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Director of Finance

modernlife · New York, NY, United States

AccountingExecutive LevelQuick applyfull-time23 days ago

About The Role

What You'll Do

  • Own the company financial model. Maintain and expand the model that links key business drivers to company goals, and keep leadership and the board honest about where we're headed.
  • Drive budgeting and forecasting. Run the annual budget and ongoing reforecasting cycles, working with every team to tie resource allocation to strategic goals.
  • Support fundraising and strategic finance. Prepare materials and analysis for fundraising, investor updates, and strategic partnerships.
  • Manage financial operations. Own the relationship with our outsourced accounting partner, oversee month-end close, AP/AR (Ramp), and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Deliver management and board reporting. Build the reporting cadence that gives leadership and the board clear insight into business performance, unit economics, and runway.
  • Partner on headcount and unit economics. Work with the CEO and Head of People on headcount planning, comp modeling, staffing ratios, and the unit economics that drive org design decisions.
  • Own commissions. Oversee the commission engine at the heart of our brokerage economics: carrier commission structures and margins, advisor payout tiers, weekly commission processing, and the reporting that keeps advisors and carriers whole.
  • Work AI-natively. Use AI tooling to automate reporting, analysis, and finance workflows so a lean function punches above its weight.

Who You Are

  • 7+ years of strategic finance (FP&A) experience ideally in high-growth startup finance
  • You've owned budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling with a track record of driving financial performance against targets
  • Exceptional analytical skills — able to drill into the weeds (commission-level detail) while maintaining a strategic lens
  • Comfortable being the sole finance owner: managing an outsourced accounting firm rather than a big internal team, and doing the work yourself when needed
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills, working collaboratively across departments and with external stakeholders (carriers, accountants, investors)
  • Bonus: experience with insurance, brokerage, or commission-based revenue models, foundation in management consulting or investment banking
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred

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