Finance & Strategy Manager

About the Role

As a Finance & Strategy Manager at Hopper, you will be a finance partner to business leaders across the company, helping them understand performance, evaluate opportunities, and make better decisions. You will build the models behind our forecasts, partnerships, and strategic plans, lead business reviews, and turn analysis into clear recommendations for senior leadership and the CFO.

This role is ideal for someone with 4+ years of experience in investment banking or private equity, looking to apply those skills in-house, closer to the decisions. Hopper is a lean team that moves fast, using SQL and AI tools like Claude to automate manual work, allowing the team to focus on analysis and strategy.

What would your day-to-day look like?

• Build and maintain integrated financial models, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and business cases for new products, partnerships, and investments.

• Evaluate the economics of new commercial agreements (pricing, revenue share, unit economics, ROI) and help shape deal terms with business leaders.

• Support fundraising, M&A, and capital allocation decisions, including the models and analysis behind them.

• Own the monthly and quarterly forecast for the areas you support, and contribute to the annual budget and long-range plan by building driver-based models and inputs that connect operational metrics to P&L outcomes.

• Lead monthly and quarterly reviews of actuals vs. plan and forecast, explain variances, and flag risks and opportunities to business leaders.

• Partner with leadership on high-impact questions such as market sizing, investment prioritization, and cost optimization.

• Prepare clear, executive-, board-, and investor-ready materials that tell the story behind the numbers.

• Use SQL, BigQuery, and AI tools to automate recurring reporting and analysis, so the team spends less time handling data and more time on insight.

An ideal candidate has

• 4+ years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, private equity, strategic finance, or FP&A. Investment banking or private equity experience (Analyst or Associate) is preferred.

• Advanced financial modeling skills: three-statement models, DCF, scenario and sensitivity analysis. Expert in Excel / Google Sheets.

• A solid understanding of accounting and how the three financial statements connect.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance partners and present confidently to senior leaders.

• A working knowledge of SQL, or a demonstrated ability to pick up technical tools quickly.

• Hands-on use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.) to work faster and automate repetitive work.

• Strong ownership, comfort with ambiguity, and a builder mindset. Hopper moves fast.

• A degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Math, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.

Nice to have

• Experience in tech, fintech, travel, marketplaces, or B2B partnerships.

• Experience with Python and/or BI tools (Looker, Tableau, etc.).

• CFA, CPA, or MBA.

Perks and benefits of working with us

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.

• Unlimited PTO.

• Carrot Cash travel stipend.

• Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk and a work-from-home stipend.

• Very generous parental leave, much above industry standards.

• Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.

• Open communication with management and company leadership.

• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.

• 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• Access to Disability & Life insurance.

• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).

• DCA/FSA and access to 401k plan.