Strategic Finance Director
Headspace
Summary
Join Headspace's growing Strategic Finance team as a Director, playing a key role in managing strategic finance and driving business insights. Reporting to the VP of Finance, you will collaborate on high-visibility projects, provide strategic recommendations to leadership, perform in-depth analyses, and develop the strategic finance team. This role requires 8-10 years of strategic finance experience, advanced Excel skills, and strong financial modeling capabilities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable with ambiguity, and excels in cross-functional collaboration. Headspace offers a competitive salary ($140,000-$190,000), comprehensive healthcare, a wellness stipend, retirement savings match, and generous parental leave, among other benefits.
Requirements
- 8-10 Years of strategic finance experience demonstrating progressive leadership and cross-functional impact in Financial Services (Investment Banking, Asset Management, etc.) Consulting or other Corporate/Strategic Finance role
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial strategies into actionable organizational capabilities
- Advanced Excel and Presentation building skills with experience in financial modeling and presentation materials
- Proactive, thoughtful, & highly organized; able to work under tight deadlines while maintaining impeccable attention to detail
- Comfort working cross-functionally, communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences
- Self-motivated with a passion for taking ownership of your work and delivering outcomes
- Positive attitude, optimism and willingness to learn
- BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, or quantitative field (e.g., mathematics, statistics, economics)
Responsibilities
- Collaborate on highly visible and cross-functional projects to help prioritize resources and to aid in strategic decision making
- Provide guidance and strategic recommendations to influence our leaders on financial strategies, investments, and resource allocation decisions, leveraging an in-depth understanding of the Company's financials
- Assist in modeling longer-term business initiatives and provide recommendations that aid decision making
- Perform deep-dive analyses that drive actionable insights and recommendations for growth and optimization
- Help define and create a ROI framework used for capital allocation decisions
- Partner with several business partners to assist with on-going and ad-hoc reporting and decision support
- Mentor and develop the strategic finance team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with a subscription related business is a plus
Benefits
- Base salary, $140,000 - $190,000
- Stock awards
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Retirement savings match
- Lifetime Headspace membership
- Unlimited, free mental health coaching
- Generous parental leave
- Paid performance incentives