About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About This Role

We are looking for a Strategic Finance Director to guide the next phase of new customer growth investment at Faire. This is a unique opportunity to drive finance business partnership activities across Sales, Marketing and R&D.

The Strategic Finance team at Faire is organized around both product roadmap pillars and functional coverage areas (e.g. departments or company-wide objectives). This role would serve as the primary Strategic Finance Business Partner (i.e. “mini-CFO”) to the COO, CRO and related sub-organizations focused on growth.

What you’ll do:

Oversee all annual and interim financial planning for Growth investments across Sales, Marketing and R&D.
Steer/optimize new customer acquisition strategy and investment allocation while maintaining efficient returns on invested capital and alignment with Faire’s strategic priorities.
Work closely with cross functional partners and direct reports to develop, understand, and track execution plans against goals, including portfolio level ROI analysis.
Translate how growth oriented investment activities impact overall company financial performance.
Communicate the financial narrative of growth investment activities to internal and external stakeholders.

This role will require the ability to spot opportunities/risks, develop hypotheses, pressure test inputs, forecast outputs and steer in-depth analyses to translate data into insights and make recommendations to Faire’s leadership team. The individual will partner closely with the several teams that have the mandate to drive new customer growth at Faire (Retailer Growth, Brand Growth, Sales, Marketing, New Market Expansion, etc.).

Qualifications:

10+ years of relevant experience in Corporate or Strategic Finance, ideally in partnership with teams driving new customer acquisition growth.
Exposure to all forms of growth investment allocation at a fast growing technology business. The ideal candidate would have finance business partnership experience across Sales, Marketing and R&D.
Strong business & financial acumen. Deep finance knowledge and first class analytical capabilities combined with the mental flexibility and curiosity required to steer a rapidly evolving technology business.
Excellent communication skills – able to synthesize data and metrics to tell a compelling story, tailor content to different audiences, strong writing and presentation skills. High bar for separating signal from noise.
A get things done mindset - you are resourceful and not afraid to roll up your sleeves when necessary to move forward tactically. Your approach to monitoring performance balances fidelity with execution velocity.
Strong people and project management skills - experience growing and leading a team; can structure and manage complex cross-functional projects and meet tight deadlines.
Sharp attention to detail with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting, or other relevant field.
Willingness and ability to travel as much as quarterly

Salary Range

New York City & San Francisco: the pay range for this role is $230,000 to $316,500 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Effective starting in January 2026, employees will be expected to go into the office on a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)

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