Director, Strategic Finance

Job Description

Director, Strategic Finance | CLEAR

The Tone:
This is a full-time Director, Strategic Finance role at CLEAR. CLEAR’s mission is to create frictionless experiences through an identity platform, transforming how 30+ million members live, work, and travel. This role is crucial for driving financial strategy and shaping decision-making to ensure CLEAR’s sustainable growth. You will lead key financial processes and act as a trusted advisor to leadership.

The TL;DR
• Role: Director, Strategic Finance
• Type: Full-time
• Pay: $175000–$200000 yearly
• Team: Reports to VP of Finance
• Mission: Drive financial strategy, shape decision-making, and ensure sustainable growth.
• Tech Stack: Looker

What You’ll Actually Do
• Partnering: Partner with business and executive leaders to align financial insights with business strategy.
• Modeling: Lead development of scalable financial and operational models for planning and forecasting.
• Guiding: Guide investment decisions for strategic initiatives by evaluating financial impact.
• Optimizing: Drive cost optimization and operational efficiency improvements using financial frameworks.
• Reporting: Prepare Investor Relations, Board, and Executive materials for strategic alignment and clarity.

The Must-Haves
• Background: 8+ years of experience in finance in public or large private companies, investment banks, or private equity firms, with at least 3 years in strategic finance, FP&A, or similar roles.
• Experience: Proven track record influencing senior executives and driving financial and strategic outcomes, plus demonstrated experience mentoring team members.
• Skills: Advanced financial modeling, ability to translate complex data into actionable insights, strong executive communication and presentation skills, exceptional organizational skills, and a collaborative, proactive, and strategic mindset focused on problem solving and driving impact.
• Bonus: Familiarity with business intelligence and analytics tools.