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Headway

Senior Strategic Finance Manager

Headway

. Serve as an embedded finance business partner to 1–2 functions .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in financial planning, investment analysis, and strategic finance within fast-growing tech environments. Proficient in utilizing AI tools to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency while effectively communicating complex financial insights to diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Financial PlanningInvestment AnalysisStrategic FinanceAI Tools UtilizationCross-Functional Leadership

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Hard Skills
Variance AnalysisBudget ManagementKPI DefinitionBusiness Case DevelopmentForecasting
Soft Skills
CommunicationProblem-SolvingStrategic Thinking
Tools & Technologies
AI Tools
Industry Keywords
Investment BankingConsultingPrivate EquityVenture CapitalTech Company

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as an embedded finance business partner to 1–2 functions
  • Translate business plans into financial plans and financial constraints into business tradeoffs
  • Build and pressure-test business cases for product, sales and marketing, market expansion, headcount, vendor, and build-vs-buy investments
  • Track investment outcomes and unit economics and report findings to leadership
  • Run financial planning and monthly forecasting end-to-end
  • Manage operating budgets through monthly reviews, variance analysis, and guidance
  • Maintain and improve forecasts and business-driver understanding
  • Help define important KPIs and work with Data to make them visible and trusted
  • Apply AI tools to drive faster insight, efficiency, and decision-making
  • Partner with leaders across Product, Sales, Marketing, Operations, People, and corporate functions

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of experience
  • Experience blending Investment Banking, Consulting, or Private Equity/Venture Capital with a highly analytical Strategic Finance role at a fast-growing tech company is ideal
  • Experience owning the numbers for a fast-growing business or product line
  • Ability to demonstrate decisions that changed because of financial analysis
  • Ability to shape strategy and lead cross-functional work without authority
  • Ability to bring structure to ambiguous, open-ended problems
  • Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to finance and business audiences
  • Active use of AI tools to improve efficiency, analysis, and decision-making
  • Authorization to work in the United States
  • Must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Robust health and wellness benefits
  • Retirement savings
  • Meaningful ownership opportunities through equity
  • Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities