Rain - Strategy Associate
Requirements
• 3-5 years of experience at a top-tier management consulting firm (MBB or equivalent), with strategy work in financial services, payments, or technology preferred • Alternatively, comparable experience in a corporate strategy, strategic finance, or growth role at a high-performing fintech, payments, or technology company • A track record of structuring ambiguous problems, driving to clear answers, and translating analysis into decisions • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex topics accessible to executive audiences • Advanced proficiency in building executive-quality decks and analytical models • Comfort operating with limited oversight in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment • Strong project management instincts and the ability to drive cross-functional execution • Intellectual curiosity, commercial judgment, and a bias toward action • Bonus attributes • Direct exposure to financial technology, payments, stablecoins, or digital assets • Experience with B2B sales strategy or partnerships in a financial services context • International or cross-border professional experience, multiple languages is a plus • Prior experience in a high-growth startup environment • Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy and happy experience at Rain: • Unlimited time off 🌴Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take 10 days minimum for themselves. • Flexible working ☕ We support a flexible workplace, if you feel comfortable at home please work from home. If you’d like to work with others in an office feel free to come in. We want everyone to be able to work in the environment in which they are their most confident and productive selves. New Rainmakers will have a stipend to create a comfortable atmosphere at home. • Easy to access benefits 🧠For US Rainmakers, we offer comprehensive health, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents, as well as a 100% company subsidized life insurance plan. • Retirement goals💡Plan for the future with confidence. We offer a 401(k) with a 4% company match. • Equity plan 📦 We offer every Rainmakers an equity option plan so we can all can benefit from our success. • Rain Cards 🌧️ We want Rainmakers to be knowledgeable about our core products and services. To support this mission, we issue a card for our team to utilize the card for testing. • Health and Wellness 📚 High performance begins from within. Rainmakers are welcome to use their card for eligible health and wellness spending like gym memberships/fitness classes, massages, acupuncture - whatever recharges you! • Team summits ✨ Summits play an important role at Rain! Time spent together helps us get to know each other, strengthen our relationships, and build a common destiny. Expect team and company offsites both domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
• Leading preparation for high-impact commercial opportunities, including market research, competitive analysis, value pro • development, and pitch construction • Developing strategic narratives, supporting analysis, and materials for key partnerships • Building and pressure-testing analytical cases for entering new geographic markets (market sizing, regulatory mapping, competitive dynamics, go-to-market) • Building financial and operating models to size opportunities and inform decisions • Coordinating cross-functional workstreams across legal, finance, product, and commercial teams • Representing the team in external meetings with prospective partners and counterparties • Monitoring industry trends, competitive moves, and regulatory developments • at a top-tier management consulting firm (MBB or equivalent), with strategy work in financial services, payments, or technology preferred; or comparable • in corporate strategy, strategic finance, or growth roles at high-performing fintech/payments/tech companies • Track record of structuring ambiguous problems and translating analysis into decisions • Exceptional written and verbal communication • Advanced proficiency in building executive-quality decks and analytical models • Comfort operating with limited oversight in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment • Strong project management and cross-functional execution • Direct exposure to fintech, payments, stablecoins, or digital assets • B2B sales strategy or partnerships • in financial services • International/cross-border • or multiple languages • High-growth startup background • Unlimited time off (minimum 10 days) • Flexible working environment with home office stipend • Comprehensive health, dental, vision plans and 401(k) with 4% match (US) • Equity option plan
Benefits
• $50K – $999K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • First and Last Name • Open to relocation • Open to discussing • or drag and drop here • Not right now, but in the future yes • What made you apply to this role at Rain? • Exclude internships or personal projects. Include jobs you've held after graduating university. • Rain may use Artificial Intelligence with this application. Learn more.
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