Job Description
Who we're looking for
The Finance & Strategy team serves as trusted advisors to the company, advising and guiding C-level decisions through insightful analyses & thought partnership. We are looking for a forward-thinking, driven individual who will succeed in a fast-paced environment and support our team in making recommendations that will allow the company to scale as we propel the business now from a Billion revenue to the Multi-Billion era.
What you'll be doing
The daily tasks of a Senior Financial Analyst are to deliver high-precision forecasting & insights, build sophisticated models, and become a finance professional. Our analysts are the foundation of the success of the team, and so your impact will be felt immediately as you develop finance and business insight.
What you bring to the role
- Provide decision support and act as a thought partner to the G&A leadership (inclusive of CFO, Corporate Development, and CEO), from day-to-day decisions to large-scale strategic shifts, by providing accurate financial and non-financial information and analyses for their business decisions.
- Perform relevant ongoing and ad hoc analyses and synthesize sophisticated data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations to drive value engineering opportunities and business results.
- Build and improve upon robust financial models to accurately forecast and plan key financial and operational metrics.
- Deliver relevant, timely and accurate reporting on existing and new key financial and operational metrics against strategic goals. Maintain, supervise and analyze historical and forecasted KPI reporting with specific focus on identifying emerging trends, revealing opportunities, managing risks, and providing insights on key drivers and return on investment.
- Establish processes and drive improvements in collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize financial systems, improve forecast accuracy, create tools, and improve operating processes.
Basic Qualifications:
- 4-6 years of technology, banking, private equity, corporate finance, economics or consulting experience in a fast-paced industry.
- Sophisticated skills in building scalable financial models (via Excel or Google suite), with ability to understand and translate how their inputs/outputs determine business outcomes.
- Experience with financial planning systems (Adaptive is a plus).
- Strong work ethic and analytical proficiency, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills with commitment to achieving quality results. Ability to understand strategic impact on the wider business and yet operate at a detailed tactical level.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to establish collaborative relationships and influence senior leadership.
- Strong EQ, experience partnering across matrixed organizations, and an appreciation for building deep business partnerships
- Highly-motivated self-starter comfortable with ambiguity and change. Experience working with tight deadlines and successfully handling multiple priorities simultaneously with mínimal direct supervision.
- Positive attitude with an analytical approach and desire to learn new things quickly.
- Great teammate eager to further develop and grow with us.
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