New York City, onsite
Nelo is hiring a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance to own the models that help us understand the business, plan with precision, and make better decisions as we grow.
This role sits close to the core of how Nelo operates. You will own financial models across growth, originations, P&L, and cash forecasting, and work closely with our VP of Finance and senior leaders on some of the company’s most important decisions.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role with real ownership. We are looking for someone who is highly analytical, dependable, and excited to stay close to the work.
You will own and improve Nelo’s core models across growth, originations, P&L, and cash flow. You will build scenario models for planning, fundraising, and investor materials, and turn model outputs into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
You will also build tools that help leadership think through tradeoffs across growth, cash, margins, and performance. You will track key assumptions, monitor actuals against expectations, and flag meaningful changes early. You will support fundraising, diligence, and other strategic finance work, and partner closely with Finance, Risk, Product, and leadership to keep assumptions grounded in business reality.
5–7+ years of experience in investment banking, strategic finance, or other highly analytical finance roles
Exceptional Excel and financial modeling skills
Strong analytical horsepower and comfort working through complex, multi-driver models
Ability to move between detailed modeling work and clear business communication
Strong judgment, attention to detail, and follow-through
Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with substantial ownership
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Started in investment banking and then moved into fintech, tech, or a high-growth operating environment
Experience in consumer lending, BNPL, credit cards, or fintech
Experience building models tied to originations, losses, revenue, and cash
Experience supporting equity raises, debt fundraising, or investor diligence
Experience in a lean startup or growth-stage company
Spanish fluency
This role is central to how Nelo understands the business and makes decisions.
Your work will help shape growth planning, cash and margin decisions, fundraising, and other major operating decisions across the company. You will be helping leadership see around corners, pressure-test assumptions, and make sharper decisions in a business that is growing quickly and operating with real complexity.
This is a hands-on role with meaningful exposure to senior leadership and a high degree of ownership.
This role can be based in our New York City or Mexico City office. The expectation is four days per week in the office and one flex remote day per week.
We are not considering fully remote candidates for this position.
Base salary: $170,000–$205,000 USD (NYC office)
Equity
Annual performance-based bonus
Equity refresher opportunities
100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees
50% coverage for dependents
Unlimited PTO
401(k)
Extended parental leave
Relocation support where applicable
Nelo is building the credit layer that expands consumer buying power in Mexico.
Today, Nelo serves customers through credit cards, BNPL loans, bill payments, and its own marketplace. The business has grown to more than $80M USD in annual revenue, has raised more than $140M in equity and debt, and is building with real scale and momentum.
Nelo operates across Mexico City and New York City. Our team is lean, highly capable, and deeply focused on execution. We move fast, stay close to the numbers, and care a lot about quality.
If you want to work on finance problems that are tightly connected to how a real business grows, performs, and raises capital, this is a rare opportunity to do that.
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