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Open nowPosted 40 days ago

Strategic Finance Senior Manager

Taara24 open roles

Pay
$195,000 – $225,000 a year
Where
Sunnyvale, CA
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About the Team

Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people who lack abundant and affordable internet by pioneering high-throughput, long-range free-space optical communication (FSOC). Our links use eye-safe lasers propagating between two terminals to transmit high-speed data wirelessly. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication to the world. Join us to light the way toward bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.

About the Role

Taara is looking for a Strategic Finance Senior Manager who can work across the entire finance organization of a fast-paced startup and help us build the financial backbone for our business.

In this role, you will bridge traditional FP&A with strategic operations, driving business case modeling, unit economics analyses, and long-range financial planning.

The right person for this role has a flexible, client-service mentality and can balance careful, long-term, analytical work product with a bias for prompt, proactive action to drive progress.

Key attributes for success include: strong finance and accounting fundamentals; sharp critical thinking skills; ability to rapidly produce and iterate custom, high-impact work product for executive consumption; meticulous attention to detail and accuracy; and, the courage to speak up and ask questions with tact and contextual awareness.

Initially, this role is scoped to be an individual contributor, but anticipate it will evolve into a team leadership role as the company continues to grow. The position is highly visible and involves collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders. This role reports into the SVP, Head of Finance.

How you will make 10x impact

- Create detailed financial models of various types, including forecasts of revenue streams, expenses, cash flows and component costs.

- Partner with various functions of the business to provide financial perspectives and guidance around commercial opportunities, corporate initiatives, and enterprise-wide investments and spending.

- Produce recurring and ad-hoc analysis and reporting of performance versus plan, metrics, and KPIs, and seek opportunities to reduce variances to plan.

- Play a key role in running and enhancing the company’s FP&A processes, including monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range planning.

- Participate in finance and accounting processes, such as quarterly close and contribute to process improvement.

What you should have

- 8-12 years of progressive experience across FP&A, strategic finance and corporate strategy or business operations, with a proven track record of driving commercial decision-making and long-range planning.

- Must have a strong command of GAAP accounting.

- Advanced financial and business modeling; must be able to build 3 statement models.

- Experience in Investment banking, private equity, or corporate development.

- Skilled at analyzing complex topics, visualizing data, and delivering actionable insights.

- Innate desire and inclination to learn the details of the business and track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization.

It would be great if you also had these:

- Startup experience with hardware products.

Job Location & Compensation:

- This is a 100% onsite role based in Sunnyvale, CA.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $195,000-$225,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

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