Strategic Finance Lead
Anchorage Digital
Accounting & Finance
United States
Posted on Feb 13, 2025
At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.
Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.
The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
The Strategic Finance team is a critical driver of growth and efficiency at Anchorage Digital. We provide financial insights and guidance to support our long-term goals and strategies, partnering across the business to optimize resource allocation and maximize impact across our various new and existing product lines.
As a Strategic Finance Lead, you will be a key player in defining and driving our aggressive growth targets, navigating the complex and evolving digital asset landscape. You will play a crucial role in developing financial frameworks, performing sophisticated analyses on revenue growth drivers, per unit economics as well as market and industry trends. You will be providing data-driven recommendations to senior leadership on strategic investment decisions. This role offers high visibility and direct impact on Anchorage’s trajectory, collaborating closely with the Head of Strategic Finance and cross-functional leaders across the organization.
We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Strategic Finance Lead:
Technical Skills:
- Financial Modeling & Analysis: Develop and maintain complex financial models to support resource investment and prioritization decisions, pricing strategies, and operational efficiency initiatives.
- Conduct in-depth analysis on unit economics, cost optimization, and revenue drivers and growth opportunities.
Complexity and Impact of Work:
- Strategic Planning & Resource Allocation: Lead strategic and financial planning processes primarily for our Custody business as well as new product lines. Develop robust financial models, conduct scenario planning, and provide data-driven recommendations on resource allocation to achieve our ambitious growth objectives.
- Growth & Performance Management: Partner with business leaders to establish key performance indicators (KPIs), track performance against targets, and identify opportunities for improvement. Analyze market trends, competitive dynamics, and internal performance data to inform strategic decision-making.
Organizational Knowledge:
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Operations. Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders, providing financial expertise.
Communication and Influence:
- Go-to-Market Strategy & Pricing: Collaborate with the Head of Revenue and Go-to-Market (GTM) teams to develop pricing strategies, evaluate new market opportunities, and optimize deal structures. Provide financial insights and guidance to support effective GTM execution and revenue maximization.
- Executive Communication & Reporting: Prepare high-impact presentations and reports for executive leadership and the Board of Directors, effectively communicating key financial insights, strategic recommendations, and performance updates.
You may be a fit for this role if you have:
- 8+ years of experience in investment banking, consulting, or strategic finance, preferably within the technology or financial services industry.
- Strong financial modeling skills and experience building complex financial projections. Proficiency in spreadsheet and financial planning software is essential.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize large datasets and draw actionable insights.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively convey complex financial information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Intellectual curiosity and a passion for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
Although not a requirement, bonus points if:
- MBA or other relevant advanced degree.
- Experience in the cryptocurrency or fintech industry.
- Experience with SQL and data visualization tools.
- Experience with Netsuite, Pigment and Salesforce.
- You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)
About Anchorage Digital: Who we are
The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.
Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.
Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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