Senior Manager, Strategic Finance and Corporate Development

About Cardlytics

Founded in 2008, Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through our partners' digital reward programs. Join us on our mission to make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone!

Cardlytics is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance and Corporate Development to join our team, reporting to the Head of Strategic Finance.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Finance and Corporate Development will partner with business owners and be responsible for reporting, forecasting, and analyzing all aspects of their respective organizations; providing variance analysis, planning headcount, and performing ad-hoc modeling. You will be responsible for producing consolidated P&Ls, recommending high ROI activities, process improvements, generating budget vs actual analysis, and completing other ad hoc projects. 

This position is remote with a preference for the candidate to be located near Atlanta Metro area or Charlotte, North Carolina

What You Will Do:

• Support strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting and long term planning across our new business units and the consolidated company

• Build dynamic, detailed and scalable financial and operational models, including our three-year Long Range Plan, driven by key financial and operational metrics to facilitate scenario analysis

• Craft executive level presentations for the Board of Directors, Leadership Team and External Investors to facilitate effective decision making

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Strategic Finance Analyst 

• Design, automate and optimize processes and systems to scale;  Spread accountability and financial discipline throughout the organization 

• Partner with cross-functional leaders to create detailed business cases to evaluate and support decision making through ROI analysis

Who You Are:

• 8-10+ years of experience, including some years in investment banking

• Exceptional Excel / financial modeling skills including M&A, capital markets and valuation experience

• Experience communicating and building relationships with cross-functional partners

• Strategic thinker to drive analysis, change and decision making capabilities

• Strong leadership skills to inspire trust across the organization and provide mentorship to Junior team

• Ability to work well in a dynamic environment and exhibit flexibility

• Advanced PowerPoint and executive level presentation skills

• Working knowledge of enterprise-level financial planning systems a plus, but not required

• Prior experience at a public company a plus

Technical Environment

We primarily use macOS and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides). While our preferred platform is macOS, we support both macOS and Windows. Familiarity with or willingness to work within this environment is required.

Core Values

Our shared values are the driving force behind everything we do. Across all roles, we are looking for teammates who embody these values:

• Customer and partner first

• Act with urgency and focus

• Integrity with our partners and data

• Accountability even when challenged

• Empowerment over hierarchy

• Growth over comfort

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible paid time off plus company holidays

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance begins on your first day

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match, plan also includes a student loan debt repayment option

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Educational assistance for continuing education

• Lifestyle Spending Account for physical, emotional, and financial wellness (like gym memberships, home down payments, art classes, park passes, and more!)

• Complimentary Calm app subscriptions to support employee mental health and wellbeing

As an equal opportunity employer, Cardlytics is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our people bring our products and organization to life, and every unique perspective makes us better. If you can do the job and you’re excited about growing with us as we scale our best-in-class advertising platform, we’d love to hear from you. If you need accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please email [email protected] or inform your recruiter.