As a Strategic Finance professional supporting the Dropbox organization, you will help shape the company’s financial strategy and guide critical business decisions.
Your work will span planning and forecasting, evaluating major strategic choices, building financial models, driving pricing and packaging analysis, and supporting new product and revenue initiatives from early concept through scalable operation.
You will gain significant senior leadership exposure, working in real time on Dropbox’s highest-priority business issues and partnering with teams across Product, Finance, Business Development, Corporate Development, and other cross-functional groups.
Dropbox’s Strategic Finance team is composed of professionals from top-tier investment banking and consulting backgrounds, and is responsible for the data-driven insights and strategic recommendations that guide the company’s direction.
Example Projects:
You may build bottoms-up financial models for specific business segments to support investment decisions and scenario planning; develop business cases and pricing recommendations for new product launches or evaluate changes to pricing and packaging for existing products; support Business Development in structuring and negotiating partnerships with companies such as Adobe, Zoom, and Slack; partner with Corporate Development to analyze adjacent markets, identify acquisition targets, and evaluate potential synergies; and help establish finance processes, reporting, and forecasting capabilities for new products and revenue streams as they scale from 0 to 1.
Responsibilities- Build driver-based, bottoms-up financial models to support scenario planning and strategic decision-making
- Evaluate the financial impact of strategic decisions across the company and translate insights into actionable recommendations
- Lead analytical workstreams for strategic initiatives related to revenue growth, product expansion, or operational efficiency
- Synthesize complex information and present clear, compelling insights to senior leadership, including C-suite executives
- Support M&A execution activities, including product and growth strategy assessment, synergy analysis, and integration planning
- Partner cross-functionally with FP&A and other Finance teams to support Outlook and Budget processes for relevant products and revenue streams
- 4+ years of experience in investment banking, equity research, private equity, venture capital, consulting, or strategic finance/bizops
- Strong financial modeling skills, with the ability to build detailed models from scratch
- Strong analytical and technical skills
- Ability to distill complex problems into structured frameworks and actionable insights
- Proactive and comfortable working independently in a virtual-first environment
- Degree in Economics, Finance, or a quantitative field is preferred
- Experience conducting data analysis for a technology company and proficiency in SQL (SQL required)
- Experience in SaaS/subscription-based businesses is a plus
- SaaS/subscription modeling experience
- Advanced SQL experience
- Experience supporting pricing strategy, market analysis, or business case development
- Familiarity with financial systems and analytics tools
US Zone 1
This role is not available in Zone 1
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Dropbox Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Chicago, IL, United States
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