Ilir Sela started Slice with the belief that local pizzerias deserve all of the advantages of major franchises without compromising their independence. Starting with his family’s pizzerias, we now empower over tens of thousands of restaurants with the technology, services, and collective power that owners need to better serve their digitally minded customers and build lasting businesses. We’re growing and adding more talent to help fulfill this valuable mission. That’s where you come in.

The Challenge to Solve

We are looking for a proven Strategic Finance & Investor Relations leader to help us navigate, lead and communicate high priority and high impact initiatives that can involve both internal and external stakeholders and be organic or inorganic by nature.

The Role

The Strategic Finance & Investor Relations Lead will help define, analyze, shape and communicate the direction of our rapidly growing company. The role calls for driving business performance through ownership of strategic and financial initiatives, leadership of critical analysis and special project and close financial partnership with stakeholders throughout the organization. You will work cross-functionally to evaluate organic and inorganic (M&A) growth opportunities, drive strategic initiatives and lead the generation of analytically driven actionable insights to influence activities across Slice. Along the way, you will lead the communication of the Slice story to external stakeholders, including both existing and prospective investors. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with excellent quantitative and verbal / communication skills. You will have the maturity and confidence to interface with company executives, and the humble self-awareness to lead teams to consensus around solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be an integral part of the Finance organization, working with company executives in developing, implementing, and executing a variety of strategic initiatives and projects; own and drive key work streams & projects from start to finish
• Build financial models & prepare materials to support key company initiatives, such as capital raising, M&A opportunities, annual business planning (in conjunction with FP&A) and other investor relations and corporate development activities
• Lead the preparation, analysis, and communication of monthly, quarterly, and other ad-hoc deliverables for Slice’s Board, investors, and lenders
• Help define and measure KPIs for both internal and external use cases
• Lead analyses on key industry trends and dynamics (market, technology, competitors, consumers, etc.), assess market opportunities (TAM/SAM, customer segments, geographies, etc.) and develop insights on the economic impact on our business
• Identify, structure, and solve complex business problems, using analytics and business judgment
• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior management and leaders within Slice. You will have direct visibility to senior leadership, including our CFO, CEO, etc, and be expected to play an active role in supporting executive decision making

The Team

You will be a member of the Finance team and will report into the VP of Finance. This role is cross-functional and includes broad exposure to our senior & executive leadership team. This is a high impact, high visibility individual contributor role ideally based in the New York metropolitan area, though we will also consider remote candidates in other East Coast geographies based on qualifications.

The Winning Recipe

These are the core competencies this role calls for:

• 4-8 years of venture capital, growth equity, and/or top-tier investment banking experience required. Previous high growth startup, strategic finance and/or capital markets experience is strongly preferred. Experience in SaaS, marketplace and/or commerce enablement sectors is a plus
• Superior analytical skills and financial modeling capabilities. Extensive knowledge of and ability to build and adapt financial models, including ROI, M&A and connected three-statement models
• Capable of analyzing large data sets and distilling results down to digestible findings
• Strong executive-level presence and communication skills
• Proven experience building strong relationships with business partners across functions and countries, as well as internal and external stakeholders
• Knowledge and familiarity of financial reporting / accounting concepts
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize diverse tasks with proven ability to manage workloads in a fast paced, dynamic, high-growth environment in order to meet deadlines
• Experience using business intelligence tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Google Workspace and Looker

The Extras

Working at Slice comes with a comprehensive set of benefits, but here are some of the unexpected highlights:

• Flexible PTO
• Market leading medical, vision and dental insurance
• 401K matching up to 4%
• Monthly wellness reimbursement/stipend
• Weekly pizza stipend (Yes, that’s a thing!)

Salary Range: $160k - $220k, plus equity & benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

The Hiring Process

Here’s what we expect the hiring process for this role to be, should all go well with your candidacy.

• Application
• 30 minute introductory meeting
• 30 minute Hiring Manager meeting with VP of Finance
• Two 30-minute meetings with Director of Finance & SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
• 45 min case study presentation (2 Slice attendees)
• 30 minute meeting with CEO
• Offer!

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