Strategic Finance, Consolidations

10 Months ago • 2-4 Years

Finance

Job Description

Scale is looking for a Strategic Finance, Consolidations professional to join their growing Finance team. This role will be responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and administration of Scale's financial consolidation and forecast infrastructure. You will partner with the business to manage expense forecasts and own weekly and monthly financial reporting, KPIs, presentations, and other key analysis requests for the leadership team. You will also partner with accounting to support month-end close, flux review processes, and deliver high-quality financial reporting. This role will help execute financial strategies to support Scale growth objectives, including strategic and financial planning, and budgeting. You will act as a strategic thought partner and support the business with ad hoc projects to determine operating improvements and associated financial impact.

Good To Have:

A Bachelor’s degree with a major in finance or accounting
Experience in SQL and Business Intelligence tools
Experience with Anaplan and/or Adaptive Insights

Must Have:

2+ years of financial analysis experience working directly in Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance
1+ years of investment banking experience
Demonstrated excellent project management skills, ability to manage and manipulate large data sets, critically analyze existing processes, and identify opportunities for process improvement
Strong knowledge of Google Suite, and MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); expert Excel modeling skills

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We are building the Finance team to help make data-driven and financially sound decisions for Scale. The Finance team is responsible for improving strategic, financial, and operational decisions by partnering with the leadership team in making critical decisions across Scale.

The Finance team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, helping to drive quarterly and annual planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources efficiently, and performing financial analyses in partnership with all departments. You will have a unique opportunity to work closely with department heads on real-time high-priority business issues and use quantitative insights to drive better decision-making across Scale. The ideal candidate will not only have the technical skills to support their recommendations but also strong interpersonal skills to manage various stakeholders. We hope you'll join us!

You will:

Support the development, implementation and administration of Scale’s financial consolidation and forecast infrastructure
Partner with the business to manage expense forecasts and own weekly and monthly financial reporting, KPIs, presentations, and other key analysis requests for the leadership team
Partner with accounting to support month-end close, flux review processes, and deliver high-quality financial reporting
Help execute financial strategies to support Scale growth objectives, including strategic and financial planning, and budgeting
Act as a strategic thought partner and support the business with ad hoc projects to determine operating improvements and associated financial impact

Ideally, you would have:

2+ years of financial analysis experience working directly in Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance
1+ years of investment banking experience
Demonstrated excellent project management skills, ability to manage and manipulate large data sets, critically analyze existing processes, and identify opportunities for process improvement
Strong knowledge of Google Suite, and MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); expert Excel modeling skills

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