Finance Associate

Summary

Join Metabase's BizOps & Finance team as a quantitatively strong generalist to support financial workflows. You will analyze and maintain financial data, oversee external bookkeepers, manage audit and tax initiatives, and build scalable systems for automation. Strong analytical and operational skills are essential. The role offers exposure to financial management in a rapidly growing company and opportunities to contribute to scaling financial functions. You'll work on a small team, requiring flexibility and a willingness to contribute wherever needed. The role requires experience leading complex projects, managing vendors, and possessing strong organizational skills. Familiarity with accounting principles and SQL/scripting languages is preferred.

Requirements

• Your mind thinks in terms of spreadsheets; you know how to structure, analyze, and validate financial data with clarity and rigor
• You can spot inconsistencies quickly, and enjoy getting to the right answer
• You have experience leading complex projects with multiple workstreams and deadlines
• You are adept at managing vendors, building strong relationships, and delivering feedback when needed
• You have strong organizational skills with a high attention to detail: you enjoy checking items off your checklist, and can seamlessly balance multiple threads of work
• You ideally have 2-5 years experience, preferably in a startup, consulting firm, or finance function
• Based in the US or Canada
• Low-ego attitude: no job should be too small or too large

Responsibilities

• Implementing systems that allow us to better manage our financial operations at scale
• Working with our external financial accountants, managing the month-end-close process
• Project-managing and liaising with our external financial auditors
• Performing ad-hoc data analyses in support of tax submissions and making sure things stay on-track
• Owning our expense processes and procedures
• Leading cross-functional projects to tackle operational problems as they arise
• Getting stuck in where needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with accounting principles or coursework
• Some knowledge of SQL and / or a scripting language to help automate things (e.g. python, javascript, VBA)

Benefits

• Flexibility (define your own schedule and work from wherever you want)
• Autonomy
• An environment that fosters growth, learning, and development