Strategic Finance Senior Manager - Growth

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.

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