Who is Flock?

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. 

We have raised over $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

The Opportunity 

Flock Safety is seeking an FP&A Analyst who will support the R&D and Aviation teams. This role will report into the FP&A Manager and be a critical business partner for the Aviation organization. The Finance team is responsible for forecasting the business units they support, providing insight on business performance, developing strategies for improvement, and tracking variances/anomalies in financial data. This role will offer substantial leadership exposure and the opportunity to impact decision-making in a hyper-growth environment.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Become a subject matter expert in Flock Safety’s business processes, especially as it pertains to R&D and Aviation, across each product and customer segment

• Build and enhance long-term forecasting models to support critical expansion, operational strategies and identify areas of investment or cost savings

• Lead day-to-day metric reporting and cash based cost tracking that enhance our decision making, week-to-week

• Perform monthly and quarterly close activities with Flock’s accounting team to ensure we are booking expenses and accruing for costs accurately for our business units

• Review and reconcile data to ensure ongoing accuracy within our financial systems

• Serve as a trusted advisor on strategic projects

• Provide exceptional support to your business partners

• Communicate analytical insights, both verbally and visually

• Oversight and ownership of ad-hoc analysis 

The Skillset 

• 2+ years Finance, FP&A, Investment Banking, Consulting, or a related business field 

• An expert in financial modeling and quantitative analysis, who enjoys solving complex and unstructured problems

• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Solid project management skills, ability to independently manage tasks on time

• Comfortable working in a very fast-paced, high-growth business environment

• Work effectively and collaboratively cross functionally with your business partners

• High proficiency in MS Excel or Google Sheets with ability to compile, transform, analyze, and present complex data sets

• Proficiency in a data tools (for example, sigma and tableau) and a FP&A tools (for example, Adaptive / Pigment)

• Bachelor’s degree required

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

90 Days at Flock

We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe to 90 day plans and believe that good days, lead to good weeks, which lead to good months. This serves as a preview of the 90 day plan you will receive if you were to be hired as a Financial Analyst at Flock Safety. 

The First 30 Days

• Become an expert of Strategy forecasts

• Familiarize yourself with our FP&A software and tools

• Build relationships with business partners 

The First 60 Days 

• Enhance forecasting models

• Manage in-quarter budgets 

• Assist in month-end close process 

90 Days & Beyond 

• Continue forecast enhancements

• Continue managing and tracking the in-quarter spend of our business partners

• Assist in headcount planning for the organization

The Interview Process 

We want our interview process to be a true reflection of our culture: transparent and collaborative. Throughout the interview process, your recruiter will guide you through the next steps and ensure you feel prepared every step of the way. 

1. Our First Chat: During this first conversation, you’ll meet with a recruiter to chat through your background, what you could bring to Flock, what you are looking for in your next role, and who we are. 

2. The Hiring Manager Interview: You will meet with your potential future boss to really dive into the role, the team, expectations, and what success means at Flock. This is your chance to really nerd out with someone in your field. 

3. The Panel: Learn more about the team, responsibilities, and workflows. You should be prepared to speak about past projects, how you collaborate and communicate with others, and how you live our values. Depending on the team and role you are interviewing for, you may meet with several teammates as well as cross-functional partners. 

4. The Executive Review: A chance to meet an executive and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company, culture, and more. 

Salary & Equity

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary of $95,000 - $115,000 as well as stock options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in-depth with you during our first chat.

The Perks 

🌴Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays.

⚕️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.

👪Family Leave: All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.

🍼Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.

🧠Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs.

💖Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support 

💸Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions. 

💚ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.

💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.

📚Productivity Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more.

🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at careers@flocksafety.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

At Flock Safety, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. The range above is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future. This job posting may span more than one career level.