Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Strategic Finance Senior Manager role sits at the intersection of product-led growth and partner-driven distribution, two operating motions that define how many modern SaaS companies scale. The remit spans self-serve funnel economics and channel partnership commercials, making it relevant to SaaS teams where pricing, conversion, and integration strategy are tightly coupled to revenue outcomes.
From a SaaS career perspective, the work builds durable skills in connecting product and go-to-market decisions to measurable financial impact. Exposure to experimentation frameworks, ROI-based prioritisation, and predictive analytics across the growth funnel translates well across subscription businesses, especially those balancing acquisition efficiency with expansion. Regular cross-functional partnership with product, marketing, data science, and business development also develops the operating cadence needed to influence roadmaps and investment choices in SaaS environments.
This role tends to suit a finance leader who prefers high ownership, ambiguous problem spaces, and stakeholder-heavy work rather than narrow reporting cycles. It is a strong match for someone who wants to be close to executive decision-making and is motivated by building models and narratives that help teams choose between competing growth levers.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the team and role
The Financial Planning & Strategy (FP&S) team improves strategic decision-making through deep cross-functional partnership, financial and strategic analyses, and domain expertise. We proactively identify opportunities to fuel growth toward Checkr’s goals and drive the highest impact outcomes.
We are looking for a Strategic Finance Senior Manager - Growth for our highly successful and dynamic Self-Serve (product-led growth) and Channel Partnerships businesses. One morning, you will partner with product, marketing, and data science to collaborate on a new purchase experience for our self-serve customers. That afternoon, you may partner with business development on commercials and product integration strategy for an exclusive partnership deal. This role is highly visible, including regular collaboration with our executive team.
What you’ll do
- Ownership & Business Partnership: Serve as the primary finance partner to executives across Self-Serve (PLG) and Channel Partnerships, including Product, Marketing, Business Development, and Data Science, building trusted relationships and influencing decisions with strategic financial insights.
- Strategy: Cultivate an ongoing POV of our existing and potential future strategic priorities. Quantitatively validate and drive influence toward the highest ROI initiatives.
- Insights: Proactively deliver data-driven insights and recommendations that inform go-to-market tactics, product features and experiments, and other cross-functional roadmaps. Develop frameworks for how we evaluate and track investment success.Collaborate with our Data Analytics team to build predictive and automated analytics across our Growth funnel.
- Partnerships: Structure partnerships to mutually align incentives and economics. Create pricing promotions and preferred partner pricing to drive improved customer acquisition and revenue outcomes across our funnel.
- Strategic Planning: Drive the long-range and annual planning processes, defining strategic priorities, goals, OKRs, and budgets. Primary focus areas include defining aligned product and go-to-market initiatives that will yield our revenue and ROI goals.
- Team Management: You will have the support of one Sr. Analyst.
What you bring
- 8+ years in Strategic Finance/BizOps, including 2+ years of experience with self-serve or product-led growth business models. Foundational experience in investment banking, private equity, or management consulting preferred. Experience with consumption-based business models is a meaningful plus.
- Proven track record of driving business outcomes through data analytics and financial insights.
- Demonstrated success driving go-to-market strategy, planning, and performance management.
- Expert-level modeling ability, translating complex business drivers into clear frameworks.
- Strong executive presence with proven ability to provide clarity and partner with stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience with SQL and BI tools.
- Have a hustler mindset. You take a proactive approach to identifying opportunities and problems to tackle.
- Thrive in an environment where you will be asked to own an ambiguous project that you have not done before.
What you get
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend
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