Strategic Finance Expert

The role

You will develop and shape business and financial strategy and execute high-impact cross-functional initiatives. You will maintain corporate finance models, build business cases for new products, and provide financial insights to leadership.

What you will do

• Maintain Clara's consolidated corporate finance model including monthly forecasts, KPIs, balance sheet, and cash flow projections.
• Drive financial and operational efficiencies by improving processes and ensuring accurate reporting.
• Oversee and monitor SG&A to ensure budget alignment and cost efficiencies.
• Build business cases including TAM analysis and financial projections for new products.
• Develop reporting and dashboards to advise finance team and executive leadership.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis including unit economics and customer acquisition efficiency models.
• Provide financial insights to influence strategic business decisions.
• Support sales, growth, and product teams with data-driven recommendations.
• Support preparation of board packs and investor updates.
• Build and update data room materials for equity and debt fundraising.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, or a related field.
• 3 - 4 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, management consulting, FP&A, strategic finance, and / or data science.
• Active user of the latest AI tools for building custom workflows, dashboards, and applications.
• Ability to build scalable, efficient, and intuitive financial models in Excel.
• Highly results-driven with strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple time-sensitive priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for executive-level audiences.
• Bilingual proficiency in English as well as Spanish or Portuguese is required.

Nice to have

• Management consulting (MBB preferred)
• Experience in startups or fintech is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Stock options (ESOP) from day one
• An annual learning budget
• Accelerated development paths

About the company

Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation. It is a team of ~400 people backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs.