Senior Financial Analyst, GTM Strategic Finance

Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting business including: paid memberships, free memberships, community chats, live video, and selling to fans directly with one-time purchases.

Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with:

• $10 billion+ generated by creators since Patreon's inception

• 100 million+ free memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and

• 25 million+ paid memberships on Patreon today.

We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator platform with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst, GTM Strategic Finance Professional to support our mission.

This role is based in New York City and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model.

About The Team

The FP&A team partners with senior leadership to drive financial clarity, strategic decision-making, and operational discipline across the company. We combine deep financial analysis with a strong understanding of the business to guide investment decisions, manage company-wide planning and quarterly re-forecasting, and evaluate growth opportunities. Our mandate is to ensure the company scales efficiently, balancing long-term strategy with near-term execution through data-driven insights, rigorous financial modeling, and proactive business partnership.

About The Role

In this role, you will help define how Patreon invests millions in marketing initiatives, providing strategic insights to guide our GTM strategy and maximize impact. You’ll join a lean, strategic finance team with high visibility across the company, working cross-functionally and growing alongside Patreon’s expansion.

We’re looking for a GTM-focused Strategic Finance professional to partner with our Marketing, Creator Partnerships, and Creator Management teams. You’ll manage budgets, evaluate ROI, and provide insights that shape critical decisions around marketing investments and strategic partnerships.

In this role, you will be:

Business partnering: Act as a trusted finance partner to GTM leaders, gaining deep understanding of their strategies, timelines, and investment plans.

Developing strategic frameworks and recommendations: Provide recommendations to optimize marketing and partnerships investments. Establish ROI benchmarks and a consistent evaluation framework for funding major initiatives.

Owning forecasting, reporting, and strategic analysis for GTM functions: budgeting and forecasting, discretionary marketing business partnering, and reporting.

Improving financial processes: Scale and improve financial processes around GTM and OpEx management, ensuring better visibility, controls, and decision support.

Advancing ad-hoc projects: Support strategic finance initiatives such as headcount planning, benchmarking, and more.

About You

• 1-4 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, or strategic finance and FP&A (preferably at a high-growth tech company).

• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills and willingness to work with granular quantitative data.

• Advanced Excel skills; willingness or experience working with tools such as SQL and Adaptive Planning.

• Excellent communication skills; able to distill complex analysis into actionable recommendations, adapting messaging effectively for audiences from ICs to VPs and the executive team. Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Passion for the creator economy and Patreon’s mission.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with GTM functions (marketing, partnerships, sales) and ROI frameworks.

• Prior FP&A experience in a high-growth environment.

About Patreon

Patreon powers creators to do what they love and get paid by the people who love what they do. Our team is passionate about making this mission and our core values come to life every day in our work. Through this work, our Patronauts:

• Put Creators First | They’re the reason we’re here. When creators win, we win.

• Build with Craft | We sign our name to every deliverable, just like the creators we serve.

• Make it Happen | We don’t quit. We learn and deliver.

• Win Together | We grow as individuals. We win as a team.

We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds because workplace diversity and inclusion is critical to our ability to serve creators worldwide. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t match with every bullet point outlined above, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. If you’re a creator at heart, are energized by our mission, and share our company values, we’d love to hear from you.

Patreon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the interview process, please let us know via email at accommodations@patreon.

Patreon offers a competitive benefits package including and not limited to salary, equity plans, healthcare, flexible time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching.

Patreon operates under a hybrid work model, where employees based in office locations are expected to come into the office two days per week, excluding sick time and paid leave. The goal of this policy is to be intentional about the in-person time we spend together to strengthen the feeling of community at Patreon. Candidates hired into remote-eligible roles are not expected to meet the same requirements.

At Patreon, we believe in fair and transparent pay. In compliance with New York and California pay transparency laws, we are sharing the expected salary range for this role.

The posted salary range is dependent on the location and the level. This range may encompass multiple levels within the role’s job family. The final offer will be based on candidate’s experience, skills, competencies, and geographic location, aligning with the appropriate job level within Patreon’s leveling framework. For remote employees located outside CA and NY, salary may vary based on location and local market conditions.

Patreon reserves the right to modify or update compensation and benefits at any time.