About the role
We’re seeking a Strategic Finance Associate to join the Finance team at Chime. As a finance team member, you will have a key role in collaborating with the Strategic Finance team to shape our business and financial strategy, while completing numerous high-impact initiatives at the company. You will help us build unit economic frameworks to better understand our business model to drive continuous improvement of KPIs, while collaborating with cross-functional business partners to evaluate the ROI of products, features, and initiatives. We are looking for an analytical problem-solver and strategic thinker who can break down sophisticated problems into component parts and can own financial analyses that generate actionable insights to move us forward. We want someone who can do more than just crunch numbers! A key part of this role is your ability to understand the details while keeping sight of the broader strategy and communicating effectively to senior leadership.
The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $103,680 and up to $144,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.
In this role, you can expect to
- Support the development of unit economic frameworks to evaluate the ROI of various products, features, and business strategies and guide Chime’s decision-making
- Build strong working relationships with cross-functional teams including Product, Risk, Analytics, and Banking Strategy to strategically advise on financial impact and improve business performance
- Work with cross-functional teams to develop and evolve scalable processes to analyze and improve business performance of Chime’s core product experiences
- Evaluate TAM, revenue, and profit opportunities for new products and features
- Engage with Chime’s Emerging Products business unit to develop financial models to track and improve KPIs
- Partner closely with Chime’s Capital Markets team to support Chime financing opportunities, including assisting with due diligence and financial analyses for investors
- Use business intelligence dashboards and reporting to advise and inform the Finance team and executive leadership on business unit and product performance
- Facilitate financial analysis to support deal negotiations with vendors and partners
- Contribute to board materials, fundraising materials, and other external reporting to advise investors and other key partners on overall company financial health
- Work closely with the Analytics team to operationalize financial and operational metrics dashboards that report key insights
To thrive in this role, you have
- 2-4 years of experience in strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, consulting or venture capital; prior experience at high-growth technology or financial technology startups a plus
- Expertise in Excel - you can build scalable, efficient, and intuitive models with ease; Experience with Looker or SQL a plus
- Comfort creating and presenting materials to an executive audience - proven ability to synthesize key takeaways and easily communicate with key collaborators, cross-functional partners and senior leadership
- Strong analytical, financial modeling and problem-solving skills; building financial models and ad-hoc analyses should come naturally
- Passion for digging into the details and moving quickly at a hyper-growth fintech
- A natural curiosity to think critically, to ask questions, and to evolve our business
- A team-oriented mindset and a positive attitude
A little about us
We created Chime because we believe everyone deserves financial peace of mind. By eliminating unnecessary fees and helping people grow their savings automatically, we’ve empowered millions of Americans to take control of their finances.
Chime is the largest and fastest-growing U.S. player in the challenger-banking space. Through our banking partners, we offer access to bank accounts with fee-free overdraft, provide members the chance to receive early access to their paychecks, help them improve their credit, and more!
We’ve built one of the most experienced leadership teams in Fintech and were recently valued at over $25.5B. We’ve raised over $1.7B in funding from leading investors including Sequoia Capital Global Equities, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, DST, Coatue, Iconiq, Menlo Ventures and others.
What we offer
- 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
- ✨ 401k match plus the usual medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
- 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Take Care of Yourself Days
- 🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers- think cooking classes, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
- 💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help create a completely new kind of banking service
- We know that great work comes from great, and inclusive teams. At Chime, we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.
We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice.
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