Strategic Finance Lead

About Atticus

At any given time, 16 million Americans are experiencing a crisis that requires urgent help from our legal system or government. The right assistance could transform their lives. But today, most never get it.

Atticus makes it easy for any sick or injured person in crisis to get the life-changing aid they deserve. In just three years, we’ve become the leading platform connecting people with disabilities to government benefits. We also help victims of accidents, misconduct, and violence get compensation from insurance. So far, we’ve gotten thousands of people access to over $2B in life-changing aid, and we’re just getting started.

We've helped more than 20,000 people in need (see our 6,000+ five-star reviews) and raised more than $50 million from top VC firms like Forerunner, GV (Google Ventures), and True Ventures. (We just closed our Series B round in May 2023, so we're well-funded for the foreseeable future.) We're small but moving fast — our team grew from 52 to 91 last year and we expect to grow again in 2024.

The Job

In the next two years, we aim to help over 200,000 Americans get access to life changing benefits. For this to happen, we’ll need to raise a unique $100M+ credit facility, close a Series C round, and guide the company from positive unit economics to company level profitability.  As Atticus’s first strategic finance lead, you’ll be a key player in making that happen. In order to align profits and impact, Atticus is above average in complexity when it comes to its business model.  The finance function is also a core part of our revenue model, so you’ll have an outsized role in shaping our company’s strategy.

You’ll report directly to our Head of Finance and work closely with our Leadership Team to play an integral role in forming our financial plan and guiding our investments. The work is varied, complex, and can be painstaking: any given week will see you digging into our marketing mix, analyzing the LTVs of different fields of law, and creating product workflows to capture better payments data; all to drive positive financial outcomes for the business.

Qualifications

Required:

• 2+ years of investment banking experience (Top third of their class)

• Experience owning all workstreams on a completed financial transaction (e.g. M&A, capital raise, etc.)

• Mastery of all aspects of financial statements

• Comfort managing through ambiguity and working with limited data

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Bonus / Nice-to-Have:

• 1+ year(s) of growth equity experience

• 1+ year(s) of startup finance experience

We are strongly committed to building a diverse team. If you’re from a background that’s underrepresented in tech, we’d love to meet you.

Salary and Benefits

This is a rare opportunity to join a startup that has strong traction (substantial funding, well-respected backers, tremendous growth, and many happy customers) but is still small enough that you can have a huge impact and play a role in shaping our culture.

We’re a certified B Corporation tackling a critical social problem. Our mission to help people in need drives everything we do, and your work here will touch many lives.

We offer competitive pay — including equity — and generous benefits:

• Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered

• 15 vacation days & ~19 paid holidays each year (including two weeks at end-of-year)

• Free membership to OneMedical

• $1,000 reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work

• Student loan repayment assistance, 401(k), and optional HSA

• Free snacks, drinks, weekly lunches, and regular team dinners/events/retreats

• Humble, thoughtful, smart, fun colleagues

We anticipate the base salary band for this role will be between $130,000 and $160,000 in addition to equity and benefits. The salary at offer will be determined by a number of factors such as candidate’s experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.

Location

Today, about half our team are in Los Angeles or Phoenix (where we have offices) and half are fully remote and spread across the U.S. There are two options for this job:

1. Live in Los Angeles, work a few days a week (or more) out of our beautiful office in the Arts District.

2. Live wherever, work remotely, and travel to LA (on the company dime) as needed to be with your colleagues —somewhere between monthly and quarterly.

In short: You can do this job well remotely, and we’re committed to empowering everyone with flexibility. But we care a lot about building a great culture and we think some interactions need to happen in person, so we put a lot of thought into retreats, offsites, and other ways to gather.