Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

Building the Internet of Money 
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Proof of work
Kraken is looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance to join the FP&A Team in a high visibility role. The ideal candidate will have a deep expertise in product finance, marketing metrics and demonstrated experience working directly with senior leadership to fully model and analyze growing existing businesses as well as new business initiatives and M&A. The role will work closely with Corporate FP&A, Product, Regional Operations, Marketing, Strategy, Corporate Development, and Business Development areas.

The opportunity

• Build out financial models for both existing business lines as well as new initiatives from bottom up working closely with partners across the business informing not only the model output but full business case to senior management and executive leadership
• Develop close partnerships with business leaders across Product, Marketing, Regional Operations, Strategy, Business Development, and Corporate Development to work closely together on top priority initiatives for the company
• Manage and improve existing product financial models, business line forecasts, and ad hoc financial analysis including the development of regular monthly forecasts, long-range planning models, scenario-based models, and kpis
• Lead finance efforts to monitor marketing performance across all areas of the business as well as across product lines and geographies 
• Work to develop entity, geo, and product P&Ls partnering closely with cross-functional partners across the business
• Evaluate financial and operational results to better drive company performance and identify opportunities in both revenue growth and expense management
• Build relationships across the organization and become a trusted partner to our functional leaders and partners
• Provide analyses and recommendations on financial and operational metrics to executive management to support decision-making

Skills you should HODL

• The ideal candidate will have 8-10+ years of progressive experience and demonstrated growth in prior FP&A or Strategic FInance positions, a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or related field (MBA/CFA a plus)
• Outstanding communicator with excellent analytical skills with strong ability to synthesize complex work-streams into clear and actionable recommendations
• Excellent financial modeler with clear ability to incorporate drivers, kpis, executive summary pages, and dynamic color-coded inputs
• Ability to operate within ambiguous conditions and build out new processes with effective models and presentations to support decision making
• Extensive experience engaging, interacting, communicating, and influencing effectively at the most senior/executive levels in a matrixed environment 
• Prior experience engaging directly with product and business leads with full model ownership including the build out of full P&L projections (revenue key drivers, expense variables, impact from marketing) as well as driving end to end business case development (timelines, cost structure, expected benefit, risks)
• Prior experience working directly with marketing on execution, tracking and analysis of budget and growth metrics as well as influencing targeted roadmap for budget and ongoing outlook 
• Expertise in FP&A best practices, including early adoption of the latest tools and technologies
• Experienced in both large and smaller, high-growth companies