Strategic Finance Lead Jobs for OPT Students

About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role

We're looking for a Systems and Automation Lead to join our Strategic Finance team. In this role, you'll be the Pigment platform owner and systems architect, partnering closely with Finance and Data teams to design, build, and optimize our financial planning ecosystem. You'll play a critical role in our IPO readiness journey by delivering scalable systems solutions that power our forecasting, reporting, and strategic decision-making.

This role sits within our Finance and Strategy org but will include deep embedded partnership with Finance Data leadership. You'll be at the intersection of finance, data, and technology, translating business requirements into elegant technical solutions while continuously improving our planning infrastructure.

What you’ll do

• Own the Pigment platform end-to-end, including model design, formula logic, system configuration, and integration architecture
• Implement and deliver key initiatives from our systems roadmap, collaborating with the systems team and cross-functional partners to bring projects from concept to completion
• Lead monthly data imports, validations, and actuals loading processes to ensure accuracy and consistency across planning applications
• Design and maintain robust data pipelines that connect Snowflake, Pigment, and downstream reporting tools
• Act as the technical advisor to Strategic Finance on planning workflows, model optimization, and system capabilities
• Develop dashboards and reporting ecosystems that surface key business insights, drive end-user adoption, and support planning processes
• Build self-service analytics capabilities that empower finance teams to access and analyze data independently
• Train and enable finance teams through development of training materials, office hours, and documentation that drive adoption, confidence, and best practices
• Experiment with AI solutions to automate workflows, improve accuracy, and elevate the speed and impact of Strategic Finance operations
• Stay current on Pigment product releases and industry best practices, proactively identifying opportunities to leverage new capabilities

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in financial systems, FP&A, business systems, or data-focused roles in a SaaS, high-growth, and/or B2B environment
• Proven expertise building and maintaining financial planning tools such as Pigment, Anaplan, or Adaptive—including model design, formula writing, and system configuration
• Strong technical foundations in SQL or similar languages, with solid understanding of data flows, integrations, and governance across finance systems
• Track record of translating business needs into scalable system solutions and driving projects from concept to adoption
• Excellent communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and build strong cross-functional relationships
• Self-starter mindset with ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, and drive initiatives independently

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Pigment specifically; driven implementations and integrations in a high-growth or pre-IPO or B2B SaaS environment
• Familiarity with Mode for data visualization and Snowflake data warehouse to support reporting and insights
• Understanding of FP&A processes, SaaS metrics and financial modeling principles
• Experience with process automation, scripting or workflow tools
• Background supporting IPO readiness initiatives or public company reporting requirements
• Exposure to AI/ML tools for finance automation and workflow optimization

Salary Range

San Francisco and New York: the pay range for this role is $170,000 to $234,000 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.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

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 was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York.

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. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form.

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