Job description
Company Overview
Mesa is on a mission to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding. Led by a world-class team of repeat founders and fintech operators from Uber, Amex, Robinhood, Capital One, Bilt Rewards, Cash App, Square, Zillow, and LendingTree, they are creating the homeowner membership category. Their platform gives real value back to consumers for the $8T in annual homeownership spend.
Homeowner membership offers exclusive benefits and rewards across mortgage originations, mortgage payments, warranty, insurance, HELOC, and more. Mesa is bringing credit card style membership to every financial product for your home.
The Role
Head of Finance
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Head of Finance to join our team. As the Head of Finance, you will help drive the business outcomes needed to scale our product lines as well as grow the overall company. You will be responsible for leading FP&A, capital markets, treasury, and accounting.
You will work closely with cross-functional leaders to ensure that we are structuring and scaling our products, partners, and overall business properly. Reporting to the CEO, you will ensure we have the needed resources (debt and equity) for Mesa to build a category defining company.
How you’ll make an impact
- FP&A: Develop and maintain detailed financial models to forecast revenue, expenses, and profitability of the product lines and overall business.
- Performance Reporting: Prepare regular financial reports to track the performance of the business lines and lead Monthly and Quarterly Finance Reviews.
- Analyze trends, identify any variances or areas of improvement, and present findings to senior management to support decision-making.
- Business Partnering: Partner closely with cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives and optimize portfolio performance. Provide financial insights and recommendations to support business objectives.
- Strategic Planning: Participate in strategic planning activities related to the business. Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis to assess potential impacts on financial performance and recommend appropriate actions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field. MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- 7-10+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, with experience in the financial services industry.
- Must have experience owning and executing a capital markets function.
- Experience with debt facilities
- Experience in the lending, loyalty, or credit card industry is a plus.
- Strong financial modeling skills and proficiency in Excel.
- Strong understanding of P&L management, financial metrics, and key performance indicators.
- Strong emotional intelligence (able to manage yourself and others).
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
- Proficiency in using data analysis tools and software.
- Must love dogs
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
- Best in class health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited vacation policy
Location : Austin, NYC, or San Francisco Bay Area strongly preferred.
To Apply: Principals only. But seriously, no recruiters.
