Director of Strategic Finance, Zola
$170-190k
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Online wedding registry, planner & retailer
Open for applications
Online wedding registry, planner & retailer
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$170-190k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make engaged couples happy.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years experience in relevant finance roles; experience in investment banking and/or consumer startups preferred
- Deep expertise and passion for robust, auditable, and well-structured financial models
- Highly analytical strategic thinker with unquestionable integrity and curiosity in solving complex problems
- Passion for data and familiarity with business intelligence platforms; ability to drive business decisions with limited information
- Highly adept at communicating and collaborating with executives and functional leaders
- Demonstrated success in leading a high performing team
- Thrives in unstructured high growth environments
What the job involves
- Zola is looking for an exceptional leader to join the Finance team as Director of Strategic Finance
- This is a highly critical and visible role which helps drive financial and strategic decisions in a rapid growth environment
- This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record in FP&A, corporate development or corporate finance
- The role will report into the CFO and lead the company’s FP&A, strategic planning and corporate development efforts. You will work closely with executives and key leaders across the organization to drive short-term and long-term business and capital allocation decisions
- Lead rigorous financial budgeting and forecasting processes
- Own accurate forecasting and P&L management
- Thought partner for business and department leads; owner of financial analysis to inform key business decisions
- Drive long range and strategic planning discussions
- Enhance and monitor key performance indicators to drive business performance
- Oversee merchandise and inventory planning function
- Partner with data/BI team to ensure visibility and integrity of business and financial data
- Manage and mentor a high performing team, and be a key leader within the broader finance org
- Support board and investor updates and any corporate transactions
Our take
Zola is one of the most well-known and popular online wedding registries. It makes it easier for couples to build a gift registry by partnering with hundreds of brands, while also offering a range of other wedding related services such as guest list and invite planning, wedding website creation, and even wedding dress sales.
Since launching in 2013, the company has become one of the biggest disruptors in the growing wedding registry niche, just ahead of the likes of Honeyfund and Crate & Barrel. With the US wedding industry worth roughly $70.3B, there’s plenty of profit to be made in this space, despite competition from giants like Amazon and Target.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2018
$100m
SERIES D
Jan 2018
$25m
SERIES C
Total funding: $169.3m
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Shan-Lyn Ma
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Senior Product Marketing Manager at Yahoo, and Chief Product Officer at ecommerce jewelry company Chloe + Isabel. Before co-founding Zola, founded and was General Manager of artisanal food marketplace Gilt Taste.
Nobu Nakaguchi
(Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer)Before co-founding Zola, worked for Gilt Groupe in a number of senior roles including Product Management and User Experience. Founded and was Design Director at nn27, a digital product design consultancy.
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