Lyric
Strategic Finance Lead
US · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 54 days ago
AlgorithmsStakeholder ManagementFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingForecastingBudgetingFP&ASupply ChainCustomer SuccessLeadershipCommunicationFinancial Reporting
About the role
- We're looking for a Strategic Finance Lead to serve as a critical partner to the Head of Finance and leadership team as we scale the business.
- This person will be the Head of Finance's primary partner and help build the financial operating system of the company. You'll own the company model, lead annual planning and forecasting, and help drive strategic decisions across every function of the business.
- You'll partner closely with leaders across GTM, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Delivery, Operations, and Accounting to improve visibility, resource allocation, and decision-making as Lyric enters its next phase of growth.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain Lyric's integrated operating model and 3-statement financial model
- Build driver-based forecasts across ARR, services revenue, headcount, utilization, margins, and cash flow
- Develop scenario analyses around growth investments, hiring plans, deal structures, pricing, and services attach rates
- Support board reporting, executive decision-making, and strategic initiatives
- Serve as a strategic finance partner to leaders across the business
- Drive visibility into business performance through reporting, KPI development, and financial analysis
- Partner with GTM and Delivery leaders on forecasting, capacity planning, utilization, and profitability
- Partner closely with the Director of Accounting on monthly close, audit preparation, financial reporting, and revenue forecasting
- Collaborate on ASC 606 considerations across software and services revenue streams
- Support cash planning, working capital management, and finance systems improvements
Requirements
- 6-12+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, consulting, or related fields
- Strong understanding of SaaS and professional services revenue models
- Familiarity with ASC 606 revenue recognition principles
- Strong understanding of services metrics, including utilization, billable hours, and blended margins
- Experience with driver-based forecasting, scenario modeling, and business partnering
- Base cash will be determined based on years of experience with a 20% variable compensation that is earned based on individual & business performance.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting global operations is a plus
Skills
- Supply chains are more critical and complex than ever.
- Every day, large enterprises navigate trillions of possible decisions that could impact the bottom line.
- Powerful algorithms and AI can address these problems, yet most organizations struggle to leverage supply chain AI at scale.
- That is…until now.
Compensation
- The annual base compensation range for this position is $150,000 and $180,000.
- Base cash will be determined based on years of experience with a 20% variable compensation that is earned based on individual & business performance.
- Lead annual planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning processes
Benefits
- You will also have the opportunity to receive equity in Lyric.
Company info
- Why We Built Lyric: Supply chains are more critical and complex than ever.
- The current SCM technologies are either rigid, limited-scope point solutions or custom solutions built in-house, which demand immense expertise and investment.
- Enter Lyric: Lyric is an enterprise AI platform built specifically for supply chains, offering the best of both worlds:
- Out-of-the-box AI solutions for optimizing networks, allocating inventory, scheduling routes, planning fulfillment capacity, promising orders, propagating demand, building predictions, analyzing scenarios, and more, plus
- A platform-first approach that empowers both business and technical users with end-to-end product composability, leveraging no-code tools, their own code, or even forking our code to build and refine supply chain decision intelligence
- With Lyric, enterprises no longer have to choose between flexibility and speed, they get both.
- The Mission: We're building a new era in supply chain with the team best equipped to lead it.
- With over 20 years at the intersection of supply chain and algorithms, we developed a deep conviction that global supply chains needed something like Lyric.
- Since our inception in December 2021, that conviction has been validated time and time again.
- Today, a growing number of Fortune 500 companies, including Smurfit WestRock, Estée Lauder, Coca-Cola, and more, are innovating on their own terms with Lyric.
- We can't wait to see what our customers, both current and future, are empowered to build with us next.
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