Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

CLEARJET INC.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health benefits

Life insurance

PTO 15 days

401(k) with match

Employee Assistance Program

FSA & Dependent Care

Pet wellness

Job summary

ClearJet is hiring a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to own planning, forecasting, and performance management. You will build an investor-grade three-statement model, tie economics to pricing, and partner with executives across Air Ops, Ground Ops, Customer Ops, and Sales.

This is a hands-on builder role with a path to leading an FP&A team. We value experience in high-growth, venture-backed settings, strong financial modeling, and a bias for data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or related roles, incl. 3+ years in high-growth, venture-backed companies.
• Expert three-statement financial modeling from scratch; clean, auditable models.
• Experience in marketplace/logistics/unit-economics businesses; parcel/freight/air cargo a plus.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP revenue recognition ASC 606 and KPI impact.
• Experience preparing board materials and investor or lender reporting.
• Proven ability to partner with operational leaders and drive accountability.
• Hands-on data work; SQL or BI skills are a plus.
• Ownership culture in an early-stage finance function.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics.
• Strongly preferred: logistics/parcel experience; fundraising support; GAAP familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated three-statement model and forecast, including revenue, headcount, and cash.
• Build and maintain unit economics analyses across customer, product, and transactions.
• Support pricing discipline with margin analysis before deals and post-deal tracking.
• Define KPIs, reporting cadence, and lead monthly business reviews with Ops and GTM.
• Deliver monthly/quarterly budget vs. actual reporting with explanations.
• Prepare board decks and investor materials; support fundraising and covenant tracking.
• Model liquidity, working capital, and debt capacity with CFO and Controller.
• Evaluate new lanes and capital investments; build business cases and track results.
• Scale FP&A processes and automate recurring reporting; grow the FP&A team.

Skills

FP&A experience

Financial modeling

Unit economics

GAAP ASC 606

Board materials

SQL / BI tools

Partner with ops

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

CPA/CFA/MBA

Tools

Sage Intacct

HubSpot

ADP

Omni / Looker

Job description

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Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Full Time Austin, TX, US

About ClearJet

ClearJet is revolutionizing the logistics industry by connecting underutilized infrastructure assets with cutting-edge technology. We focus on optimizing middle-mile efficiency to ensure rapid, reliable express delivery worldwide for our e-commerce clients.

The Role

We're hiring our first Director of FP&A to own planning, forecasting, and performance management across ClearJet. This is an opportunity to build the FP&A function from the ground up. You'll take over and continue to develop an investor-grade three-statement model, turn customer and lane-level economics into decisions, and hold operating leaders to their numbers. You'll partner closely with the VP of Finance, the executive team, and department heads in Air Ops, Ground Ops, Customer Ops, and Sales. This is a hands-on builder role: you'll do the modeling yourself, design the processes, and take the lead on reporting results and assigning action items from those results. Preference will be given to candidates who are able to work a hybrid schedule out of our Austin, Texas office, but we are open to fully remote candidates.

What You'll Do

Own the financial model and forecast. Maintain and evolve ClearJet's integrated three-statement model, including the revenue build, customer P&L engine, headcount plan, and cash forecast. Run monthly reforecasts and the annual budget.

Drive unit economics. Build and maintain customer, lane and per-package profitability analysis across air and ground. Tie rate cards and pricing to actual cost, including injection, sortation, linehaul, and last mile, so we know where we make and lose money.

Support pricing discipline. Partner with Sales and Customer Ops on deal pricing, contract amendments, and rate changes. Provide margin analysis before deals are signed, and track realized margin against what each deal was priced to deliver.

Build the KPI and performance management framework. Define departmental KPIs with clear owners, build the reporting cadence, and run monthly business reviews with Ops, Customer Ops, and GTM leaders.

Deliver budget vs. actual reporting. Produce monthly and quarterly BvA and variance analysis, with clear explanations of what drove results and what we're doing about them.

Prepare board and investor materials. Build board decks, investor updates, and lender reporting. Support fundraising and debt diligence, covenant tracking, and scenario analysis.

Model cash and working capital. Forecast liquidity, A/R dynamics, and borrowing base needs alongside the CFO and Controller.

Evaluate new operations and capital decisions. Build business cases for new lanes, capacity commitments, fleet and vehicle leasing, and other investments. Track results after launch.

Scale the function. Improve data flows between the forecast model, Accounting CRM, and BI (Omni) tools. Automate recurring reporting, and hire and develop an FP&A team over time.

What You Bring

8+ years in FP&A, investment banking, corporate development, or strategic finance, including at least 3 years in a high-growth, venture-backed company.

Expert financial modeling skills. You can build a three-statement model from a blank sheet and keep a complex one clean, auditable, and self-documenting.

Experience with marketplace, logistics, transportation, or other unit-economics-driven businesses. Parcel, freight, or airline experience is a strong plus.

A solid grasp of revenue recognition (including gross vs. net presentation under ASC 606) and how accounting choices flow through margin and KPIs.

Experience building board and investor materials, and supporting an equity or debt financing.

A track record of partnering with operational leaders and holding them accountable, with credibility on a warehouse floor as well as in a boardroom.

Comfort working directly in the data. SQL or BI tools experience is a plus.

High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to prioritize in an environment where the build is still underway.

Qualifications

Required

8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or corporate development, including at least 3 years in a high-growth, venture-backed company.

Expert Excel modeling skills. You've built integrated three-statement models from scratch and maintained complex models that stay clean, auditable, and self-documenting.

Direct experience owning budgeting, forecasting, and budget vs. actual reporting, including variance analysis presented to executive leadership.

Strong unit-economics experience: customer-, product-, or transaction-level profitability analysis that ties pricing to actual cost.

Experience preparing board materials and investor or lender reporting.

A working knowledge of GAAP, including revenue recognition under ASC 606 and how accounting treatment affects margin and KPIs.

A proven ability to partner with operational leaders, define KPIs, and hold departments accountable to their targets.

Comfort operating hands-on in an early-stage finance function where processes are still being built.

A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field.

Strongly Preferred

Experience in parcel, logistics, freight, air cargo, transportation, or marketplace businesses.

Experience supporting an equity fundraise or a debt financing, including diligence, scenario modeling, and covenant or borrowing base tracking.

Familiarity with gross vs. net revenue presentation in a marketplace or take-rate model.

Experience with deal pricing, contract economics, or pricing governance in a B2B setting.

Hands-on experience with Sage Intacct, HubSpot, ADP, or a modern BI tool such as Omni or Looker.

Experience building or scaling an FP&A team

CPA, CFA, or MBA

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive pay: $160,000 - $200,00 depending on experience, bonus eligibility, and equity
• Health benefits: a choice of medical plans (including HSA-eligible options with a company HSA contribution), plus dental and vision
• Income protection, on us: company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Time to recharge: 15 days of PTO a year plus 10 paid holidays
• Planning for the future: 401(k) with company match
• Support when you need it: a confidential Employee Assistance Program, 24/7 virtual care, mental health support, and a personal health advocate for you and your family
• Extras: pre-tax FSA and dependent care accounts, optional supplemental coverage, pet wellness, and identity protection

At ClearJet, we believe the best ideas come from teams with different backgrounds, experiences, and ways of thinking. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of every race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential.

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