Director of Strategic Finance

Thesis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Thesis seeks a Director of Strategic Finance to blend analytical depth with strategic intuition and own financial planning as the company scales.

You will be the hands-on partner to leadership, shaping forecasts, performance metrics, and decision-ready models across teams, driving profitability and transparency through dashboards and rigorous scenario analysis.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or consulting.
• Proven ability to build and maintain complex models that drive decision-making.
• Bias toward action: identify problems, propose solutions, and execute.
• Deep understanding of unit economics, cohort analysis, and LTV dynamics.
• Curious, driven, and motivated by impact.
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills to tell a compelling story with data.
• Proficiency with modern finance and analytics tools (Looker, SQL, Brex, BILL.com, NetSuite).
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and bringing order to chaos.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning, forecasting, long-term modeling, and scenario planning.
• Partner with the executive team to align resources with priorities and OKRs.
• Translate data into strategy by linking financial outcomes to key drivers like CAC and contribution margin.
• Assess new opportunities with ROI-focused scenario analysis.
• Own external and internal communications (investor decks, board materials, updates).
• Build dashboards and analytical frameworks for transparency across teams.
• Identify levers to improve margins, unit economics, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Growth, Ops, Product and HR to ensure financial clarity.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic thinking

Data storytelling

Cross-functional

Communication

SQL

Looker

ERP systems

Tools

Looker

SQL

Brex

BILL.com

NetSuite

Job description

• We’re looking for a Director of Strategic Finance — a sharp, proactive operator who can blend analytical depth with strategic intuition. Reporting to the VP, Chief of Staff, you’ll be a key business partner to leadership, steering financial planning, modeling, and decision-making as we scale
• This isn’t a back-office role. You’ll be hands‑on in shaping company strategy, owning the models that drive our growth decisions, and working cross‑functionally to turn insights into impact. You’ll have significant autonomy and visibility — influencing how we allocate resources, evaluate opportunities, and evolve as a business
• If you thrive in fast‑paced, high‑growth environments and love connecting numbers to narrative, you’ll feel right at home here
• Drive strategic planning: Own financial forecasting, long‑term modeling, and scenario planning to guide Thesis’s next stage of growth
• Be the connective tissue: Partner with the Chief of Staff and exec team to align resources with company priorities, OKRs, and expansion plans
• Translate data into strategy: Build actionable insights that connect financial outcomes to key drivers like CAC, LTV, and contribution margin
• Evaluate new opportunities: Assess new channels, partnerships, and products with rigorous, ROI‑focused scenario analysis
• Own the metrics: Drive external and internal Communications via investor decks, board materials, and internal updates that tie data to our strategic narrative
• Build scalable systems: Design dashboards and analytical frameworks that make financial performance transparent across teams
• Improve profitability: Identify and pull levers that enhance margins, unit economics, and operational efficiency
• Collaborate and help drive decisions cross‑functionally: Work closely with Marketing, Growth, Ops, Product and HR to ensure accountability and financial clarity
• Lead key initiatives: Support special projects like pricing optimization, fundraising prep, or retail expansion
• Uplevel finance operations: Streamline reporting cadences, month‑end close, and data integrity across our tools and systems
• Partner externally: Manage relationships with accountants, tax advisors, and finance vendors to keep us compliant and agile. Partner with our external bookkeeper to facilitate a timely, efficient and accurate month‑end close. Collaborate with external tax accountants to manage Thesis’s federal and state tax obligations

• 5–7+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or consulting — ideally with exposure to DTC, consumer, or healthcare / medtech
• Proven ability to build and maintain complex models that drive clarity and confidence in decision‑making
• A bias toward action: You don’t wait for direction; you identify problems, propose solutions, and execute
• Deep understanding of unit economics, cohort analysis, and customer lifetime value dynamics
• Above all — you’re curious, driven, and motivated by impact
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills — you can turn data into a compelling story that drives action
• Proficiency with modern finance and analytics tools (Looker, SQL, Brex, BILL.com, NetSuite, or similar)
• Comfort operating in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments where things change — and you help bring order to the chaos