Strategic Finance Expert

Responsibilities

Strategic finance

• Maintain Clara's consolidated corporate finance model, including updates to monthly forecasts, financial KPIs, balance sheet, and cash flow projections.
• Drive financial and operational efficiencies by improving processes and ensuring accurate financial reporting and analysis.
• Oversee and monitor SG&A, ensuring budget alignment and driving cost efficiencies and process optimization.

New business initiatives

• Build business cases including TAM analysis and financial projections to support new product launches and feature releases, prioritizing projects based on highest ROI.
• Develop reporting and dashboards to advise and inform the finance team and executive leadership on new product performance.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis including unit economics, working capital management, cash flow forecasting, and customer acquisition efficiency models.

Business partner strategic analysis

• Work closely with global and local leadership teams, providing financial insights to influence strategic business decisions that improve financial performance, including internal business review and planning materials.
• Act as a business partner by supporting sales, growth, product, and other teams with data-driven recommendations.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the organization.

Investor relations

• Support preparation of board packs, investor updates, and associated financial reporting.
• Build and update data room materials for equity and debt fundraising purposes.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple time-sensitive priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience preparing materials and analysis for executive-level audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, or a related field.
• 3 - 4 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, management consulting (MBB preferred), FP&A, strategic finance, and / or data science. Experience in startups or fintech is a plus.
• You are already an active user of the latest and greatest AI tools, building custom workflows, dashboards, and applications for complex financial analysis.
• You can also build scalable, efficient, and intuitive financial models in Excel with ease.
• Highly results-driven with strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Bilingual proficiency in English as well as Spanish or Portuguese is required.

Where we work

This is a hybrid role: you'll split your time between the office, customers and home. We don't set a minimum number of office days for most roles — you'll spend time in the office naturally, and most days during your ramp-up or when your leader asks.

Why Clara

• A high talent-density team driven to make an impact in Latin America — low ego, high ownership.
• Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one.
• An annual learning budget and accelerated development paths.
• English is our working language, with Spanish and Portuguese every day.

How we work

Clarity

— Open and direct communication: we say what we mean and give context where it matters.

Simplicity

— If it can be simpler, it should be.

Ownership

— We own everything we do, end to end. When something needs to happen, we don't wait.

Pride

— We hold ourselves to a high standard, and it shows in what we deliver.

ABC (Always Be Changing)

— We adapt fast, embrace change, and keep learning.

Inclusivity

• Diverse ideas, stories and perspectives build a better Clara.
• If you meet the must-haves, apply — the nice-to-haves are a bonus, not a requirement.