EMPOWER OVERVIEW
Empower is shaking up an outdated financial system by providing real opportunity for our customers: the opportunity to get the cash they need, to access fair credit, and to change their financial story. Today, we’re helping millions of people find financial security through machine learning models that evaluate creditworthiness using a more inclusive lens and mobile-first products: Cash Advance, Thrive line of credit, and Petal credit cards. Tomorrow? Creating even more financial paths for our customers (and their wallets) to succeed.
This year, Empower ranked #65 on Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list — our third year in a row cracking the top 100 — and was named by Forbes as one of the 25 Next Billion-Dollar Startups for 2024. Empower was also featured by Forbes on America’s Best Startup Employers list in 2023, and our Thrive line of credit product was named by Fast Company as one of 2022’s Next Big Things in Tech.
Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Ready to grow your impact and accelerate your career? Take a look at our open roles — we can’t wait to meet you.
THE EMPOWER WAY
Great Expectations: We come up with bold, audacious goals for ourselves and go all out for impact
Owner Mindset: We give every employee latitude to act independently, make smart choices, and move the business forward
Spirited Debate: We love skeptics and seek counter opinions to challenge our personal assumptions and expand our view
Customer Obsession: We listen to understand, empathize, and create a memorable, rewarding experience for our community
Inclusive Collaboration: We believe diverse teams make the best decisions, and we strive to give diverse voices a seat at the table
No Jerks Allowed: We value our relationships and take the time to build trust and connection and communicate respectfully
WHAT EMPOWER OFFERS
Competitive salary
Generous equity package
Full healthcare benefits
Technology expense reimbursement
Virtual first environment
Empower is looking for a Finance and Strategy Manager, International Expansion to lead our international growth efforts. In this role, you will design our strategic framework for new market entry, leading market research, business planning, and analytics workstreams to determine where and how we should expand into new geographies. You will collaborate cross-functionally with senior executives to develop and share recommendations to our board and critical stakeholders. After creating the strategy, you will then lead the execution of those recommendations, including M&A & on-the-ground integration and business planning. If you’re excited by the idea of leading international growth end-to-end for a high-growth startup expanding access to fair credit, this could be the role for you.
This is a remote role with a preference for individuals in an Asia Pacific time zone (GMT +5-11). Occasional travel will be required for company onsites and market visits (minimum 4-6 times per year).
RESPONSIBILITIES
Set strategic priorities: Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and data analyses to create our evaluation framework to evaluate new markets
Conduct target scans for potential acquisition opportunities
Lead in-depth due diligence processes for M&A targets, including owning evaluations of financials, operations, talent, and legal risks
Build forecast models to guide decision-making, collaborating across credit, product, and marketing teams to refine assumptions
Represent Empower with senior external counterparties (e.g., regulators, investors)
Help drive market entry strategy: Leverage customer & credit data to inform product positioning and optimize our scaling efforts. Lead complex analyses on our products, develop case studies, and design experiments to improve performance.
Establish on-ground presence, relationships, and operations in new markets
Develop data-driven frameworks and monitor key KPIs for new markets
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum of 4+ years of work experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate development.
Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and logical structuring abilities
A get-it-done mindset; you’re resourceful and happy to be hands-on and in the weeds
Strong analytical abilities and are comfortable defining and measuring goals consistently
Comfort with ambiguity; the ability to independently layout and test clear hypotheses, and solve problems without well-defined direction
Strong financial modeling experience and ability to create data-driven decision making frameworks
M&A experience is a plus
At Empower, we hire for people that push themselves to understand others and seek out ways to challenge their personal assumptions. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workspace where everyone (regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any personal characteristics) feels like they belong. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description, you should feel empowered to apply regardless!
