dynamic startup environment
- Partner with CEO, CFO, and the Board on strategic planning, capital allocation, and corporate development
- Support financial due diligence for investors, lenders, and strategic partnerships
Our take
Excess inventory is one of the biggest pain points for modern retailers. Ghost solves this problem by making it easier for retailers to buy and sell excess inventory discreetly and sustainably.
With retailers wasting around $500 billion a year on excess inventory, demand for solutions like Ghost's is sky-high. The company has also made good on this demand, emerging from stealth mode in 2022 and about $66 million in funding to date. Ghost, which functions in much the same way as eBay, has benefited hugely from its founder's prior experience in the apparel industry.
Ghost's clear focus on sustainability and discretion has broad market appeal, especially for large-scale retailers looking to reduce waste and improve their public image. If Ghost can continue to attract such clients, it could scale at an impressive pace in the coming years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2024
$40m
SERIES C
Jul 2023
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88m
Company HQ
Beverly Grove, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Josh Kaplan
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously worked as Senior Director of UEG Ventures, and was VP of Digital at Buck Mason.
Dee Murthy
(Co-Founder)They are also the Co-Founder of Young & Reckless and Five Four Group.
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