Corporate Finance Senior Lead

Corporate Finance Senior Lead

We are looking for a Corporate Finance Senior Lead to shape Faire's consolidated financial model, guide investment decisions, ensure operational excellence, and partner with senior leaders to drive efficient, long-term growth.

The Corporate Finance team's mission is to translate strategy into clear financial plans and performance insights that inform decision-making at the highest levels of the company. This team works closely with the CFO and cross-functional leadership to improve capital allocation, enforce investment discipline, and elevate the financial narrative.

What You'll Do:

• Lead consolidated financial planning across cross-functional teams, ensuring business priorities are tied to financial outcomes
• Deliver actionable insights that guide resource allocation and investment decisions
• Drive high-quality financial narratives for executive and board audiences, distilling complexity into clear, concise, and strategic takeaways
• Improve and automate planning infrastructure by building scalable systems, processes, and reporting frameworks
• Analyze and explain variances against plan, helping teams course-correct as needed
• Manage key company-wide deliverables, including forecasting cycles, budget updates, and monthly reporting packages

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of relevant experience in equity research, private equity, or venture capital, including at least 3 years of direct Corporate Finance experience
• Deep financial and business acumen, with an understanding of technology or marketplace models
• Strong analytical skills; able to break down complex problems and guide decision-making with data and logic
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to deliver financial insights with clarity, credibility, and influence
• Effective project management skills; experienced in driving cross-functional processes with structure and urgency
• Sharp attention to detail, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and a willingness to go deep when needed
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field

Salary Range:

California & New York City: the pay range for this role is $191,500 - $263,500 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Why You'll Love Working at Faire:

• We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
• We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
• We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
• We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.