Remote Financial Planning and Analysis Leader

Summary

Join Institute of Free Technology as a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager, working with the CFO to develop and implement a forward-looking FP&A function tailored to our project portfolio. Establish regular reporting, forecasting, and scenario planning cadence, build sophisticated financial models, and provide analytical support to project teams.

Requirements

• The ability to develop trusted working relationships with highly technical stakeholders
• Proven experience creating robust, scalable financial models that reflect a deep understanding of the underlying project, and that capture (and where possible, quantify) the inherent uncertainty of early-stage projects in our industry
• The ability to present and communicate data (including complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders) such that they influence behaviour and help drive important decisions
• Strong Python development skills and knowledge/experience of software development workflows and tooling (e.g. Markdown, Git)
• A collaborative mindset, both with our project portfolio and other IFT stakeholders
• Able to work effectively both remotely and asynchronously
• Experience in, and interest in, blockchain technology

Responsibilities

• Work with the CFO to develop and implement a forward-looking FP&A function, tailored to our project portfolio and the startup studio nature of our business
• Establish and manage a regular reporting, forecasting and scenario planning cadence that aligns with, and supports, the fast-paced and innovative nature of our business
• Work with the CFO and other senior leaders in the organisation to develop and iterate our budgeting and capital allocation process
• Build and maintain sophisticated, scalable financial models (with a focus on interoperability between existing and future models, both within Finance and within other teams) to support scenario planning, predictive modelling, and valuation analysis
• Act as a trusted partner to project teams, helping them understand financial (and where relevant, non-financial) variances, identify improvement levers, and make data-driven decisions
• Provide analytical support to both the projects and the leadership team for evaluating the profitability and strategic value of current and potential future projects within the portfolio

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience either setting up or substantially developing an FP&A function in an early-stage company
• A professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, etc)
• Experience managing and developing a small team

Benefits

• Paid task
• Interview with Co-founder