Finance Analyst - job 2 of 2

The Finance Analyst role focuses on providing a variety of FP&A services to clients across Propeller’s portfolio of early stage companies. Over the past few years this has included companies such as Away, Casper, Hubble and Hims. 

In collaboration with Propeller CFOs and Finance Directors, you will work with a variety of high-growth clients (ranging from Seed to Series C stage) to analyze their business, build detailed financial operating models, improve their forecasting, refine their financial reporting and use data to optimize strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities:

•  Build and maintain detailed financial models for a variety of e-commerce and software businesses, including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow forecasts 
•  Develop business performance reporting and custom financial & operating KPI dashboards; Report on KPIs on a monthly basis. These will include revenue, COGS, inventory, customer analytics etc.
•  Work hand-in-hand with accounting team to review and cross-check monthly client financial performance 
•  Perform monthly variance analyses focused on actuals vs. budget, working with client to understand reason for variances and update forecast accordingly
•  Proactively explore and help implement ways to improve accuracy and efficiency of current modeling processes
•  Work with clients and Propeller finance leaders to find analytical and modeling projects outside of the normal budgeting and review process to add additional value

Qualifications:

•  Minimum of 3 years in finance-focused roles such as FP&A role in-house at high-growth company, management consulting, or investment banking
•  Great team player with strong work ethic
•  Extremely strong financial modeling and Excel skills
•  Comfort with data and ambiguity, and an ability to delve into details and adapt to shifting priorities
•  Good communication skills internally and with clients
•  Ability to manage multiple client workstreams in an organized manner and respond to ad-hoc requests to support business decisions in timely and efficient manner

At Propeller Industries, we encourage our employees and our clients to bring their true selves to the organization. We believe that a diverse team enables us to cultivate and improve upon our culture of inclusion and collaboration. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome the contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. So however you identify and whatever your background, we encourage you to apply for this role if you share our passion for helping great entrepreneurs build great companies. We look forward to meeting you!

Benefits Offered: Generous Vacation & Sick Pay, Medical (Employer pays 100% for Employee coverage), Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, 3% Employer contribution to your 401K, Annual Education and Commuter Benefits.

About Propeller Industries:

Propeller Industries provides outsourced finance and accounting services for an elite portfolio of early-stage growth companies. We offer a broad scope of services ranging from CFO-level strategic planning to day-to-day transaction processing through our team of CFOs and accountants. The firm has offices in San Francisco, Santa Monica, New York, Austin, Boulder and Sun Valley, ID and currently serves 300+ clients across a range of industries including ecommerce, technology, food & beverage, manufacturing, business services and healthcare.