Director, Strategic Finance

Senior Manager (Director), Strategic Finance

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Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re‑defining e‑commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co‑located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces – together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

• Serve as a role model for Whatnot’s Cultural Principles.
• Collaborate with Sales, Cat Ex, Ops, EPD, and Marketing teams to analyze performance and optimize investments.
• Work with stakeholders to uncover high‑impact opportunities through quantitative analysis, industry benchmarks, and competitive research.
• Develop actionable recommendations through hands‑on analytics, financial modeling, and strategic insights.
• Synthesize company‑wide data into a clear, contextualized view that informs high‑impact decisions.
• Contribute to business planning and go‑to‑market strategy by identifying key growth and efficiency drivers.
• Enhance operational rigor by defining KPIs, dashboards, and OKRs.
• Maintain and refine business models to support forecasting and accountability.
• Lead strategic and operational initiatives that drive business growth and scalability.

• Strong Business Partnership:
  Serve as a role model for Cultural Principles.
• Drive Financial Insights & Analytics:
  Develop actionable recommendations and synthesize data.
• Operational Rigor & Performance Management:
  Define KPIs, dashboards, OKRs, and lead initiatives.

• 5‑8+ Years of overall professional experience with a mix of Professional Services and Start‑up experience.
• Past experience in consulting, banking, or Strategic Finance; experience working with Sales, Operations, Product, and Marketing teams a plus.
• Strong strategic sense with the ability to balance data‑driven insights and business instincts.
• Superb financial modeling skills and extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis; excellent data skills including strength with SQL a plus.
• Comfort working exceptionally fast in an ambiguous work environment.
• Ability to operate independently and go deep on projects while also building key cross‑collaborative relationships across the company.
• Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross‑functionally; proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on‑board.
• Excellent executive communication skills; you can show and explain insights to a variety of audience types.

• Experience working on a marketplace or a two‑sided platform.
• Passion for creator communities, existing product categories on Whatnot, and/or new verticals that are uniquely suited for live e‑commerce.
• Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces communities.

• Generous Holiday and Time off Policy.
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Work From Home Support:
  Home office setup allowance; monthly allowance for cell phone and internet.
• Care benefits:
  Monthly allowance for wellness; annual allowance towards childcare; lifetime benefit for family planning including adoption or fertility expenses.
• Retirement: 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally.
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app:
  All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product; the dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy.
• Parental Leave: 16 weeks of paid parental leave plus one month gradual return to work; company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.