Mood · 3 weeks ago
Manager/Senior Manager, Strategic Finance
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expMood is seeking a finance-first operator with a strong foundation in investment banking or private equity. The role involves building financial models, providing strategic insights, and preparing materials for executive discussions, while also engaging in hands-on problem-solving to support business performance.
Retail
Responsibilities
Build and maintain robust financial models (P&L, cash flow, cohort, unit economics) to support forecasting, scenario planning, and investment decisions
Pressure-test assumptions, quantify trade-offs, and clearly articulate the financial impact of strategic and operational choices
Translate model outputs into concise recommendations and action plans for leadership
Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and other teams to understand business drivers and performance
Identify high-impact opportunities to improve revenue quality, contribution margin, working capital, and profitability
Frame insights in commercial terms (ROI, payback, EBITDA impact, cash impact) and help teams prioritize what actually moves the needle
Consolidate relevant data from systems (ERP, Shopify, finance, fulfillment, sourcing, CRM) into structured views that support decision-making
Comfortable diving into SQL to develop recurring dashboards and KPI views focused on business performance (e.g., unit economics, channel performance, CAC/retention, margin by segment)
Own the finance and business interpretation, of the data you've pulled from our systems
Prepare clear, concise materials for executive and board-level discussions: KPI summaries, financial narratives, investment cases, and post-mortems
Present analytical findings directly to senior leadership, defend assumptions, and outline trade-offs and recommended paths forward
Create templates and model structures that can be reused and scaled across the business
Jump into ambiguous, fast-moving questions with incomplete data and quickly get to a structured view of the problem
Prioritize effectively when multiple executives and teams are asking for support at the same time
Ensure data integrity, reconciliation, and version control across all your analyses and models
Qualification
Required
2–3 years in investment banking, private equity or similar experience at a high-caliber firm, with deep experience in financial modeling, transaction analysis, and executive-ready materials
1–3 years in a high-growth operating environment (startup or scaled tech/consumer business) in a strategic finance, FP&A, BizOps, or similar role
Expert-level proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets for financial modeling (3-statement models, scenario analysis, cohort and unit economics)
Comfortable working with data from multiple systems (ERP, Shopify, finance tools, etc.)
Familiarity with SQL to go directly to the source of the data, in addition to your primary superpower in financial and business thinking
Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Engineering, or another rigorous, quantitative discipline
Excellent communication skills — you can turn complex analysis into simple, compelling business narratives for non-technical stakeholders
Strong business intuition with a bias toward actionable impact and commercial outcomes vs. analysis for analysis' sake
Highly organized, self-motivated, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities
Company
Mood
Mood is an online dispensary company that features Delta-8 THC products tailored to set the mood.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
David Charles
Co-Founder / CEO
Leo Silva
CTO and Head of Product
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