Chime Senior Associate, Strategic Finance at Chime owning the Cost of Revenue function. Lead forecasting accuracy and strategic financial initiatives partnering with business leaders and finance teams.
Responsibilities
We’re seeking a Senior Finance Manager, Payments to own the Cost of Revenue function at Chime! In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring forecasting accuracy while driving forward high-impact strategic and financial initiatives. You’ll partner closely with business leaders and finance team members to provide insights, influence decision-making, and help shape Chime’s financial strategy.
As the leader of the Cost of Revenue function at Chime, you will own the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of COR forecasting and financial operations. You will build and lead a high-performing team, setting the vision for how we think about cost structure and the tradeoffs between revenue growth and cost efficiency across the business.
The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $173,000 and up to $240,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.
Lead and evolve the COR forecasting function, setting the strategic direction for how we incorporate key drivers such as transaction volumes, pricing dynamics, vendor changes, and product evolution into our financial models
Own the development and continuous improvement of Cost of Revenue reporting and dashboards, ensuring senior business and finance leaders have timely, accurate visibility into vendor costs, transaction drivers, and overall COR performance
Act as a senior cross-functional partner to leaders across Product, Data, Engineering, and Accounting, driving financial accountability and influencing key decisions with rigorous analysis and clear cost frameworks
Lead the monthly close process in partnership with Accounting, owning variance explanations, performance narratives, and financial accuracy across all COR categories
Champion the adoption of AI and automation across the COR function, identifying and deploying scalable solutions that improve data quality, forecasting precision, and reporting efficiency to support Chime's growth
Drive strategic initiatives and ad hoc analyses across COR, identifying optimization opportunities and translating findings into actionable recommendations for senior leadership
To thrive in this role, you have
8+ years of relevant experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, consulting, venture capital or a related field, ideally within a high-growth technology environment
Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other relevant field
