About the role

We’re seeking a Strategic Finance Associate to join the Finance team at Chime. As a finance team member, you will have a key role in collaborating with the Strategic Finance team to shape our business and financial strategy, while completing numerous high-impact initiatives at the company. You will help us build unit economic frameworks to better understand our business model to drive continuous improvement of KPIs, while collaborating with cross-functional business partners to evaluate the ROI of products, features, and initiatives. We are looking for an analytical problem-solver with a strategic mindset - someone who can do more than just crunch numbers! A key part of this role is the ability to understand the details while keeping sight of the broader strategy. The StratFin team routinely interacts with senior executives and cross-functional partnership is an everyday occurrence, so effective communication skills are a must!

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $103,680 and up to $144,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

In this role, you can expect to

• Support the development of unit economic frameworks to evaluate the ROI of various products, features, and business strategies and guide Chime’s decision-making
• Evaluate economic viability and drive strategy for Chime’s new and emerging products
• Build strong working relationships with cross-functional teams including Product, Risk, Analytics, and Banking Strategy to strategically advise on financial impact and improve business performance
• Partner closely with Chime’s Capital Markets team to support Chime financing opportunities, including assisting with due diligence and financial analyses for investors
• Use tools such as Pigment to manage financial forecasts and advise executive leadership on business unit and product performance
• Facilitate financial analysis to support deal negotiations with vendors and partners
• Contribute to board materials, investor materials, and other external reporting to advise investors and other key partners on overall company financial health
• Guide our Analytics team to create dashboards and KPIs to track product health, as well as evaluate experimental results

To thrive in this role, you have

• 2-4 years of experience in strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, consulting or venture capital; prior experience at high-growth technology or financial technology startups a plus
• Expertise in Excel / Google Sheets - you can build scalable, efficient, and intuitive models with ease; Experience with Looker or SQL a plus
• Comfort creating and presenting materials to an executive audience - proven ability to synthesize key takeaways and easily communicate with key collaborators, cross-functional partners and senior leadership
• Strong analytical, financial modeling and problem-solving skills; building financial models and ad-hoc analyses should come naturally
• Passion for digging into the details and moving quickly at a hyper-growth fintech
• A natural curiosity to think critically, to ask questions, and desire to evolve our business
• A team-oriented mindset and a positive attitude

What we offer

• A thoughtful hybrid work policy that combines in-office days and trips to team and company-wide events depending on location to ensure you stay connected to your work and teammates, whether you’re local to one of our offices or remote
• Hybrid work perks like backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well as a subsidized commuter benefit
• Competitive salary based on experience
• 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off
• Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
• Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
• Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
• A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.