Strategic Finance

Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset. We're hiring a Strategic Finance team member to help build the financial backbone of Kalshi. In this role, you'll own COGS forecasting and the operating expense side of the P&L, working across teams to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights that help leadership make high-impact decisions for the first regulated event-trading exchange.

Responsibilities

Own COGS forecasting and financial modeling end-to-end; Support financial modeling and analysis for market data, infrastructure, and other major vendor and commercial agreements; Provide financial support for commercial and vendor negotiations, improving speed and analytical rigor on data and payments deals; Build and own the operating expense forecast across all non-marketing functions; Partner with Accounting to establish and maintain a scalable cost center and reporting structure; Implement and run monthly budget vs. actual reporting and variance analysis; Own the annual budgeting process for COGS and operating expenses; Improve cost visibility, unit economics, and gross margin reporting; Become the go-to Finance business partner for all operating departments outside of Marketing; Build scalable planning and reporting processes to support new products and international expansion; Lead continuous improvements to the operating model, reporting automation, and finance infrastructure

Requirements

3–6 years of FP&A or Strategic Finance experience; Strong budgeting, forecasting, and cost center management experience; Experience building and maintaining operating models from the ground up; Excellent Excel / financial modeling skills; Strong cross-functional business partnering experience with Accounting and operating teams; Comfort operating in ambiguity, with limited historical data or established process to lean on; Clear, structured communicator who can collaborate across technical, operational, and leadership teams; Self-starter with curiosity, discipline, and a builder's mindset — you like creating systems that actually work; Strong sense of ownership and accountability; Ability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-paced startup environment

Nice to have

SQL or BI tools; investment banking; management consulting; private equity

Benefits

equity; benefits