Director, Strategic Finance & FP&A

Job Description

Job Description

ABOUT US

E-commerce got real-time data infrastructure decades ago. Physical stores still have not. RADAR is changing that.

RADAR is building the data infrastructure layer for the physical world, starting with retail. Our hardware-enabled SaaS platform uses proprietary overhead sensors, software, and AI-powered analytics to locate every product in a store, continuously, down to the fixture. We are deployed across 1,400+ stores with retailers including American Eagle Outfitters and Old Navy, processing tens of billions of real-world events every day, delivering 99%+ accuracy in complex, noisy environments - at fleet scale.

RADAR is one of the best-funded companies in retail technology, backed by a recent Series B financing at a $1 billion valuation. Inventory accuracy is only the beginning. We believe RADAR can become foundational infrastructure for the physical economy, powering new AI-driven commerce experiences across retail and beyond.

Join us if you want to work on a large, unsolved, technically challenging problem with an ambitious team building category-defining technology. OUR VALUES

• Mission-Driven: We're transforming retail with cutting-edge technology and building something that truly matters.
• Collaborative Team: We thrive on curiosity, shared goals, and solving complex problems together.
• High Impact: You'll make meaningful contributions from day one and help shape the future of our product and company.
• Clear Communication: We value honesty, humility, and respectful dialogue—everyone's voice matters.
• Balanced Lives: We work hard, but not at the expense of well-being. We respect time, boundaries, and life outside of work.
• Diverse Perspectives: We believe better ideas come from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints.
• Empathy-Driven Design: We build with deep respect for our end users, listening closely to their feedback and needs.

ABOUT THE JOB

This is a high-impact, high-visibility finance leadership role at a pivotal stage of RADAR's growth reporting directly to the CFO. As Director, Strategic Finance & FP&A, you will own the company's financial planning, forecasting, and modeling infrastructure while serving as a trusted strategic partner to the CFO and executive team. You will help allocate capital wisely, sharpen the company's financial story, and drive the rigor that enables confident, fast decision-making across a complex, hardware-software business.

This is not a seat-warming role. You'll operate with a high degree of autonomy, build processes from the ground up, and work shoulder-to-shoulder with every function in the company. You should thrive in ambiguity, bring a bias for action, and have the intellectual horsepower to learn a technically complex, operationally demanding business quickly. This is also a role with a clear growth path — as RADAR scales, you'll have the opportunity to build and lead a high-performing finance team, shaping not just the company's financial strategy but the function as a whole. Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Own FP&A end to end — build and manage annual planning, rolling forecasts, and reforecasting cadences that keep the company oriented to what matters most.
• Maintain and continuously improve the company's dynamic, driver-based financial model; ensure it scales as the business grows in complexity.
• Develop and own department-level budgets in partnership with functional leaders; track actuals vs. plan with clear variance analysis and commentary.
• Build and own KPI and operating metric frameworks; ensure the right data reaches the right stakeholders at the right time.
• Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, translating financial performance into clear, actionable insight for the leadership team.

Strategic Finance & Capital Allocation

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and CFO; frame major decisions — investment priorities, go-to-market bets, resource deployment — with rigorous financial analysis.
• Drive ROI-focused capital allocation thinking across the business; help the leadership team make confident, outcomes-oriented investment decisions.
• Lead scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis to support strategic planning cycles, new initiatives, and potential pivots.
• Support fundraising and investor relations activity, including board package preparation, investor materials, and financial narrative development.
• Assist with M&A, partnership, and other strategic transaction analysis as needed.

Decision Support & Business Partnering

• Act as a proactive, embedded finance partner to every major function — Product, Engineering, Operations, Sales, Customer Success — bringing financial rigor to operational decisions, owning monthly business review processes and Budget vs. Actual variance analyses that drive accountability and informed decision-making across the organization.
• Help refine pricing models, unit economics frameworks, and cost structure analyses that inform product and commercial strategy.
• Lead ad hoc analysis on the company's most critical questions; move from ambiguous ask to clear, actionable insight quickly.
• Support hardware and software COGS analysis, gross margin optimization, and supply chain financial modeling unique to RADAR's operationally complex business.

Reporting, Board & Investor Materials

• Own the preparation of board packages, investor updates, and management reporting — ensuring they tell a clear, compelling financial story.
• Manage the company model with discipline, maintaining a single source of financial truth the organization can rely on.
• Build out reporting infrastructure and dashboards that make financial performance highly visible across the company.

Finance Operations & AI-Enabled Workflows

• Create more rigorous and scalable policies and processes around how teams spend their budgets and manage resource allocation tradeoffs
• Identify, test, and adopt AI tools and workflow automation to improve FP&A throughput, forecasting accuracy, and analytical depth.
• Partner with Accounting on close processes, ensuring Finance and Accounting are tightly aligned on reporting accuracy and cadence.
• Build and document scalable FP&A processes and systems that can support a rapidly growing team and business.
• Over time, help recruit, develop, and manage a high-performing finance team as RADAR grows.

ABOUT YOU Required :

• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or a combination thereof
• Track record in a high-growth, venture-backed technology company — ideally hardware/software or operationally complex environments
• Demonstrated ability to own FP&A end to end: annual planning, budgeting, rolling forecasts, and reforecast cycles
• Expert financial modeler — can build dynamic, scalable, driver-based models from scratch with no hand-holding
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; comfortable working in large, complex data sets
• Outstanding oral and written communicator — able to tell the story behind the numbers for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience preparing board packages and executive-level financial materials
• High agency, high ownership mindset — a self-starter who does not wait to be told what to do
• Operates effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments; adapts quickly without losing rigor
• Low ego, collaborative, coachable — a true team player who builds trust across functions
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field

Preferred:

• Experience at a hardware + software company with meaningful COGS complexity and supply chain financial dynamics
• A background in investment banking or consulting prior to operating role experience
• Experience supporting or participating in fundraising processes (Series C and beyond)
• Familiarity with NetSuite and FP&A planning tools
• Proficiency in SQL or BI tools (Looker, Tableau) for self-serve data analysis
• AI-proficient and enthusiastic about testing and adopting new tools to upgrade FP&A workflows
• Experience building out or managing a small finance team

WHAT YOU'LL DO In your first 30 days, you will:

• Develop a deep understanding of RADAR's business model, unit economics, and financial architecture
• Meet key partners across leadership, ops, product, and accounting
• Audit the existing financial model and planning cadence — identify the biggest gaps

In your first 60 days, you will:

• Own your first full forecast cycle end to end — reforecast, variance analysis, and executive commentary
• Propose an improved planning and reporting cadence; gain alignment with leadership
• Build trust as a business partner with functional leaders through high-quality financial support

In your first 90 days, you will:

• Own a refreshed company model that leadership trusts as a decision-making tool
• Contribute meaningfully to a board or investor package
• Identify and begin implementing at least one significant process or tooling improvement

At RADAR, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The expected base salary range for this position is $190,000-$250,000. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience and relevant education or training. You will also be eligible to receive other benefits including: equity, comprehensive medical and dental coverage, life and disability benefits, 401k plan, flexible time off, and paid parental leave. The pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

Research has shown that women & underrepresented minorities are more likely to read lists of requirements and consider themselves unqualified if they don't meet every single one. This list represents what we're ideally looking for, but everyone has unique strengths & weaknesses, and we hire for strength & potential, not lack of weakness.