Strategic Finance Manager

About Tala

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief's The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.

By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.

Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

We are looking for a Strategic Finance Manager to join our Strategic Finance team at Tala! This person will quickly develop a deep understanding of the business and is adept at using data to drive insightful decision-making across the organization. In this role you will drive and own business analysis and modelling initiatives that will play a key role in global corporate planning.

What You'll Do

• You not only build complex financial and/or operating models, but you’re able to distill key learnings and translate numbers into compelling and clear narratives
• You enjoy collecting and deciphering complex data, and are a highly innovative problem-solver
• You approach a problem from different perspectives and use your holistic understanding of the business to see new opportunities/risks 
• A collaborative self-starter. You’re excited to pursue new initiatives and love to partner with cross-functional leads to move the business forward
• Passionate about social enterprise and find meaning in working to make the world a better place







• Serve as a proactive business partner across all markets and business functions (e.g., Growth, Product, Credit, Operations etc.) 
• Dig deep and analyze complex business problems that will aid in driving strategic business decisions 
• Build, update and monitor dashboards for different parts of the business and report insights from your analysis
• Monitor and analyze key drivers of the business (e.g. growth, repayment, conversion, CAC, cohort performance, unit economics/lifetime value of customer), and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive actionable insights
• You will turn these insights into digestible and actionable material for the rest of the team 
• Investigate anomalies or unexpected business, operational and financial outcomes with a mindset to solve these issues

What You Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering or another quantitative field
• 4+ years of relevant experience in analytical roles - such as, strategy and operations, strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, and/or management consulting. Bonus points for experience at a high-growth tech startup! 
• Excellent to Advanced proficiency in Excel and/or GSheets. Bonus points for completing a financial modeling course
• Excellent in SQL and/or data visualization tools (e.g. Looker, Amplitude, Tableau), you will be sourcing data for operational and financial models
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence in an unstructured, cross-functional environment

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.