Associate, Finance

<h2><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We are hiring for a Finance Associate to support our Finance Business Partnerships team at Chime. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring budgeting and forecasting accuracy while driving forward high-impact strategic and financial initiatives. You’ll partner closely with business leaders and finance team members to provide insights, influence decision-making, and help shape Chime’s financial strategy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role is also an opportunity to help transform how Finance operates at Chime. We’re moving away from manual, reactive work toward a more strategic, insight-driven function, and this person will be at the center of that shift. You will own payroll and workforce planning end-to-end, partnering closely with People, Recruiting, and Compensation to drive headcount planning, forecasting, and investment decisions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">In parallel, you’ll help lead efforts to leverage AI and automation across Finance, streamlining processes, improving reporting, and enhancing forecasting capabilities. Alongside this ownership, you’ll contribute to highly visible cross-functional projects that directly support company-wide goals.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $101,000 and up to $140,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>In this role, you can expect to</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Own payroll and workforce planning end-to-end, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong partnership with People, Recruiting, and Compensation teams.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build and maintain robust financial models to support headcount planning, forecasting, and strategic decision-making</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Improve forecasting accuracy and visibility through thoughtful modeling and reporting enhancements</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Partner across Finance Business Partnerships team and with leaders across the company to understand current workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive more scalable, efficient ways of working</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Lead the adoption of AI and automation within Finance, identifying high-impact use cases and implementing solutions end-to-end to improve reporting, forecasting, and overall efficiency</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Operate as a trusted partner to leaders across the organization, influencing decisions through clear financial insights and tradeoff analysis</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Independently drive strategic, cross-functional projects from concept through execution</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>To thrive in this role, you have</strong><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Minimum 3+ years of Finance/FP&amp;A, investment banking, consulting experience, or Big 4 accounting/advisory</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style=&quo