Your mission 

As our Senior Partnerships Specialist for Europe, you will create advanced, long-term business relationships and future partnerships with relevant B2B prospects in particular relation to our Bitpanda Enterprise services. You will also be commercially responsible for in region sales & partnerships and ensure that our sales activity is fit to scale in Europe. You will support our ambitious growth plans and market expansions while representing Bitpanda at regional financial & innovation events.

What You'll Do

• Identify and research potential partners across the European banking, tech and business ecosystems, building a robust pipeline of leads aligned with our regional growth strategy.
• Support senior managers in the end-to-end partnership lifecycle, from initial outreach and pitch preparation to contract negotiation and partner onboarding.
• Coordinate the execution of co-branded marketing initiatives and events, ensuring all campaign deliverables are localized for European cultural and linguistic nuances.
• Serve as the daily point of contact for prospect accounts, managing material tasks and ensuring clear communication to maintain strong professional relationships.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for European partnerships, using CRM tools to track lead generation and provide data-driven insights.

Who You Are

• A motivated professional with 3-5 years of experience in business development, account management, or marketing within the European market, preferably having worked or working in the digital asset space.
• A strong communicator with native or near-native fluency in English and proficiency in at least one other major European language (e.g., German or French).
• A detail-oriented project coordinator who can manage multiple tasks simultaneously while ensuring compliance with regional regulations 
• A culturally aware team player who understands European business etiquette and is comfortable working across different time zones and international teams.
• A proactive learner with a Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field, and proficiency in digital tools such as CRM software and Google Workspace.

Your mission 

As our Senior Partnerships Specialist for Europe, you will create advanced, long-term business relationships and future partnerships with relevant B2B prospects in particular relation to our Bitpanda Enterprise services. You will also be commercially responsible for in region sales & partnerships and ensure that our sales activity is fit to scale in Europe. You will support our ambitious growth plans and market expansions while representing Bitpanda at regional financial & innovation events.

What You'll Do

• Identify and research potential partners across the European banking, tech and business ecosystems, building a robust pipeline of leads aligned with our regional growth strategy.
• Support senior managers in the end-to-end partnership lifecycle, from initial outreach and pitch preparation to contract negotiation and partner onboarding.
• Coordinate the execution of co-branded marketing initiatives and events, ensuring all campaign deliverables are localized for European cultural and linguistic nuances.
• Serve as the daily point of contact for prospect accounts, managing material tasks and ensuring clear communication to maintain strong professional relationships.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for European partnerships, using CRM tools to track lead generation and provide data-driven insights.

Who You Are

• A motivated professional with 3-5 years of experience in business development, account management, or marketing within the European market, preferably having worked or working in the digital asset space.
• A strong communicator with native or near-native fluency in English and proficiency in at least one other major European language (e.g., German or French).
• A detail-oriented project coordinator who can manage multiple tasks simultaneously while ensuring compliance with regional regulations 
• A culturally aware team player who understands European business etiquette and is comfortable working across different time zones and international teams.
• A proactive learner with a Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field, and proficiency in digital tools such as CRM software and Google Workspace.

Job Description
WorldStrides is seeking a Director, Strategic Finance & Capital Markets to lead enterprise-wide cash flow forecasting, capital structure modeling, and liquidity risk management. This role will serve as the company’s center of excellence for cash, debt, and covenant analytics, supporting executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and external financing partners with high-quality models, insights, and materials.

This position plays a critical role in enabling disciplined growth, strengthening balance sheet visibility, and ensuring proactive management of liquidity and covenant considerations in a highly seasonal, working-capital-intensive business.

Job Responsibilities

Enterprise Cash Flow & Capital Structure Leadership

• Own and continuously enhance the company’s integrated three-statement, cash flow, and liquidity models, with increasing account-level detail and forecasting precision
• Model seasonal cash dynamics, including deposits, deferred revenue, working capital, and capital expenditures
• Develop and own detailed multi-tranche debt schedules (e.g., revolvers, term loans) and interest modeling
• Build pro forma capital structures to evaluate refinancings, growth initiatives, and strategic investments
• Own a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast to support near-term liquidity planning

Liquidity, Covenants & Risk Management

• Own a comprehensive covenant compliance and sensitivity model, including EBITDA definitions, add-backs, and downside scenarios
• Proactively identify and communicate liquidity and covenant risks, including clear scenario narratives and mitigation considerations
• Support lender reporting, data requests, and financing-related analyses, including amendment and refinancing support

Executive, Board & External Materials

• Prepare Board-level financial models, analyses, and presentations related to liquidity, capital structure, and strategic finance topics
• Produce lender-facing materials with a high standard of accuracy, clarity, and professionalism
• Support interactions with Investors and Lenders

Strategic Finance & Business Partnership

• Partner closely with FP&A and business leaders to translate volume, pricing, staffing, and cost drivers into cash flow and EBITDA implications
• Connect operational and strategic plans to long-term liquidity, covenant, and capital allocation forecasts
• Improve analytical rigor in cash flow and debt modeling
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on liquidity risk, capital allocation trade-offs and downside scenarios by driving clear recommendations supported by clear analysis

M&A and Investment Analysis

• Build and evaluate acquisition, divestiture, and build-versus-buy models
• Assess purchase price, financing mix, synergies, operating leverage, payback, and value creation
• Integrate approved transactions into enterprise cash flow and debt models

Minimum qualifications

• 4 years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, leveraged finance, or corporate development, including early career experience in private equity, or investment banking
• Advanced expertise in three-statement financial modeling, cash flow forecasting, and debt/capital structure modeling and experience with modern FP&A, BI, or ERP tools
• Experience proactively driving Board-level and Lender-facing financial analysis and presentations
• Strong ability to synthesize complex financial concepts into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high accountability environment with tight timelines and evolving priorities
• Strong cross-functional partnering skills to drive informed decision-making across the organization
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA or CFA a plus)

What Success Looks Like

• Clear, trusted visibility into liquidity and covenant position across scenarios
• Faster, more confident executive decision-making around capital allocation and growth
• Strong partnership with Finance (FP&A, Accounting and Treasury) leadership, enabling sharper focus on core forecasting and business support
• This role provides unique exposure to Executive leadership, Board members and external investors
• Growth opportunities for more localized business strategic partnering

Work Perks:

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance, FSA healthcare, FSA dependent care, HAS with employer contribution, and generous 401k match.
• 10 paid floating corporate holidays, 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Opportunities for paid and discounted travel.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site, remote, and virtual office opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness Center and café onsite at select locations.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Parental, Caregiver, and Disability leave.
• Team Member Discount Program.