Finance and Strategy Analyst

Summary

The job is for a Senior Analyst focusing on business partnership and scaling the Emerging Initiatives portfolio at Block. The role requires forecasting and analyzing financial performance, preparing materials for internal partners, improving finance tools and systems, managing ad hoc analyses, owning headcount forecasting process, improving procurement processes, and building relationships across Finance business partners and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or other relevant field
• 4+ years of relevant experience (e.g. management consulting, investment banking, strategic finance)
• Self-starter and team-player mentality
• Ability to develop solutions to solve complex or ambiguous problems
• Excellent proficiency in financial modeling
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional judgment and maturity, including an ability to execute independently and work with team members of all levels
• Commitment to Block’s purpose of Economic Empowerment

Responsibilities

• Forecast and analyze financial performance
• Manage the forecast model for a subset of our Emerging Initiatives
• Communicate important takeaways to senior partners through regular business performance review meetings
• Prepare materials for internal partners, senior leadership, investor relations and our board
• Provide communications to business partners describing adjustments and movements
• Collaborate cross functionally to drive decisions and adjustments based on key outputs
• Establish and improve our finance tools and systems
• Manage ad hoc analyses and special projects as requested by the Emerging Initiatives teams and Finance partners
• Own the headcount forecasting process across all Emerging teams
• Support the development of new dashboards and tools to improve business partner’s ability to execute
• Improve the Emerging F&S procurement processes and drive budget accountability
• Operate with a general sense of curiosity and always aim to improve functional processes
• Build strong relationships across the Finance business partners, direct Business unit partners and our cross-functional stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in cryptocurrency, decentralized finance, open source development, direct-to-consumer subscription services, music and/or entertainment
• Experience with different data tools (e.g. Databricks, Tableau, Looker)

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits