Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

About the job
Building the Internet of Money

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different? Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 60+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro , Kraken NFT , and Cryptowatch .

Become a Krakenite and build the internet of money!

Proof of work

Kraken is looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance to join the FP&A Team in a high visibility role. The ideal candidate will have a deep expertise in product finance, marketing metrics and demonstrated experience working directly with senior leadership to fully model and analyze growing existing businesses as well as new business initiatives and M&A. The role will work closely with Corporate FP&A, Product, Regional Operations, Marketing, Strategy, Corporate Development, and Business Development areas.

The opportunity

Build out financial models for both existing business lines as well as new initiatives from bottom up working closely with partners across the business informing not only the model output but full business case to senior management and executive leadership
Develop close partnerships with business leaders across Product, Marketing, Regional Operations, Strategy, Business Development, and Corporate Development to work closely together on top priority initiatives for the company
Manage and improve existing product financial models, business line forecasts, and ad hoc financial analysis including the development of regular monthly forecasts, long-range planning models, scenario-based models, and kpis
Lead finance efforts to monitor marketing performance across all areas of the business as well as across product lines and geographies
Work to develop entity, geo, and product P&Ls partnering closely with cross-functional partners across the business
Evaluate financial and operational results to better drive company performance and identify opportunities in both revenue growth and expense management
Build relationships across the organization and become a trusted partner to our functional leaders and partners
Provide analyses and recommendations on financial and operational metrics to executive management to support decision-making

Skills You Should HODL

The ideal candidate will have 8-10+ years of progressive experience and demonstrated growth in prior FP&A or Strategic FInance positions, a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or related field (MBA/CFA a plus)
Outstanding communicator with excellent analytical skills with strong ability to synthesize complex work-streams into clear and actionable recommendations
Excellent financial modeler with clear ability to incorporate drivers, kpis, executive summary pages, and dynamic color-coded inputs
Ability to operate within ambiguous conditions and build out new processes with effective models and presentations to support decision making
Extensive experience engaging, interacting, communicating, and influencing effectively at the most senior/executive levels in a matrixed environment
Prior experience engaging directly with product and business leads with full model ownership including the build out of full P&L projections (revenue key drivers, expense variables, impact from marketing) as well as driving end to end business case development (timelines, cost structure, expected benefit, risks)
Prior experience working directly with marketing on execution, tracking and analysis of budget and growth metrics as well as influencing targeted roadmap for budget and ongoing outlook
Expertise in FP&A best practices, including early adoption of the latest tools and technologies
Experienced in both large and smaller, high-growth companies is desirable, experience with FinTech companies is a plus
Prior management experience highly desirable
Key understanding of GAAP accounting principles and be highly proficient with GSuite and Excel and SQL/database querying

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Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don’t fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you’re passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

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