Full-Time

Manager – Strategic Finance

Golden Hippo

Golden Hippo

51-200 employees

Direct-to-consumer health, beauty, pet care marketer

Compensation Overview

$112k - $140k/yr

+ Annual KPI bonus + Monthly KPI bonus

Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role in Woodland Hills, California.

Bachelor's, MBA

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
NetSuite
Tableau
Marketing
Data Analysis
Financial Modeling

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Requirements
  • Strong understanding of direct-to-consumer and subscription economics, including customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, churn, retention, and margins.
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
  • Ability to translate business strategy into financial implications.
  • Working familiarity with financial planning and analysis tooling and reporting systems such as NetSuite, Rill, and Tableau.
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the strategic finance function and serve as a cross-functional business partner across the company.
  • Build, maintain, and evolve detailed financial and operating models, including scenario and sensitivity analyses.
  • Analyze unit and customer cohort economics and identify levers to improve profitability.
  • Partner with financial planning and analysis, Marketing, Brand, and Operations leaders to support strategic initiatives.
  • Provide decision support on product launches, offer performance, marketing investments, pricing, and channel strategies.
  • Oversee periodic reviews of brand and offer performance across the company portfolio.
  • Collaborate with accounting, data analytics, and operations teams to strengthen financial systems and processes.
  • Build and mentor a small team over time, elevating financial modeling and strategic analysis capabilities.
Desired Qualifications
  • An MBA with a focus in Finance or Strategy.

Golden Hippo creates and markets health, wellness, beauty, and pet care brands directly to consumers online. Its products are sold via direct-to-consumer platforms, bypassing traditional retail to build closer relationships with customers. The company emphasizes testing new ideas and technologies, flexible work arrangements, and employee growth to continuously improve its offerings. With over 1,400 employees, Golden Hippo operates as an employee-owned business through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), linking staff success to the company’s performance. The main goal is to help people and their pets live healthier, happier lives by offering high-quality products and educational resources, while growing a profitable, customer-focused business.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$354M

Headquarters

Salt Lake City, Utah

Founded

2011

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Comparably shows 408 employees and strong culture scores, supporting retention and execution.
  • Golden Hippo still markets over 20 brands, preserving optionality for new launches.
  • Golden Pet Brands' rumored 2026 IPO validates the incubator model and portfolio creation engine.

What critics are saying

  • Golden Hippo's public claims dropped from over $1 billion in 2023 to over $600 million annually.
  • Golden Pet Brands spun out from Golden Hippo in 2017, shrinking the parent brand portfolio.
  • Amazon ad costs squeeze DTC economics; Golden Hippo depends on paid acquisition to scale.

What makes Golden Hippo unique

  • Employee-owned ESOP structure and in-house fulfillment tie staff to brand economics.
  • Golden Hippo has built over 20 DTC brands across health, beauty, and pet care.
  • Its vertically integrated model covers ideation, ad creation, manufacturing, and customer care in-house.

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Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Employee stock ownership plan

Global charity impact

Generous matching 401k plan

Room for growth & results-based pay increases

Recognition programs

Company events

Free on-site gym & fully-stocked kitchen

Company News

PR Newswire
Mar 20th, 2024
Golden Hippo, And Its Sister Companies; Golden Customer Care, Golden Bolt, And Golden Pet Manufacturing Win The 2024 Usa Today Top Workplaces Award

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Hippo —the leading direct-to-consumer creator and marketer of over 20 brands, including health, beauty, and pet care—and its sister companies, Golden Customer Care , Golden Bolt , and Golden Pet Manufacturing celebrate winning the 2024 USA TODAY Top Workplaces USA award. Awarded by Energage—a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces—and in partnership with USA TODAY, the Top Workplaces award is based on surveying more than 20 million employees to recognize the leading organizations across 60 markets.Golden Hippo—the leading direct-to-consumer creator and marketer of over 20 brands, including health, beauty, and pet care—and its sister companies, Golden Customer Care, Golden Bolt, and Golden Pet Manufacturing celebrate winning the 2024 USA TODAY Top Workplaces USA award.The Top Workplaces award is based on Energage's confidential, research-backed, employee engagement survey. Participating companies are evaluated against the industry's most robust standards. Results are calculated by comparing the survey's research-based statements, including 15 Culture Drivers that are proven to predict high performance against industry benchmarks.In addition to USA TODAY Top Workplaces, Golden Hippo has been recognized for its outstanding work culture with over 35 awards in less than five years. Golden Hippo, Golden Customer Care, and Golden Bolt's award-winning culture and benefits are designed to create and foster an inclusive and innovative team.Golden Hippo Employee Reviews"Continuing to grow my career here is a no-brainer for me. The people are what makes this place special - everyone's incredibly talented, knowledgeable, and supportive, making it a fantastic environment to grow