Director, Technology Finance

Position Title: Director, Technology Finance

Location: Dallas Area or Remote WFH

Reports to:  VP, Finance

About LTK

LTK is the largest global influencer marketing platform. Founded in 2011 by Amber Venz Box and Baxter Box, the company’s mission is to empower the world’s premium lifestyle creators to be as economically successful as possible.

Now in its 10th year, LTK has grown to become a three-sided marketplace, serving creators, brands and shoppers. In November 2021, LTK announced a $300 million investment by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that values the company at $2 billion.

LTK is the most trusted and effective business-enablement platform for creators, powering their universal LTK Creator Shops™. More than 5,000 retailers employ the LTK Brand Platform for performance-driven campaigns, paid collaborations and content licensing, and invested more than $1 billion in influencer marketing through the LTK platform by summer 2021.

Position Overview

The Director, Technology Finance (“Director”) is responsible for supporting and collaborating with the Chief Technology Officer to drive corporate objectives and provide financial planning and analysis services. In this role, the Director will oversee all aspects of the technology expense and headcount annual planning process and will coordinate monthly financial results with the business leadership and the finance team. 

Your Key Areas of Focus:

• Deliver high-quality, collaboratively built financial forecasts, annual plans and operational analyses for the Technology team
• Provide decision support to the CTO, business leaders and finance team by conducting financial analysis to drive optimal decision making
• Lead the Technology annual financial planning process, ensuring the plan aligns with overall company goals. The Director will also refresh expectations and explain changes in trends by way of the monthly forecast process 
• Partner with CTO, CFO and business unit leadership to create a total cost of ownership model that will enable better return on technology investment tracking and optimal decision making
• Work closely with team members to ensure accurate roll-up of LTK total company financials and headcount tracking
• Provide guidance to finance team that maintains LTK’s financial planning systems
• Work closely with the Finance team to mature  and scale LTK’s FP&A internal toolset and forecast procedures
• Develop FP&A team members 

Successful Candidates will have:

• 7+ Years of progressive experience
• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, economics or other quantitatively oriented fields; MBA preferred
• High integrity, a strong analytical mindset, exceptional organizational skills with an eye towards efficiency, and experience contributing to a high-performance culture
• A strong understanding of financial modeling, forecasting, financial analysis, accounting processes and financial statements
• A strong executive presence, being comfortable with and credibly interfacing with executive leaders
• Ability to influence through outstanding interpersonal skills and build collaborative relationships with, and consensus among, multiple stakeholders with varying points of view
• Powerful communication skills being able to articulate complicated financial concepts to non-financial audiences
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint with Google Suite experience preferred

Best fit candidates will have:

• A passion for technology, Creator commerce and the evolution of digital marketplaces
• Experience supporting Engineering organizations
• A track record of exceeding expectations
• A commitment to continuous improvement
• The ability to work to deadlines and juggle multiple projects at a time, while maintaining sharp attention to detail
• A mix of private and public company experience
• Experience with modern FP&A tools