Strategic Finance Senior Associate

Join Faire, a fast-growing marketplace for independent retailers and brands. As a Strategic Finance Senior Associate, you will partner closely with the CFO and other senior leaders to enhance financial planning and forecasting. You will work cross-functionally to improve financial visibility, optimize reporting processes, and enhance planning capabilities. The ideal candidate is a proactive, analytical thinker with experience in corporate finance, investment banking, or a similar position.

• Be the trusted finance business partner to Corporate functions, owning financial planning & analysis and supporting corporate objectives and strategic initiatives.
• Serve as the process leader across all finance business partners — developing best practices for expense tracking, budgeting, and forecasting, and owning the shared rituals and templates that keep the team aligned and operating at a high standard.
• Own opex consolidation and reporting across the company, serving as the primary Finance partner to Accounting through the pre-close process — driving accruals accuracy across the business and building the rigor that makes close cycles faster and more reliable.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills that can distill complex financial concepts into simple, actionable recommendations
• Financial modeling expertise with experience building and maintaining consolidated financial statements
• Highly analytical and data-driven with a strong ability to scope define KPIs and measure performance
• Proven ability to partner with cross-functional leaders, influencing without direct authority
• Self-starter with a growth mindset comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Equity modeling experience with familiarity with cap table management, dilution analysis, and stock-based compensation modeling is a strong plus
• Experience with financial planning tools (Pigment or Netsuite proficiency a plus)
• 4+ years of experience in corporate finance, investment banking, or similar position with emphasis on financial analysis, financial modeling and forecasting