Strategic Finance Senior Lead, Growth

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About Faire</strong></span></p> <p>Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.</p> <p>We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.</p></div><p><strong>About This Role</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Strategic Finance Senior Lead to guide the next phase of new customer growth through Faire’s product-led, viral customer acquisition engine – <a href="https://www.faire.com/blog/for-brands/how-to-use-faire-direct/">Faire Direct</a>. &nbsp;It turns every brand on the platform into a customer acquisition channel, as brands capture the value tied to consolidating their existing retailer relationships onto Faire, thereby growing the network for everyone.</p> <p>The Strategic Finance team at Faire is organized around both product roadmap pillars and functional coverage areas (e.g. departments or company-wide objectives). This role would serve as the primary Finance Business Partner (i.e. “mini-CFO”) to the product and go-to-market functions driving Faire Direct and its vision for becoming the dominant Brand Wholesale Platform.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Drive clarity on Faire Direct performance through owning operational and financial forecasting.</li> <li>Maintain guardrails that drive investment discipline and steer partners to allocate capital efficiently.</li> <li>Work closely with cross functional partners to develop, understand, and track execution plans against goals.</li> <li>Translates how Faire Direct product and GTM investment activities are impacting financial results.</li> <li>Communicate the financial narrative of Faire Direct performance to senior leadership.</li> </ul> <p>This role will require the ability to spot opportunities/risks, develop hypotheses, pressure test inputs, forecast outputs and generate data driven insights. The individual will partner closely with the several teams that have the mandate to drive Faire Direct growth (Retailer Growth, Brand Grow