Strategic Finance Manager, Corporate

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:

• Own the company's workforce planning system (TeamOhana) to forecast headcount and expenses across departments
• Collaborate with Recruiting and Analytics to own and maintain KPIs on the impact of strategic initiatives
• Support the development, implementation, and administration of our financial forecasting system (Fintastic)
• Partner with finance and accounting to support cross-functional process improvements (e.g. month-end close, reporting, IPO readiness)
• Recommend and implement enhancements to forecasting tools, processes, and reporting deliverables that reduce manual work and improve data integration
• Help execute financial strategies to support Scale growth objectives, including strategic and financial planning, and budgeting

Ideally, you would have:

• 4+ years of financial analysis experience working directly in Corporate Finance or Strategic Finance
• Experience with Financial Forecasting Tools (e.g. Anaplan, Adaptive, Fintastic)
• 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 

Nice to haves:

• A Bachelor’s degree with a major in finance or accounting
• Experience in SQL and Business Intelligence tools