Strategic Finance Lead

Strategic Finance Lead Reports to: CFO Location: Austin, TX — primarily in person About inKind inKind is a fast-growing fintech and hospitality company providing non-dilutive growth capital to restaurants while connecting millions of diners with thousands of restaurant partners. We’ve doubled revenue each of the last five years, generated roughly $200M last year, and are tracking toward $400M this year. Today, inKind has 5.5M+ users, 10,000+ restaurant partners, approximately $30B in restaurant GMV across the network, and more than $1B in embedded food-and-beverage credit. The Role We’re looking for a Strategic Finance Lead to work closely with our CFO on high-impact problems across finance, data, capital markets, strategy, and operations. This is not a traditional FP&A role. We’re looking for someone with a strong financial foundation who is exceptionally curious, analytical, technical, and comfortable figuring things out from first principles. The right person is someone who can enter an unfamiliar problem, work through messy data and imperfect systems, find the source of truth, and ultimately become the person others trust to explain what is happening and why. What You’ll Do • Build and improve financial forecasts, investment models, and debt facility models • Analyze business performance, cash flow, revenue, operating expenses, and investment returns • Conduct complex ad-hoc analysis across financial, operational, and transaction-level data • Work with large and imperfect datasets to reconcile discrepancies and identify insights • Support debt and equity financing, lender reporting, investor analysis, and strategic projects • Automate financial and operational workflows using AI, SQL, Python, or other tools • Proactively identify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities across the business • Translate complex findings into clear recommendations for executives and external stakeholders What We’re Looking For • 3–8 years of experience in financial analysis, investment banking, private equity, management consulting, strategic finance, investment research, data analytics, or another highly analytical field • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills • Advanced Excel and/or Google Sheets capabilities • Strong understanding of finance, cash flow, and basic accounting • Exceptional curiosity, ownership, and attention to detail • Ability to work independently through ambiguous problems • Strong communication skills Preferred: SQL, Python, Snowflake, AI/automation tools, capital markets, debt structures, or startup experience. Why This Role You’ll get unusually high ownership and exposure to problems across finance, data, AI, capital markets, and strategy. Scope is earned through results, not title or tenure. We’re looking for someone who can eventually become one of the most trusted people in the company when an important, complicated problem needs to be understood and solved. inKind is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation, please contact the inKind People Team at careers@inkind.com. inKind is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity is vital to inKind's ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, veteran status, or any other protected category have no bearing on our hiring decisions. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Who we are: inKind connects passionate diners with exceptional restaurants across the country. inKind partners with thousands of restaurants and has millions of users who want to discover great places, dine confidently, and earn meaningful rewards. Through the inKind app, guests earn 20% back every time they dine, turning everyday meals into something more rewarding. From celebrated restaurant groups like José Andres and Michael Mina to beloved neighborhood favorites, inKind helps diners explore the best restaurants in town while supporting the restaurants and chefs who shape how their cities eat. Rooted in hospitality and built on a win-win philosophy, inKind exists to help great restaurants thrive while inspiring guests to dine out more often. Every meal creates value on both sides of the table, empowering diners to savor more while strengthening the restaurant community. inKind is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity is vital to inKind's ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, veteran status, or any other protected category have no bearing on our hiring decisions. 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