Bankrate

Bankrate

Head of Finance

United States · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$230k-$350kDetected 2 days ago
Financial ModelingAccountingForecastingM&AFP&AProcess ImprovementProcurementLeadershipCommunicationMentoringVariance Analysis

About the role

  • This role is open to remote or hybrid candidates, with hybrid being central to our New York, NY or Charlotte area offices.
  • This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior finance role at a company in genuine transformation: a 50-year-old brand with a clear strategic vision, a strong EBITDA foundation, and an aggressive growth agenda.
  • If you're a high-energy finance leader who has built teams, created process from scratch, and thrives in environments where the stakes are high, this is your seat.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Financial Planning and Analysis
  • Own Bankrate's financial planning, forecasting, and reporting - delivering clear, accurate, and timely insights to the COO, CEO, and executive leadership team
  • Partner directly with our parent company's CFO and finance functions - including Accounting and Procurement - as Bankrate's primary financial point of contact
  • Build and Lead the Team
  • Lead and develop the FP&A team with a strong emphasis on mentorship, analytical rigor, and continuous process improvement
  • Create the infrastructure, systems, and discipline needed for a best-in-class finance function - including documentation, automation, and AI-enabled workflows
  • As Bankrate's ambitions and scope evolve, build out the finance function accordingly - expanding capabilities and capacity to meet the business where it's going, not just where it is today
  • Serve as a trusted thought partner to the COO and leadership team on everything from headcount decisions to enterprise partnership economics to long-range planning
  • Translate financial data into crisp, confident narratives that drive decisions - not reports that sit on a shelf
  • Partner cross-functionally with Commercial, Marketing, and Product to ensure financial intelligence is embedded in how the business operates day-to-day

Requirements

  • 12+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5+ years leading finance teams (ideally 5-10 staff, or more)
  • Exceptional communication skills - you can hold a sophisticated financial conversation with a CFO, break down a complex forecast for an operator, and present to an executive team with clarity and confidence
  • Proven track record as a builder - you've built finance functions, not just worked within them.
  • Deep FP&A expertise: financial modeling, variance analysis, forecasting, and business partnering
  • Experience guiding a finance function through a significant corporate event - M&A, a capital raise, a sale process, or similar
  • Experience overseeing or coordinating with accounting functions
  • CPA not required, but financial literacy across all aspects of financial performance - not just P&L - is essential
  • Comfort operating in dynamic, high-growth, or PE-backed environments where priorities shift and resourcefulness matters
  • Must be able to work Eastern Standard Time hours.

Nice to have

  • Experience at or exposure to a digital media, marketplace, or fintech company
  • 401(k) with match
  • Employee Assistance Program

Compensation

  • $230,000 - $350,000 per year
  • $287,500 - $437,500 per year
  • Equity may be offered separately and not included in total cash compensation.
  • Actual compensation varies based on location, experience, and qualifications.
  • Drive quarterly and annual forecast processes with disciplined emphasis on variance analysis, business drivers, and forward-looking performance

Benefits

  • That's why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy.
  • Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually, with an increase to 25 days after five years of service.
  • Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
  • Life Insurance

Company info

  • Bankrate is where Americans go to get the best price on life's most important financial decisions. By combining proprietary data, advanced technology, and deep market coverage, Bankrate helps consumers compare options and make confident financial choices across mortgages, credit cards, savings, and more. As a rate provider to the Federal Reserve and the benchmark relied upon by major publishers and policymakers nationwide, Bankrate's rate data is the national standard. This commitment to precision is reflected across all its products. In mortgages, proprietary auction technology puts lenders in real-time competition on price alone, consistently delivering rates in the lowest 10% in the country. For deposits, the platform features exclusively top-tier rates in the top 10% nationally, while its credit card coverage encompasses more than 90% of the market by volume. Founded by a journalist, Bankrate remains dedicated to its founding mission of transparency, honest information, and real competition - helping to make the American dream more affordable for everyone.
  • For the Bankrate website click here. Curious how Bankrate fits into Red Ventures? Click here.
  • Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red
  • Bankrate is where Americans go to get the best price on life's most important financial decisions.
  • By combining proprietary data, advanced technology, and deep market coverage, Bankrate helps consumers compare options and make confident financial choices across mortgages, credit cards, savings, and more.
  • As a rate provider to the Federal Reserve and the benchmark relied upon by major publishers and policymakers nationwide, Bankrate's rate data is the national standard.
  • This commitment to precision is reflected across all its products.
  • In mortgages, proprietary auction technology puts lenders in real-time competition on price alone, consistently delivering rates in the lowest 10% in the country.
  • For deposits, the platform features exclusively top-tier rates in the top 10% nationally, while its credit card coverage encompasses more than 90% of the market by volume.
  • Founded by a journalist, Bankrate remains dedicated to its founding mission of transparency, honest information, and real competition - helping to make the American dream more affordable for everyone.
  • For the Bankrate website click here.
  • Curious how Bankrate fits into Red Ventures?
  • Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law.
  • Employment at Red
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