Sr Finance Manager Partnerships - Thumbtack Career in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a high-impact strategic finance role at a well-known US marketplace company. It sits above traditional FP&A — the emphasis on "business architecture," deal economics, and investment strategy signals this is a business partner position with real influence on major capital allocation decisions.
Compensation vs. market: The top-of-range in Tier 1 markets ($247,500) is competitive for a Senior Manager/Director-equivalent strategic finance role in tech. Levels.fyi and Glassdoor data suggest senior finance managers at comparable tech companies earn $180K–$230K total cash in SF/NY, so Thumbtack's range is at or above market. Equity (likely) adds further upside.
Skills you'll develop:
- Marketplace unit economics (LTV/CAC, supply-demand dynamics) — highly transferable to any two-sided platform
- Executive storytelling and C-suite influence — critical for VP/CFO track careers
- Cross-functional leadership without direct authority — increasingly valued in modern finance orgs
- Data tooling (SQL, BI, AI fluency preferred) — future-proofing finance skills
Green flags: Explicit focus on frameworks and scalability signals a mature, process-oriented team. The role spans annual planning, QBRs, and special projects — broad exposure for career growth.
Watch for: "Special projects" (25% of the role) can be energizing or a catch-all. Clarify scope in interviews. Also confirm team size — "Senior Manager" without direct reports can limit upward mobility at some companies.
Headquarters: Remote
URL: https://www.thumbtack.com/
About the Finance Team
The Thumbtack Finance team's mission is to be a strategic finance partner to the business — enabling better decisions supported by data, building a world-class finance function, and doing it all with integrity. We work closely with every part of the organization to connect financial insight to business outcomes and help Thumbtack grow responsibly. Our team values clear thinking, sound analysis, and a genuine partnership with the leaders we support.
About the Role
As the Senior Manager, Partnerships and Special Projects Business Finance, you'll help define how we grow our business through our network of partners, build frameworks that enable us to scale efficiently, and influence strategic decision-making.
This role will build the financial framework that powers one of our biggest growth levers. You'll partner with Product, Marketing, Operations, Sales, and Finance leaders to evaluate where we should invest, how to scale partnerships profitably, and where opportunities exist to expand into new verticals. Approximately 25% of the role will focus on special projects designed to build scalable frameworks that help keep both sides of the marketplace in equilibrium and guide investment decisions accordingly.
This is a strategic finance role for someone who can move beyond reporting and forecasting into business architecture, deal economics, decision support, and investment strategy. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, commercially minded, and comfortable bringing structure to ambiguous marketplace problems.
What You'll Do
Own and evolve the company's partnership financial framework, helping teams develop sustainable financial strategies and evaluate valuation, payback periods, scenario analysis, and revenue-share structures
Establish reporting infrastructure and KPI dashboards to monitor the ongoing ROI of partnerships, hold cross-functional partners accountable to financial commitments, and identify actions to improve performance when results are off track
Develop business cases for major partner investments, pricing levers, supply acquisition, demand generation, and operational capacity
Support annual planning, quarterly business reviews, and resource allocation by connecting partnership strategy and execution to the company's financial goals
Build executive-ready narratives that clearly explain marketplace performance, investment tradeoffs, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions
Partner with Analytics and Data Science to build dashboards and decision tools that give business leaders visibility into partnership health and investment performance
Lead special projects focused on developing scalable financial frameworks that inform marketplace investment decisions and help maintain healthy supply-and-demand dynamics
What You'll Need to Succeed
6+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, marketplace strategy, business operations, corporate strategy, consulting, analytics, or a related function
Strong financial modeling skills, including experience with driver-based models, cohort models, unit economics, LTV/CAC, contribution margin, ROI analysis, scenario planning, and long-range planning
Strong understanding of marketplace dynamics, including supply-and-demand balance, liquidity, matching, utilization, pricing, incentives, retention, and monetization
Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for senior executives and cross-functional partners
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to build concise executive narratives and influence stakeholders across Finance, Product, Marketing, Sales, and Operations
SQL, BI, AI fluency, or data visualization experience preferred but not required, depending on the analytics support model
Expected Salary Ranges
For candidates living in San Francisco / Bay Area, San Jose, New York City, or Seattle metros: $191,300 – $247,500
For candidates living in Austin, TX or Washington DC metros, or in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Washington states: $172,600 – $223,300
For candidates living in all other US locations: $162,400 – $210,100
Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/thumbtack-sr-finance-mgr-partnerships-and-special-projects
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