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PayNearMe

Vice President, Finance, Strategy, and Analytics

PayNearMe, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053

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Vice President, Finance, Strategy, and Analytics PayNearMe develops technology to facilitate the end-to-end customer payment experience, enabling businesses to accept, disburse and manage payments. Our platform aims to lower the total cost of payments by increasing acceptance, driving self-service, and simplifying exceptions. We help clients future-proof their payments roadmap by including all payment types and channels through a single contract and integration, so they can focus on growth while payments are managed efficiently.

PayNearMe has over 240 employees and processes over $40B in payments annually. We are a fully-funded private company headquartered in Silicon Valley with employees distributed across the U.S. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth, private, venture-backed company during its critical growth phase.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic, quantitative and experienced leader for our Finance, Strategy, and Analytics team. In this role you will be responsible for leading our annual strategic and financial planning and tracking performance and reporting to the company and the board. You will drive our pricing strategy and the deal desk review and approval for the sales team. You will support all strategic finance requirements for first-of-kind deals and partnership reviews, business initiative modeling and corporate development deal reviews. You will lead the development and support of company-wide KPI and performance analytics. This role also requires you and your team to lead multiple cross-functional initiatives and drive them successfully through to implementation.

You will lead a growing FP&A team and report to the CFO/COO. The ideal candidate will have B2B SaaS software experience and/or payments industry experience.

Lead Company Planning And Performance Management

Lead annual and multi-year financial and strategic planning processes, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals

Partner with business leaders on business case development and approval for major company initiatives

Monitor performance against KPIs, budgets and forecasts, identifying variances and course-corrective actions

Build and oversee the creation of management dashboards and KPIs to track business performance

Support the CFO/COO with board presentations, investor relations analysis, and capital planning

Lead Strategic Finance: Pricing, Strategy and Deal Review

Run deal desk pricing review and approval for current markets and products

Design and implement pricing strategies that maximize revenue and profitability while aligning with market trends and customer needs

Drive the modeling and decision-making process for first-of-kind deals, strategic partnerships, corporate development deals, and new initiatives

Analyze competitive positioning, markets, cost structures, and market dynamics to inform company strategy, initiative prioritization, and resource allocation

Collaborate with the Company Leadership Team to identify, prioritize, and execute high-impact strategic initiatives that align with the company’s growth objectives

Develop And Enhance Analytics Capabilities

Build and manage an analytics team to support business intelligence and data-driven decision-making

Partner with Product, Finance, Risk, and Operations teams to establish performance metrics, dashboards, and reporting systems

Qualifications Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field

Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred

Experience

5+ years leading company-wide annual strategy and financial planning cycles with some or all of that time directly leading the FP&A function of a high-growth company

8+ years of experience in Finance, Strategy, Accounting, Analytics, Pricing, or Management Consulting

Experience leading Pricing strategy and Deal desk review

Experience developing and presenting senior leadership and board-level report outs on plan performance

Experience leading and developing analytics teams and data environments

FinTech SaaS and/or Payments experience is a strong plus

Skills

Robust finance acumen in modeling, forecasting, budgeting and analysis

Industry and competitive strategic analysis

Strong project management and leadership

Proven ability to attract, retain and develop an excellent team

Excellent analytical and communication skills

Key Competencies

Strategic thinker with a results-oriented mindset

Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively

Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality results

Additional Information Work Environment

Location: San Francisco Bay area preferred / Remote. Will consider other locations but must be in the US

Travel: 4-8x per year in-person team meet-ups (3-4 days, company paid)

Salary Salary Range: $250,000 - $300,000

PayNearMe is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to cultivating a diverse workforce and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

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