Tracksuit Looking for Head of Finance at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

Tracksuit is a beautiful, radically affordable, and always-on brand tracker – and folks are loving it! We’ve grown to over $8M in annual recurring revenue in under three years and are changing the way marketers build brands globally.

We’re incredibly excited to be working with over 350 epic brands across NZ, AU, the US and UK, like Athletic Brewing Co, Supergoop, Bondi Sands, Steve Madden and more. We’re grateful to be backed by reputable and supportive investors, including Blackbird, Icehouse Ventures and Mark Ritson.

Our vision is to be used in every strategic growth conversation for the best consumer brands of today and tomorrow. We’re doing this by becoming the common language to measure, understand and communicate the value of brand building.

As one of Australasia’s fastest-growing startups, we’ve hand-picked a world-class team of kind, ambitious, generous, and smart humans and now, we’re looking for a superstar Head of Finance to own and lead our finance function. This role will be instrumental in realising Tracksuit’s growth aspirations. As our Head of Finance, you’ll have the opportunity to build an elite team to drive financial insight and strategy across the business.

Please note – while this role is listed for Auckland, NZ – we are also open to looking at applicants based in Sydney, AUS.

Some Key Responsibilities

• Financial Leadership: Drive the decision making process of the executive team and board by providing insights and recommendations in relation to key financial activities.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute financial strategies, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning to support Tracksuit’s growth and market expansion.
• Team Leadership: Build and develop a high calibre finance team.
• Financial Modelling: Build up the financial modelling capability at Tracksuit to empower teams in scenario modelling and strategic decision-making.
• Reporting & Metrics: Own the execution of board reporting materials, regular metrics reporting, and other reporting to properly assess the health and execution of Tracksuit.
• Financial Control: Oversee day-to-day financial processes and continue looking for ways to optimise our systems and technology stack as we scale.
• ESOP Management: Manage our ESOP scheme, including rolling out options to new joiners and ensuring that we communicate ESOP in a simple and human way.
• Risk Management: Keep an eye on financial risks and opportunities, flagging anything that might impact Tracksuit’’s financial health and stability.

That’s the role, so who are you?

• You’ve had experience in a senior finance role with a focus on SaaS financial management
• You’ve grown a finance function from scratch or from startup to scale up and are comfortable working in a high-growth environment
• You’re able to analyse and clearly communicate the financial impact of potential business initiatives, investments, etc. You’ve got strong analytical capabilities and business acumen, with the ability to simplify and communicate complex information in a rigorous but consumable way
• You’ve got an enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves” mentality to go deep into business analysis and understand details while managing Exec-level communication
• You have the ability to connect with everyone around you; you will need to influence cross-functional teams to understand challenges, blockers and expectations

Why You’ll Thrive Here

We’re a tight-knit, supportive, and ambitious team, driven to empower companies to use brand to drive success. Our culture thrives on transparency, trust, learning, and constant development and improvement. Underpinning the experience are our competitive salaries, and other great benefits.

Come And Experience Life At One Of Australasia’s Fastest-growing Startups As We Expand Globally And Are Still In The Hyper-growth Phase. We Also Offer

• Competitive market rate remuneration
• Meaningful equity to match the responsibilities of the role, so you are rewarded for your best work and have a share in the success
• Beautiful hubs in NYC, AKL, SYD, LND and we are basing our teams out of those cities. We allow WFH, and provide full work flexibility (location, timing) day to day, and are happy to build unique employee experiences, creating an ideal work-life for individuals
• Health and wellness benefits
• Learning and development support for all of our staff
• Mentors and advisors – we support our staff in building and maintaining mentor relationships with the incredible folks in our networks
• Company socials – we celebrate our success together
• We practice complete transparency with compensation, goals (personal and professional), feedback, and high-level strategic conversations
• Obviously, when you join, you’ll receive an epic Tracksuit that reflects our vibe. We are built for speed and comfort, we’re fun and informal (yet tidy), and we’re practical and ready for anything.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet some of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please get in touch and apply.