Finance & Strategy Manager, Payments and Risk
3 weeks ago
Company Description
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
Job Description
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage the financial planning process for the US payments processing business, including understanding key internal and external drivers and business performance trends to inform decision driving critical investments into Square's business. Critical to success in this role will be benchmarking Square's business performance relative to external competitors and macroeconomic indices.
- Apply subject matter expertise of Square's risk vectors to 1) forecast risk loss, 2) create analyses that facilitate clear and timely decision making, 3) surface strategic insights for business partners, and 4) help inform Square's investment capacity across a range of functions.
- Partner with our Industry Relations team, driving deal negotiation strategy and analysis with all external partners.
- Create analyses that allow leaders to make clear decisions through strategic, highly visible projects to Square and Block senior leadership and Board of Directors.
- Collaborate across Marketing, Data Science, and Business Intelligence (among other teams) to identify and understand complex relationships between key drivers of our business
- Combine data from SQL databases and work with multiple partners to understand complex relationships between the different parts of our business.
Qualifications
You Have:
- A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in investment banking and/or strategy/operations functions
- Excellent proficiency in financial modeling and Excel. There will be a case study.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Exceptional judgment and maturity, including an ability to execute independently and work with team members of all levels
- Commitment to Square's purpose of Economic Empowerment
- Experience with SQL/comfort working with large datasets
- Experience with payments industry a plus
Qualifications
You Have:
- A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in investment banking and/or strategy/operations functions
- Excellent proficiency in financial modeling and Excel. There will be a case study.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Exceptional judgment and maturity, including an ability to execute independently and work with team members of all levels
- Commitment to Square's purpose of Economic Empowerment
- Experience with SQL/comfort working with large datasets
- Experience with payments industry a plus
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