Strategic Finance Manager

Building the Future of Crypto

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The team

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager for our Strategic Finance team. The Strategic Finance team works closely with Product Marketing Treasury Corporate Finance Corporate Development and Regulatory Operations providing financial consultation to leaders to continuously drive product profitability and optimization.

We are looking for a passionate and motivated Strategic Finance Manager to join our growing team. Reporting to the Senior Director of Strategic Finance you will play a key role in driving key elements of financial planning reporting forecasting analysis and insights. The ideal candidate will have a deep expertise in finance discipline with strong modeling experience working directly to analyze and inform existing product lines as well as new business initiatives and M&A.

This role is permanently remote.

The opportunity

• Develop and maintain deep meaningful business partner relationships with our Onchain product teams to drive results while connecting their work to broader business strategy across client segments products and geographies

• Leverage analytic frameworks to drive business roadmap and investment decisions

• Lead the forecasting budgeting and long-range planning process for different product lines working through the development of a drivers based model with strong collaboration with other finance and business leads

• Analyze operating and financial results including analysis of monthly trends and drivers using insights to update the forecast or highlight areas of potential concern with appropriate recommendations

• Develop strong perspectives on business strategy and performance relative to competitors / market

• Partner with Corporate Development on M&A opportunities including the financial modeling and due diligence of potential targets and lead the post-integration financial analysis of closed acquisitions

• Lead the financial analysis and valuation of potential new product opportunities and be able to synthesize changes in business model through comprehensive review of total product portfolio

Skills you should HODL

• Bachelor's degree in Finance Economics Accounting or other business-related focus

• 5-7+ years of experience preferably in a high growth SaaS based ConsumerTech or Fintech environment in business finance

• Ideal candidate would have strong financial/strategic analysis and modeling skill sets with a background in FP&A Business Finance Investment Banking Management Consulting or Capital Markets

• Strong problem solving quantitative and analytical skills and a track record of delivering results on corporate wide initiatives

• The ability to distill complex information into clear problem statements that can be systematically analyzed and communicated; frames both approaches and solutions in a way that is actionable for all audiences

• Comfort working with metrics building new KPIs and navigating large data sets to find answers to complex problems

• Ability to navigate ambiguous workstreams and build processes from scratch

• Knowledge of financial markets and strong passion in cryptocurrency

• High degree of curiosity and self motivation to understand the “why” behind all decisions

• Self starter and able to operate independently with a strong desire to make a positive impact on the organization

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Please note applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age date of birth or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents backgrounds contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities knowledge and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race ethnicity age gender identity citizenship religion sexual orientation disability pregnancy veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

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