Finance & Strategy Manager

The role

You will act as a finance partner to business leaders to help them understand performance and evaluate opportunities. You will build financial models, lead business reviews, and provide recommendations to senior leadership and the CFO.

What you will do

• Build and maintain integrated financial models, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and business cases
• Evaluate the economics of new commercial agreements and help shape deal terms
• Support fundraising, M&A and capital allocation decisions
• Own monthly and quarterly forecasts and contribute to the annual budget and long-range plan
• Lead monthly and quarterly reviews of actuals vs. plan and explain variances
• Partner with leadership on market sizing, investment prioritization and cost optimization
• Prepare executive, board and investor-ready materials
• Use SQL, BigQuery and AI tools to automate recurring reporting and analysis

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, private equity, strategic finance or FP&A
• Advanced financial modeling skills including three-statement models, DCF, scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Expert in Excel / Google Sheets
• Solid understanding of accounting and how the three financial statements connect
• Excellent communication skills
• Working knowledge of SQL, or a demonstrated ability to pick up technical tools quickly
• Hands-on use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.)
• Strong ownership, comfort with ambiguity and a builder mindset
• A degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Math, Engineering or another quantitative discipline

Nice to have

• Experience in tech, fintech, travel, marketplaces or B2B partnerships
• Experience with Python and/or BI tools (Looker, Tableau, etc.)
• CFA, CPA or MBA

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Upsides of pre-IPO equity packages
• Unlimited PTO
• Carrot Cash travel stipend
• Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk
• Work-from-home stipend
• Generous parental leave
• 100% employer paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• Access to Disability & Life insurance
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• DCA/ FSA
• Access to 401k plan

About the company

Hopper is a travel technology platform that uses data and AI to provide transparency, flexibility, and savings. The company operates consumer booking platforms and a B2B business called HTS.