Finance & Strategy Lead, Payments Product

Job Description

We're seeking a seasoned finance leader to lead our Agentic Commerce ambitions, both internally and externally. You'll partner with product and engineering leads for Agentic Commerce, acting as a trusted financial and strategic advisor.

Responsibilities

• Act as a financial and strategic advisor to the business, building investment cases and business plans, and evaluating business performance.
• Create executive-ready presentations that tell the 'investor narrative' taking into account internal data as well as external resources.
• Support new business / product launches, helping drive strategy and decision-making by bringing rigorous driver-based financial analyses / frameworks and product and industry expertise to help product leaders evaluate tradeoffs and shape strategic roadmaps.
• As the business matures, establish and maintain key business metrics and KPIs to measure performance of new products.
• Lead the quarterly forecast and annual strategic financial planning process.
• Develop long range financial models with scenario analysis and actionable recommendations on growth, monetization and where to prioritize investments.
• Present performance in business forums, highlighting drivers, risks and actionable insights.
• Drive process improvement and analytics scalability, partnering cross-functionally to evolve data infrastructure, reporting and analytics.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to enable the team to operate at the leading edge of financial analysis.

Requirements

• At least 10+ years of relevant experience within strategic finance, ideally at a high-growth technology company and/or with prior experience in hedge funds, sell-side, or VC with strong analytical background (i.e. investment banking).
• B.A. or B.S degree in related field.
• Exceptional analytical capabilities and business acumen, with the ability to simplify and distill complex information in a rigorous but consumable way.
• Ability to create polished, executive- and investor-ready presentations that communicate complex narratives clearly and concisely with high impact.
• Broad exposure to multiple industries and sectors; experience in technology, SaaS, or AI is a plus.
• Proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners and executives; you are seen as a trusted and objective advisor.
• An enthusiastic self-starter with a 'roll up your sleeves' mentality.
• Ability to manage multiple work streams and maintain high performance under tight timelines.
• Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment.
• Experience with SQL or a willingness to learn.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.