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Director, Strategic Deal Finance
Liftoff Mobile. Serve as DRI for all revenue adjustments in weekly reporting, owning logic, file integrity, and formula soundness .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as DRI for all revenue adjustments in weekly reporting, owning logic, file integrity, and formula soundness
- Maintain active reconciliation checks and ensure adjustments are accurate, complete, and explainable
- Work with cross-functional partners to incorporate new information before weekly close
- Lead weekly alignment meetings with FP&A and own week-over-week variance explanations
- Own all deal types end-to-end, from standard structures to complex, unique, and customer-specific arrangements
- Maintain and enforce the Deal Desk approval matrix
- Lead a bi-annual Deal Desk Strategy Review with senior leadership
- Own the commercial philosophy and logic underlying deal structures, eligibility thresholds, and segment parameters
- Lead upfront diligence and detailed financial modeling for non-standard deals
- Lead weekly cross-functional reviews of active non-standard deals and recommend budget and commercial adjustments
- Produce monthly performance updates with variance analysis against original assumptions
- Monitor cash flows and financial commitments on structured deals, update models with actuals, and flag deviations
- Own and lead accrual review for key Deal Desk items
- Present supported accrual positions and underlying data in senior Finance forums
- Directly manage a Senior Analyst, providing mentorship, prioritization, and analytical standards
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in commercial finance, deal desk, revenue operations, or strategic finance
- At least 5 years with direct ownership over deal structuring or commercial agreements
- Ability to evaluate complex deal economics independently
- Ability to build defensible financial models and present clear recommendations to senior leadership
- Strong understanding of revenue recognition, accrual accounting, and operational mechanics of commercial deal management
- Exceptional judgment under commercial pressure
- Track record of true DRI ownership, proactively surfacing risks, driving process, and escalating when warranted
- Excellent communication skills and experience presenting to CXO-level audiences
- Ad tech, programmatic advertising, or mobile experience is nice to have
- Must work during Pacific time zone
- Must be based in an approved state where Liftoff has an entity
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equity
- Health/vision/dental benefits associated with country of residence
- Medical coverage
- Wellness stipends
- Additional perks based on country of residence
- Remote-first work arrangement
- In-person team gatherings, including project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events
- Opportunities for employee growth and impact