Director, Strategic Finance

The role

The Director of Strategic Finance will drive financial planning, modeling, and decision-making to guide company growth. You will partner with leadership to align resources with company priorities and translate data into strategic insights.

What you will do

• Own financial forecasting, long-term modeling, and scenario planning
• Partner with the Chief of Staff and exec team to align resources with priorities
• Build actionable insights connecting financial outcomes to CAC, LTV, and contribution margin
• Assess new channels, partnerships, and products with ROI-focused analysis
• Drive communications via investor decks, board materials, and internal updates
• Design dashboards and analytical frameworks
• Identify levers to enhance margins, unit economics, and operational efficiency
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Growth, Ops, Product and HR
• Support special projects like pricing optimization, fundraising prep, or retail expansion
• Streamline reporting cadences, month-end close, and data integrity

Required qualifications

• 5–7+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or consulting
• Ability to build and maintain complex models
• Deep understanding of unit economics, cohort analysis, and customer lifetime value dynamics
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills
• Proficiency with modern finance and analytics tools (Looker, SQL, Brex, BILL.com, NetSuite, or similar)

Nice to have

• Exposure to DTC, consumer, or healthcare / medtech

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with an exceptionally generous equity package
• Competitive Health, dental, and vision plans (including a 100% covered premium plan for all 3!)
• HSA, FSA and pre-tax commuter benefits for parking and transit
• Ancillary benefits through Talkspace, One Medical, Kindbody, Teladoc, Classpass and more!
• 401k
• Flexible PTO
• $100 monthly wellness stipend
• Unlimited Thesis nootropics
• Emphasis on promoting from within and personal development
• Dog-friendly office

About the company

Thesis is a customized nootropics company. They have raised over $13M in venture capital and aim to pioneer the industry of brain supplements.