Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.
Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.
If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.
The Growth Finance manager will be a leader in our growing Finance team. You will be the key finance business partner to the Growth organization, comprised of Marketing, Brand, and Product teams. You will provide financial insights, develop forecasts, and support strategic decision-making. You will lead key workstreams that drive results for the organization, including the performance review process, marketing investment analysis, and product innovation analysis. You will be responsible for setting ambitious goals, analyzing performance to identify opportunities and risks, collaboratively building plans to achieve those goals, and leading decision-making to ensure to stay on track. We need an influential finance leader to establish effective new processes and mold them for CookUnity’s needs.
Responsibilities:- Own financial planning for Growth: build and maintain forecasts and targets that account for marketing efficiency, new product performance, and business objectives, and translate Growth leaders' plans into the financial plan
- Lead performance reporting: build dashboards and tools to track operational/financial performance vs. plan, and own weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews
- Own the CAC forecasting model across all paid channels (efficiency curves, elasticity, seasonality), and run attribution analysis to explain blended CAC movements
- Maintain LTV, CAC, and payback economics by channel, market, and cohort to flag where unit economics are strengthening or compressing
- Build and own the capital allocation framework guiding marketing spend across acquisition, reactivation, and retention, grounded in marginal return analysis
- Develop and evaluate business cases for marketing investments, new initiatives, and new products, including retention/promo economics and campaign ROI vs. contribution margin
- Partner with Marketing, Data, and Accounting to maintain reliable data infrastructure for marketing finance, and drive cross-functional process improvements
- Identify financial risks tied to growth activities and ensure compliance with financial regulations, policies, and internal controls
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or operations, MBA preferred
- 5-8 years of experience in finance roles of increasing responsibility. Ideally, a combination of both large company experience and startup experience
- Advanced financial modeling skills, including creating complex financial models from the ground up
- Experience with FP&A modeling tools
- Functional knowledge of accounting concepts and internal controls
- Strong communication, collaboration, and influence skills that can drive cross-functional initiatives involving employees from across the organization.
- Ability to problem-solve, strong time-management skills, and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail with big picture orientation- capable of interpreting findings and communicating valuable, actionable insights.
- Unfazed by the challenges of developing systems and processes from scratch.
- Ability to leverage generative AI to increase output quality and speed.
We believe great leadership starts with alignment on vision, values, and ways of working. To give you deeper insight into who we are and what we’re looking for, we invite you to explore: CookUnity's Leadership Principles – The values and behaviors that guide how we operate, collaborate, and scale.
We hope this provides valuable insight into our culture and product vision. If this excites you, we’d love to connect!
Benefits🩺 Health Insurance coverage
🌅 401k Plan
📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1
🌟 Eligible for a bi-annual performance bonus
⛱ Unlimited PTO
🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
🐣 Paid Family leave
🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
🥘 A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly
🤖 AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.
🧘🏽♀️ Wellness perks: access to fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle
👩🏾🏫 Personalized Spanish coach
🚀 Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!
If you’re interested in this role, please submit your application, and if we think you might be a fit, we'll get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!
CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
A quick note for all candidates
We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry, and we want to make sure you (and your data) stay safe while applying to CookUnity. We also want you to know that we take this seriously — sometimes, as part of our process, we may ask for a brief “proof of humanity” to confirm that we’re connecting with a real person, not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:
- Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page: careers.cookunity.com
- Our recruiters are real people — and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If you’re unsure, feel free to reach out to us on our official LinkedIn Company Page.
- We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in @cookunity.com and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) — never WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS.
- We’ll never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does, please don’t share any information and let us know right away.
If something ever feels off or you’re unsure about a message, we’d much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity — and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.
CookUnity New York, New York, USA Office
630 Flushing Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 11206
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