Job Description
The role involves financial analysis, modeling, and reporting to support the company's growth and strategic planning in a high-growth space and data company environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Create and enhance detailed financial models including OpEx, headcount, and CapEx to support the space systems team
- Maintain and improve the consolidated corporate financial model and manage rolling forecasts
- Develop annual and recurring financial forecasts and scenarios based on business drivers and key metrics
- Collaborate cross-functionally to drive process improvements and streamline financial operations
- Monitor and analyze KPIs across departments, explaining variances and trends during month-end close
- Work closely with the accounting team to ensure timely and accurate financial closes
- Track and analyze financial performance metrics and develop sensitivity analyses
- Implement new processes and system requirements to enhance financial workflows
- Perform ad hoc financial modeling and analysis as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or other quantitative major
- At least 4 years of relevant experience in a financial, accounting or consulting role
- Knowledge of financial reporting, including accounting operations, processes, risks and controls
- Proficient financial modeling skills, including experience with Excel and presentation skills
- Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously with creativity and sound judgment while prioritizing to meet tight deadlines
- Solid knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and CapEx management
- Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite
- Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Pigment
- Ability to develop and maintain detailed financial models including OpEx, headcount, and CapEx
- Experience in managing a rolling forecast for the business
- Experience in assisting the development of annual and recurring forecasts and scenarios, focusing on business drivers, key financial and operating metrics, and sensitivity analysis
- Experience working cross-functionally across an organization to drive process improvements
- Ability to develop and monitor goals, highlight trends, and explain causes of variances to forecast as part of the month-end close process
- Experience working closely with the accounting team to ensure timely and accurate financial closes
- Ability to track and analyze KPIs across all departments
- Experience implementing new processes and leading system requirements to streamline financial operations
- Willingness to work in a full-time, hybrid role requiring work from San Francisco HQ 3 days per week
Benefits & Perks
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits if local to an office
Paid Volunteering Time Off
Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives bonus and equity (role-dependent)
Salary range of $101,400 - $126,800 USD (for San Francisco, as a reference)
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