Corporate & Strategic Finance - Senior Associate

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 

As Faire’s Finance team, we help maximize Faire’s long-term value by influencing, forecasting, and analyzing business results and strategy. In an increasingly complex business environment, our role to drive strategic and capital allocation decisions is more important than ever. The ideal candidate is a proactive, analytical thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, highly-collaborative environment and enjoys solving complex financial problems.

We have two positions open on the Finance team – Corporate Finance Senior Associate and Strategic Finance Senior Associate.

Hiring Teams

Corporate Finance

The Corporate Finance team focuses on translating business strategy into well-defined financial plans, reporting, and analysis that support business execution and decision-making. 

What You’ll Do

• Own financial planning & analysis for corporate foundation teams, ensuring accurate and timely forecasting and reporting.
• Provide key insights to senior leadership, supporting corporate objectives and strategic initiatives.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting to internal and external stakeholders, including the leadership team, board of directors, investors, and lenders.
• Improve forecasting accuracy and efficiency by identifying and implementing process enhancements.
• Support system enhancements, including the selection, design, and implementation of financial planning and reporting tools.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with corporate foundation teams (Engineering, People, Finance, and Legal) to improve financial visibility, optimize reporting processes, and enhance our planning capabilities.

Strategic Finance

The Strategic Finance team focuses on driving optimal investment decisions, influencing business strategy, and partnering on execution.

What You’ll Do

• Lead strategic planning across one or more functional areas, partnering with a wide range of cross-functional partners to position the business for future success
• Set goals and track the performance of inputs that drive ROI and inform decisions on capital and resource allocation
• Identify opportunities, develop hypotheses, and execute in-depth analyses to translate data into insights and inform product strategy and performance
• Enable our organization to continue to be highly data-driven as we scale by synthesizing insights, building financial models, and developing KPIs for real-time monitoring of performance

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in corporate finance, strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, or similar positions with emphasis on analysis, modeling, and forecasting
• Highly analytical and data-driven with a strong ability to define KPIs and measure performance
• Proven ability to partner with cross-functional leaders, influencing without direct authority
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills – can distill complex concepts into simple, actionable recommendations
• Self-starter with a growth mindset – comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• You are resourceful and not afraid to roll up your sleeves.

Nice to have: 

• Knowledge of SQL 
• Experience working with or for a fast growing marketplace business

Salary Range

California: the pay range for this role is $129,000 - $177,000 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.

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Faire employees will be expected to go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, effective the week of January 13, 2025. Additionally, in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year.

Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.

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. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

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 (https://bit.ly/faire-form)