Director of FP&A and Strategic Finance
Director of FP&A and Strategic Finance
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Director of FP&A and Strategic Finance
Location: Austin TX (InPerson)
Type: FullTime
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Role Overview
At inKind were hunting for quantitative powerhouse leaders that love finance data code and amazing food. We operate in a hyperlean and highly iterative mindset that involves combining cutting edge AI tools and code at every juncture to accelerate and modernize the finance and accounting functions. We are looking for candidates with a natural curiosity and a collaborative spirit. Ideally candidates should be very technically inclined and voracious learners that are excited to tackle ambiguous challenges headon.
The Director of FP&A and Strategic Finance will serve as a critical strategic partner to the CFO and leadership team. This role blends strategic financial planning advanced analytics and rigorous modeling with technical execution to enhance forecasting accuracy investor confidence and crossfunctional decisionmaking. The right candidate excels in critical thinking enjoys automating financial processes and can effectively translate complex financial insights into clear actionable strategies.
You will directly manage and mentor a small team of analysts while remaining deeply involved in both reviewing and preparing financial models automation initiatives and crossdepartmental collaboration. Additionally you will be integral in investor relations and fundraising initiatives due diligence processes and external financial communications.
About inKind
inKind is a rapidly scaling technology company at the intersection of hospitality and fintech. Were experiencing explosive growth and were recently named as one of Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies in 2024. inKind offers diners 20% back on any spend across thousands of restaurants including those with James Beard and Michelin Star ratings. inKind has deployed more than $300 million into restaurants through its unique funding model that provides an infusion of nondilutive capital and simultaneously provides special deals and perks to its more than 2 million users. Our innovative approach has enabled inKind to scale aggressively while raising minimal equity.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Modeling: Lead strategic modeling for market expansion pricing optimization unit economics and capital allocation to drive key growth decisions.
- Financial Modeling & Scenario Analysis: Own and enhance internal financial models incorporating realtime data and automation to support forecasting budgeting and scenario planning. Develop and communicate insightful analyses to guide strategic decisionmaking across the organization.
- Forecasting & Budgeting: Create automate and manage robust and rolling forecast systems and dashboards in collaboration with departmental stakeholders. Ensure ongoing alignment of financial projections with strategic business objectives.
- Investor Relations & Reporting: Oversee all investorrelated reporting ensuring financial transparency accuracy and timeliness. Support fundraising processes through detailed financial modeling preparation of externalfacing financial statements and proactive engagement in due diligence activities.
- FP&A Systems Implementation: Play a key role in migrating to advanced FP&A planning tools (e.g. Pigment Adaptive Anaplan Fintastic Drivetrain) leveraging your experience to support the optimization of architecture and processes for forecasting reporting and analytics.
- CrossFunctional Leadership: Collaborate closely with Sales Operations Data and Product teams to deeply understand business drivers and integrate them into cohesive financial frameworks. Actively contribute to strategic initiatives by delivering datadriven financial perspectives.
- Process Automation & Improvement: Utilize low/nocode automation tools to streamline data workflows and financial reporting (leveraging Google Sheets and SQL where possible). Continually seek efficiency gains through improved data connectivity automation and system integrations.
- Team Management & Mentorship: Lead and develop a team of analysts ensuring highquality outputs professional growth and proactive engagement with strategic objectives.
- Board & Executive Communication: Prepare and present boardlevel materials and strategic insights clearly and persuasively providing highvalue inputs into executivelevel decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7 years of progressive experience in strategic finance FP&A or investment banking roles.
- Exceptional financial modeling and analytical capabilities including expertise in building automated scenariobased forecasting models.
- Experience significantly contributing/leading fundraising processes investor relations and/or due diligence activities.
- Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets (and Excel) including experience implementing automation via lowcode/nocode solutions.
- Familiarity with GAAP revenue recognition principles and financial statement construction.
- Bachelors degree in Finance Economics Mathematics Data Science Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
Preferred Qualifications
- At least 2 years of experience managing and mentoring analysts or direct reports.
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite) data warehouses (e.g. Snowflake) or similar financial data management tools.
- Familiarity with FP&A and Business Intelligence platforms (e.g. Pigment Adaptive Anaplan Fintastic Drivetrain).
- Proven experience scaling financial operations and strategic FP&A capabilities at highgrowth technology companies.
- Demonstrated passion for leveraging technology to automate and optimize financial processes ideally within highly automated or AIdriven finance environments (exposure to SQL is a plus).
- Entrepreneurial mindset exhibiting strong ownership initiative and comfort with ambiguity and rapid growth.
$190000 $200000 DOE
inKind is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity is vital to inKinds ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. Your race color ancestry religion gender gender identity national origin sexual orientation age marital status disability status veteran status or any other protected category have no bearing on our hiring decisions.
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