Finance Director

As MODE’s Finance Director, you will lead the Finance department and play a pivotal role in supporting our business operations and strategy, managing and growing the business as a key partner for the Japan COO. This is an impactful role, critical to MODE’s success.

Core Responsibilities

• Conduct finance planning, execution, and management, such as budget management, cash management, financial control, process and risk management, accounting, and tax reporting.

• Manage the Finance team and any external financial or tax consultants to execute monthly, quarterly, annual finance processes.

• Partner with the Japan COO and define a multi-year business growth plan

• Define and improve corporate operations processes

• Lead back office operations such as legal, office administration, and other related functions in Japan

• As the position holder’s responsibility grows, the following will be added:

  • Track business with sales activities and identify challenges that need to be addressed within 12-18 months (nice to have)

  • Create business projections and KPIs to track business activities and progress (nice to have)

  • Define a more precise unit economic model, including defining lifetime customer value (nice to have)

Required Skills

• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major company or division of a large corporation, or prior experience as an advisor to or executive at an early-stage company

• Holds a “big picture” mentality

• Organized and meritorious with numbers and reports

• Strong communication and organizational skills

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Operations, Research, Statistics, Economics, Math, or other analytical disciplines

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent business experience

• Tech start-up working experience with track record of contributing to its growth

• Team management experience