Strategic Finance & Investment Banking Manager

About Thndr

Thndr is Egypt's leading digital retail investment platform and the country's first investment supermarket. We were ranked the number one fastest growing company in Africa in the 2026 Statista and Financial Times ranking, the first Egyptian company to top the list, and we're the number one brokerage in Egypt, with close to 6 million downloads and more than US$1 billion in customer assets. We were admitted as the first ever remote trading member of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, have received in-principle approval from the Saudi Capital Market Authority, and are backed by some of the most prominent global and regional venture capital investors.

About The Role

We're building a Finance function capable of supporting Egypt's Home for Deposits and the MENA region's Home for Active Trading. You'll help build our FP&A capability from the ground up: the group model, the budget and reforecast cycle, monthly performance reporting, and the unit economics the leadership team runs the business on. Alongside that sits Strategic Finance - being the finance partner on decisions. Pricing and revenue model design, new product and market business cases, partnership economics, capital allocation, and corporate development. Wherever a decision hinges on a number nobody has built yet, that's your work. You'll also own investor and board reporting and support our fundraising, which means the numbers you build don't just inform internal decisions - they're what our investors and board see.

You'll also play a key supporting role in building our Investment Banking 2.0. Egypt's productive economy is far larger than its investable economy, and a great deal of real economic activity has no route to public or retail capital. We're building the capability to change that: originating retail-first investment products, and advising the businesses traditional capital markets underserve, including startups and SMEs. Think of it as investment banking pointed at underserved segments. You'll be part of building that from scratch - structuring, modelling, underwriting analysis and advisory work.

You'll report to the Group Head of Finance and the Head of Investment Banking, and work directly with the founders, the board and our investors. Both functions are being built from the ground up, and you'll be central to getting them there.

What You'll Do

FP&A

• Own and build the group business plan and strategic financial plan as the single source of truth for planning, board and investor reporting, and fundraising

• Establish and run the annual budget and quarterly reforecast cycle with business and functional leads

• Produce monthly performance reporting: actuals versus budget and forecast, variance analysis, and a clear read on what's driving the business

• Build visibility on unit economics, revenue drivers and cost drivers - acquisition cost, revenue per funded account, contribution margin by product and market - and turn it into a framework the business runs on

• Own cash, runway and scenario forecasting, flagging inflection points before they arrive

Strategic Finance

• Build the financial case behind pricing and revenue model decisions, including commission structures, fee design and partnership economics

• Model new product and new market business cases, including the financials behind regulatory applications

• Support corporate development: opportunity screening, valuation, structuring and diligence

• Run capital allocation analysis and support prioritisation decisions across the business

• Build visibility on the cost base and identify where spend can be optimised without slowing the business down

Investor Relations

• Own investor reporting: the monthly and quarterly updates, KPI packs and metrics our investors receive, delivered on a reliable cadence

• Own board reporting - the board pack, the supporting analysis, and the numbers behind every discussion in the room

• Support fundraising end to end: the model, the data room, diligence responses, and investor-facing materials

• Be a point of contact for investor questions and ad-hoc information requests, and turn them around fast

• Maintain the cap table and track shareholder and reporting obligations

Investment Banking

• Support the origination of new investment products: structuring, financial modelling, underwriting analysis and risk assessment

• Build valuation and transaction models for prospective issuers and portfolio opportunities

• Support advisory mandates for startups, SMEs and other businesses preparing to access capital

• Prepare investment memos, committee papers and client-facing materials

• Contribute to the investment framework, governance and risk limits as the function is stood up

What You’ll Need

• 3-5 years in investment banking, analyst 3 through associate level - time in a genuine deal environment is the core requirement

• Exceptional financial modelling skills

• Command of valuation across methodologies, and the judgement to know which one the situation calls for

• Strong three-statement fundamentals and the ability to build fully linked operating models

• Experience running or supporting live transactions end to end

• Track record producing IC memos, pitch materials, IMs, board packs or equivalent to institutional standard

• Strong educational and academic background; CFA a strong plus

Nice to have

• Structuring or origination experience - real estate, private placements, debt, securitisation, or equity capital markets

• ECM or IPO execution experience, including regulatory documentation and prospectus work

• Fintech, brokerage or asset management experience

• Egyptian or MENA capital markets experience

• Regional exposure - experience across GCC or wider MENA markets, or on cross-border transactions

• SME or startup advisory exposure

• CFA charterholder or candidate