Job Description

The Marketing team’s purpose is to shape and grow our brand, drive greater awareness of our ecosystem of products, and convert prospective merchants to Square customers. The team leverages a broad portfolio of marketing investments to acquire merchants, ranging from high reaching channels such as TV advertising to highly targeted channels such as social media. The marketing team leverages machine learning models and complex attribution methods to increase both the efficiency and effectiveness of our investments. 

We are looking for a Finance Director, reporting to our GTM Finance Director, to lead the Marketing Finance & Strategy team, which partners with business leads across Marketing and Data Science to shape and inform how we invest to acquire merchants. The responsibilities of the team include identifying KPIs to evaluate performance, creating frameworks for evaluating investments, analyzing our acquisition trends and discerning opportunities, and mapping the competitive landscape to better inform growth.

This position can sit in any US Block office or be 100% remote from any US state with the exception of Alaska. 

You Have

• Act as the primary Finance business partner for our Head of Marketing
• Partner with Marketing leadership to develop new strategies and optimize current channels in the US and globally
• Lead a team to 1) create analyses that facilitate clear and timely decision making, 2) forecast performance, including short- and long-term trends, 3) surface strategic insights for business partners, and 4) help inform Square’s investment capacity
• Report and analyze business results and communicate key takeaways to senior stakeholders, including identifying opportunities or risks
• Collaborate cross-functionally across Marketing, Data Science, and Business Intelligence (among other teams) to understand complex relationships between key drivers of our business
• Lead strategic, high visibility projects requiring cross functional buy-in and analytical support

Qualifications

You Will

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including a background in Marketing Finance
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Proven track record of maintaining a high-performing team via hiring, training and coaching
• Commitment to Square’s purpose of Economic Empowerment

Even Better

• Experience with SQL/comfort working with large data sets
• Experience with software, internet, payments and/or financial technology industry