Director of Finance, Merchandising

ABOUT THRIVE MARKET Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality healthy, and sustainable products at member-only prices, while matching every paid membership with a free one for someone in need. Every day, we leverage innovative technology and member-first thinking to help our over 1,700,000+ members find better products, support better brands, and build a better world in the process. We are also a Certified B Corporation, a Public Benefit Corporation, and a Climate Neutral Certified company. Join us as we bring healthy and sustainable living to millions of Americans in the years to come. The Role We are looking for a proactive, hands-on Director of Finance, Merchandising to own and help drive top-line and margin growth. As the owner of all aspects of Product Revenue, our largest revenue stream, and product gross margin, you will lead budgeting, forecasting/pacing, and the monthly close, and drive the analysis of strategic projects that grow product revenue and gross margin. You will become a catalog and brand expert and the go-to resource for understanding product discovery, pricing, basket composition, and the margin dynamics that inform and guide our merchandising strategy. You will serve as the primary finance business partner to the Merchandising team, working closely and cross-functionally with Data, Product, Marketing, and Operations, to build the financial models and analyses that help your partners make the best strategic decisions to drive revenue growth and margin expansion.You will also own the financial partnership on new initiative launches end to end, working alongside business leadership from opportunity sizing, scenario and sensitivity analyses, go-to-market strategy and the definition and tracking of success criteria. Strong data fluency is an important component of the role. You will partner closely wi