At Tilt, we see a side of people that traditional lenders miss. Our mobile-first products and machine learning-powered credit models look beyond credit scores, using over 250 real-time financial signals to recognize real potential. With millions of customers worldwide, we're not just changing how people access financial products — we're creating a new credit system that backs the working, whatever they're working toward.
The Opportunity: Lead, Corporate FP&AWe are looking for a Corporate FP&A Leader to drive financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across a fast-growing international organization. This role will serve as a key strategic partner to senior leadership, driving clear, data-driven decision-making across the business. You will own the company’s end-to-end forecasting cycles, ensure alignment across global business units, and build the tools and frameworks that shape decisions impacting growth, profitability, and capital allocation
How You'll Make an ImpactOwn the company’s financial planning process & toolset: Lead annual budgeting, long-range planning, and rolling forecasts across all business units.
Drive executive decision support: Translate complex financial data into clear insights and actionable recommendations for the CEO, CFO, and leadership team.
Build modern FP&A infrastructure: Develop scalable financial models, reporting frameworks, and analytics tools to support a fast-growing, dynamic business.
Strengthen business performance management: Define and track KPIs, ensuring tight alignment between financial outcomes and operational execution.
Lead variance analysis and storytelling: Explain performance vs. plan through a driver-based lens (volume, price, mix, margin dynamics).
Partner cross-functionally: Work closely with Accounting, Treasury, Capital Markets, Credit, Product, and International teams to ensure financial alignment and accuracy.
Support capital allocation decisions: Evaluate investments, headcount planning, pricing strategies, and strategic initiatives.
Support M&A and capital markets initiatives: Develop models, diligence workstreams, and reporting frameworks to support strategic transactions and IPO readiness.
8–12+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, consulting, or strategic finance roles, ideally within lending, fintech, or credit-driven businesses.
Proven leadership experience building and scaling core FP&A functions in fast-growth, data-intensive environments.
Strong financial modeling expertise with deep experience in forecasting, budgeting, and scenario analysis, with preference for cohorted / vintage-based credit modeling and portfolio analytics.
Advanced proficiency in Excel / Sheets, with experience using modern FP&A tools plus familiarity with AI-enabled analytics platforms and workflow automation tools. Preference for experience with Aleph or other next-gen planning tools.
Ability to translate complex, multi-layered financial and credit data into clear, executive-level insights, with strong intuition around unit economics, portfolio performance, and risk-adjusted returns.
Strong business judgment with experience partnering closely with senior leadership across credit, risk, product, capital markets, and operations.
Experience in high-growth environments, with preference for fintech lending platforms, credit underwriting businesses, or multi-product financial services organizations.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field (MBA a plus but not required).
Initial recruiter call: A conversation to learn about your experience and what you're looking for in your next role.
Hiring manager interview: A deeper discussion about your background and approach to solving challenges.
Skills panel: Meet with Tilt team members to discuss your expertise and problem-solving approach through real-world scenarios.
Leadership conversation: A conversation with a senior leader to discuss our mission and how you could contribute to it (and how we can help you achieve your career goals along the way).
Don’t meet every qualification? We care about potential over your past. If you're bringing ambition and drive to what we're building, we want to hear from you.
Virtual-first teamwork: The Tilt team is collaborating across 14 countries, 12 time zones, and counting. You’ll get started with a WFH office reimbursement.
Competitive pay: We're big on potential, and it's reflected in our competitive compensation packages and generous equity.
Complete support: Find flexible health plans at every premium level, and substantial subsidies that stand up to global standards.
Visibility is yours: You can count on direct exposure to our leadership team — we’re a team where good ideas travel quickly.
Paid global onsites: Magic happens IRL: we gather twice yearly to reconnect over shared meals or kayaking adventures. (We’ve visited Vail, San Diego, and Mexico City, to name a few.)
Impact is recognized: Growth opportunities follow your contributions, not rigid promotion timelines.
We're looking for people who chase excellence and impact. Those who stand behind their work, celebrating the wins and learning from the missteps equally. We foster an environment where every voice is valued and mutual respect is non-negotiable — brilliant jerks need not apply. We're in this together, working to expand access to fair credit and prove that people are incredible. When you join us, it's not just another day at the [virtual] office, you're helping millions of hardworking people reach better financial futures.
You’re pushing ahead in your career? We can get behind that. Join us in building the credit system that people deserve.
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