Vice President, Finance, Strategy, and Analytics

PayNearMe

PayNearMe

Accounting & Finance, Data Science
Santa Clara, CA, USA
USD 250k-300k / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 21, 2025

Company Description

PayNearMe develops technology to facilitate the end-to-end customer payment experience, making it easy for businesses to accept, disburse and manage payments. Our modern and reliable platform lowers the total cost of payments by increasing acceptance rates, driving self-service and simplifying exceptions. We future-proof our clients’ payments roadmap by including all payment types and channels through a single contract and integration. With PayNearMe, businesses can focus on acquiring new customers while we make accepting payments a modern and seamless experience.

PayNearMe has over 240 employees and is processing over $40B in payments annually. We are a fully-funded private company headquartered in Silicon Valley with our employees distributed across the U.S.

This is an opportunity to join a high-growth, private, venture-backed company during its critical growth phase. Come help us solve our clients’ biggest payment problems.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic, quantitative and experienced leader for our Finance, Strategy, and Analytics team. In this role you will be responsible for leading our annual strategic and financial planning and tracking performance and reporting out to the company and the board. You will drive our Pricing strategy and the deal desk review and approval for the sales team. You support all Strategic Finance requirements for first-of-kind deal and partnership reviews, business initiative modeling and Corporate Development deal reviews. You will lead the development and support of company-wide KPI and performance analytics. This role also requires you and your team to lead multiple cross-functional initiatives and drive them successfully through to implementation.

You will lead a growing FP&A team and will report to the CFO/COO. The ideal candidate will have B2B SaaS software experience and/or payments industry experience.

Lead Company planning and performance management

  • Lead annual and multi-year financial and strategic planning processes, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals
  • Partner with business leaders on business case development and approval for major company initiatives
  • Work with all levels of the company to monitor performance against KPIs, budgets and forecasts, identifying variances and course-corrective actions.
  • Build and oversee the creation of management dashboards and KPIs to track business performance
  • Support the CFO/COO with board presentations, investor relations analysis, and capital planning

Lead Strategic Finance: Pricing, Strategy and Deal Review

  • Run deal desk pricing review and approval for current markets and products
  • Design and implement pricing strategies that maximize revenue and profitability while aligning with market trends and customer needs
  • Drive the modeling and decision-making process for first-of-kind deals, strategic partnerships, corporate development deals, and unique new company initiatives
  • Analyze competitive positioning, existing and addressable markets, cost structures, and market dynamics to inform company strategy, initiative prioritization and resource allocation
  • Collaborate with the Company Leadership Team to identify, prioritize, and execute high-impact strategic initiatives that align with the company’s vision and growth objectives

Develop and Enhance Analytics Capabilities

  • Build and manage a robust analytics team to support business intelligence and data-driven decision-making across the organization
  • Partner with Product, Finance, Risk, and Operations teams to establish performance metrics, dashboards, and reporting systems that inform company strategy

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred

Experience:

  • 5+ years leading company-wide annual strategy and financial planning cycles with some or all of that time directly leading the FP&A function of a high-growth company
  • An additional 8+ years of additional experience in Finance, Strategy, Accounting, Analytics, Pricing, or Management Consulting
  • Experience leading Pricing strategy and Deal desk review
  • Experience developing and presenting senior leadership and board-level report outs on Plan performance
  • Experience leading and developing analytics teams and data environments
  • FinTech SaaS and/or Payments experience is a strong plus

Skills:

  • Robust Finance acumen on modeling, forecasting, budgeting and analysis
  • Industry and competitive strategic analysis
  • Strong project management and leadership
  • Proven ability to attract, retain and develop an excellent team
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills

Key Competencies:

  • Strategic thinker with a results-oriented mindset
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively
  • Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality results

Additional Information

Work Environment:

  • Location: San Francisco Bay area preferred / Remote. Will consider other locations but must be in the US
  • Travel: 4-8x / year in-person team meet-ups (3-4 days, company paid)

Why Join Us?:

  • Opportunity to lead a high-impact team in a growing organization
  • Collaborative and innovative culture with a focus on professional development
  • Competitive salary and benefits with growth-company options grant
  • Fast- paced and professional work culture
  • Stock options with standard startup vesting - 1 year cliff; 4 years total
  • $50 monthly communication expense stipend to go towards your phone/internet bill
  • $250 stipend to enhance your WFH setup
  • Reimbursement for peripheral equipment: monitor (up to $400), keyboard and mouse (up to $200)
  • Premium medical benefits including vision and dental (100% coverage for employees)
  • Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
  • Paid parental bonding leave
  • Paid sick leave, jury duty, bereavement
  • 401k plan
  • Flexible Time Off (our team members typically take off ~3-4 weeks per year)
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • 13 scheduled holidays

Salary Range: $250,000 - $300,000


PayNearMe strives to create a workplace where all employees thrive. Our core values represent who we are today and we take pride in the way we work with each other as well as with our stakeholders.

We’re in this together to do the right thing. We deliver real results we are proud of while remaining respectful, transparent, and flexible.

PayNearMe is an equal opportunity employer. We are diligently and thoughtfully working towards cultivating a diverse workforce which in turn, enhances our products and services for the communities we serve. Applicants who represent all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT: APPLICANT NOTICE

Effective Date: January 1, 2020

Last Reviewed on: December 23, 2019

PayNearMe, Inc. (the “Company”) is providing you with this Notice (“Notice”) to inform you about:

  1. the categories of Personal Information that the Company collects and maintains about applicants; and
  2. the purposes for which the Company uses that Personal Information.

For purposes of this Notice, “Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly with, a natural person that the Company may collect in connection with screening applicants for job openings at the Company.

  1. Identifiers and Professional or Employment-Related Information. The Company collects identifiers and professional or employment-related information, which may include some or all the following: real name, nickname or alias, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, membership in professional organizations, professional certifications, language skills, and current and past employment history. The Company collects this Personal Information to evaluate previous job performance and consider applicants for positions, to develop a talent pool and plan for succession, to conduct applicant surveys, to maintain an internal applicant directory and for purposes of identification, to promote the Company as a place to work, and for workforce reporting and data analytics/trend analysis.
  2. Personal Information Categories from Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e). The Company may collect categories of Personal Information listed in Cal. Civ. Code §1798.80(e), other than those already listed above, (a) to the extent necessary to comply with the Company’s legal obligations, such as to accommodate disabilities; (b) to conduct a direct threat analysis in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law; (c) for occupational health and safety compliance and record-keeping; and (d) to respond to an applicant’s medical emergency.
  3. Characteristics of Protected Classifications Under California or Federal Law. The Company may collect information about race, age, national origin, disability, sex, and veteran status as necessary to comply with legal obligations, including the reporting requirements of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Act, the federal Office of Contracting Compliance Programs (applicable to government contractors), and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. The Company collects this Personal Information for purposes including: to comply with Federal and California law related to accommodation. The Company also collects this category of Personal Information on a purely voluntary basis, except where required by law, and uses the information only in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  4. Education Information. The Company collects education information such as resumes and graduation records. The Company collects this Personal Information to determine suitability for roles, to determine eligibility for training courses, and to assist with professional licensing.
  5. Profile Data. The Company may collect profile data, including the following: psychological assessments, behavior analyses, or other profiling of its applicants. The Company collects this Personal Information to determine aptitude for certain positions and job assignments as well.
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