Strategic Finance Lead, Enterprise

About This Role

We are looking for a Strategic Finance Lead to serve as the finance business partner to Faire’s People organization and lead the design and implementation of company-wide headcount planning tools and policy. This role will advise broader strategic finance strategy, reporting, and planning.

The Finance and Strategy Team’s mission is to maximize the long-term value of Faire by helping drive optimal investment decisions and by partnering on execution. We work closely with our cross-functional partners and bring a data-driven approach to analyzing business opportunities. We wear several hats at Faire including strategic growth planning, company-wide performance management, and business analytics. This role will partner with the CFO, Chief People Officer, and other senior leaders cross-functionally on financial budgeting, planning and forecasting to ultimately drive the best outcomes for the business.

What you’ll do:

• Act as the finance business partner to leadership across the People organization, including Recruiting, HR, and Compensation, providing financial analysis, decision support, and appropriate challenge.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve headcount planning tools, policies, and approval frameworks that enable the business to manage its most significant resource investment.
• Own the company-wide headcount reporting and forecasting process, including headcount variance analysis, cost modeling, and workforce planning insights for leadership.
• Partner with People leadership on compensation benchmarking analysis, benefits cost modeling, and other people-related financial analyses to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop and maintain reporting frameworks that provide leadership with clear visibility into people-related spend, productivity, and investment efficiency.
• Contribute to communications and key corporate reporting requirements to executives and board members (e.g. P&L, performance KPI tracking).
• Continuously improve and standardize reporting frameworks, systems, and processes across the corporate finance function.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Investment Banking with 3+ years of direct Corporate Finance experience. Experience as a finance business partner to People/HR functions is a strong plus.
• Strong business & financial acumen with understanding of technology or marketplace  business models. Maintains a high bar for separating signal from noise. 
• Headcount and workforce planning expertise with experience designing or managing headcount planning processes, tools, and policies at scale.
• Strong  financial analytical capabilities.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills with the ability to synthesize data and metrics to tell a compelling story, and tailor content to different audiences. 
• Strong project management skills with the ability to structure and manage complex cross-functional projects.
• Sharp attenti