Strategic Finance Manager

Payentry is a fast-growing, private equity-backed provider of payroll and human capital management (HCM) software and services, growing through acquisition and organic expansion, with active investment in technology, AI, and people.

As the company builds out its strategic finance capability, we are seeking a Manager of Strategic Finance to serve as the principal execution resource for strategic financial planning and analysis.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, the Manager occupies a high-visibility seat at the center of the company's most important financial decisions. You will build the models, forecasts, and analyses that the executive team, the board of directors, and the company's private equity sponsor rely on to steer the business. You will work in direct contact with senior leadership and have exposure across every function. As the company scales through organic growth and acquisition, the role offers a clear path to grow alongside it.

We are looking for exceptional analytical ability and a genuine bias toward ownership: someone who can build a model from scratch, operate with ambiguity, and turn data into insight.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the company's driver-based operating model
• Maintain the corporate cash flow, treasury investment, and debt/covenant models
• Run the recurring monthly and quarterly variance analysis for executive and board review.
• Support the annual budget and forecasting process: assist in building and maintaining the budget model
• Prepare analysis and presentation materials for the board of directors and the company's financial sponsor
• Support the company's acquisition program by assisting in due diligence, building models, conducting returns analysis, and creating investment memos.
• Own and maintain the models backing key capital investment decisions, including go-to-market, customer acquisition, AI / technology, product, and operations.
• Monitor and report the company's key performance metrics (ARR, CAC, retention, etc)
• Conduct ad hoc strategic analyses, including pricing studies, cohort and retention analysis, and scenario and sensitivity modeling.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the company's financial reporting and data infrastructure, including its ERP, business intelligence, and planning systems.

Qualifications

• One to four years of experience in investment banking, a Fortune 500 financial analyst or leadership-development program, strategic finance team, corporate development, equity research, or a similar position.
• Demonstrated bias toward ownership and execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-financial audiences.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including the ability to build and maintain a three-statement or driver-based model from scratch.
• Familiarity with subscription and SaaS financial metrics; experience in HCM, payroll, financial technology, software, or recurring service models is advantageous.
• Working knowledge of financial systems and data tools, including SQL, Snowflake, business intelligence applications (e.g., Power BI), and ERP platforms is preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT) and a willingness to use them to automate and accelerate analysis.
• A high degree of accountability, strong attention to detail, and sound judgment.

Tenex Capital Management:

Tenex Capital Management is a private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies. Tenex uses an in-house team of hybrid investment professionals skilled in operational leadership, investing and capital markets structuring to maximize long-term value creation. Tenex’s deep operating experience allows the firm to collaborate with management teams to capitalize on business and market opportunities. Tenex has successfully invested in a diverse range of industries, including industrials, business services, healthcare, building products, and auto aftermarket, among others. Learn more at www.tenexcm.com