Finance and Strategy Manager, Block

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or other relevant field
• 5+ years of relevant experience (e.g. FP&A, strategic finance, management consulting, investment banking)
• Self-starter and team-player mentality, and willingness to work in unstructured environments
• Ability to develop solutions to solve complex or ambiguous problems
• Excellent proficiency in financial modeling (you should be prepared for a case study)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional judgment and maturity, including an ability to execute independently and work with team members of all levels
• Commitment to Block’s purpose of Economic Empowerment

Desirable

• We are looking for a Finance Manager who will work as a part of the Foundational Allocations & Consolidations branch of the Finance & Strategy team
• You will play an integral role in supporting the Finance and Strategy team, including allocations reporting and data insights, systems alignment, consolidation of monthly reporting and headcount management
• You will directly influence elements of Block’s close execution and financial forecasting
• As a central function, you will provide support across multiple internal teams and business units
• Collaborate with the Foundational F&S and Allocations teams, as well as other business unit F&S partners and technical teams to streamline current processes and improve planning accuracy, visibility and transparency around spend across the company
• Lead communications to the executive leadership team and F&S partners describing adjustments and movements. Collaborate with the Foundational finance team to drive decisions and adjustments based on key outputs
• Organize and consolidate team inputs for long-range and annual planning cycles to ensure deadlines and financial targets are met
• Help guide system refinements and needs to the financial planning process on a monthly close basis, quarterly re-forecasting and throughout at-large planning cycles
• Improve the Foundational and OCTO F&S systems processes and forecasting to aid efforts to streamline the Allocations close process
• Operate with a general sense of curiosity and always aim to improve functional processes, whether it is working with other members of the team or the partnerships you support
• Build strong relationships across the F&S Foundational, OCTO and BU F&S partner teams and our cross-functional stakeholders