Strategic Finance Lead

Air; Old Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company as the Strategic Finance Lead in a hybrid role that combines financial expertise with strategic insight. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the financial landscape of a creative operations platform, where your work will directly influence key business decisions. Collaborate with leadership to drive financial planning, analysis, and reporting while fostering partnerships across teams. Enjoy a dynamic work environment that values innovation, communication, and personal growth, with generous benefits including unlimited vacation days and a work-from-home stipend. If you're ready to make a significant impact and thrive in a fast-paced setting, this role is for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dependent Coverage

Work-from-home Stipend

Professional Development Reimbursement

Unlimited Vacation Days

Qualifications

• 4-8 years experience in strategic finance or related fields.
• Experience in technology companies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models and track KPIs.
• Prepare reports for Board meetings and manage external relationships.

Skills

Financial Modeling

Strategic Finance

FP&A

SQL

Business Intelligence Tools

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

BI Tools

Job description

Air is the first Creative Ops platform: a system of record for creative teams. Our product automates the mindless tasks that creatives and marketers do every day to manage content, unlocking creativity through image recognition, automated versioning, and approval workflows. Air launched in March 2021 and is backed by world-class venture capital firms including Tiger Global, Headline Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, WndrCo, and Slack Ventures.

This is a hybrid role requiring in-office attendance at least 3 days/week.

The Role

We are hiring our founding member of the Strategic Finance team to help us build and scale this function. This person will report to the Head of Finance & BizOps and partner directly with our leadership team. As the Strategic Finance Lead, you will help define the objective and priorities of the function. You will be have significant exposure to cross-functional, strategic initiatives, and you will go deep to help develop framework and analyses to help drive the business forward.

Key responsibilities of the role day to day will include:

• Financial Planning & Analysis:

• Build and maintain comprehensive financial and operating models for the company.
• Track, analyze, and forecast key business or financial KPIs to drive actionable insights and framework-driven decision making.
• Facilitate the bi-annual financial forecast, budget planning, and goal setting process.
• Strategy & Partnerships:
• Build and own relationships with the leadership team and partner closely with each team to assist with roadmap prioritization.
• Develop ROI evaluation frameworks and lead ad-hoc analyses or business cases to influence operational and investment decisions.
• Insights & Reporting:
• Prepare external-facing reporting, including materials for Board of Directors meetings and deliverables for investors and lenders.
• Financial Ops:
• Facilitate deal negotiations with external vendors, partners or customers.
• Manage outsourced accounting team to ensure timely financial deliverables.

This is for you if you are:

• A financial modeling expert who is highly motivated by solving business problems.
• Deeply curious about how our business works and willing to go deep with functional teams to help them succeed.
• Excited to wear many hats, tackle what’s needed, and find scrappy solutions that drive results.
• Self-motivated, communicative, and bring a can-do attitude to your work, even if it’s gnarly.
• A doer, take pride in owning your work from start to finish, and hold yourself to a high bar.
• Ambitious, can adapt quickly and move with urgency when challenges arise.
• An open communicator and genuinely care about playing for the team.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of relevant experience in strategic finance, FP&A, bizops, investment banking, or private equity / venture capital.
• Experience in an in-house role at a technology company is strongly preferred.
• Superior communication skills and experience partnering with all levels of an organization.
• Strong organizational skills and high attention to details.
• Proficiency in SQL and BI tools is a plus.

Our company culture was built around a tireless pursuit to be the best at what we do. We're entrepreneurial and focused: tackling problems head-on without ego. We communicate with empathy. We speak directly, listen thoughtfully, and ask questions. We previously worked out of a cozy warehouse in Brooklyn, but are currently distributed around the globe. This is a hybrid role.

Air contributes to medical, dental, and vision insurance and dependent coverage. We offer a generous work-from-home stipend, professional development reimbursement, and unlimited vacation days. Although we are still early stage, we are always seeking ways to invest in the long-term health, wellness, and continued education of our employees.

At Air, we believe that it takes a diversity of thought, culture, race, sexual orientation, and outlook to build a world-class business. We value unique contributions and welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join us at Air.

The compensation range for this role is CAD $150,000 to $225,000.