Strategic Finance Analyst

Summary

Join Airspace's FP&A team as a key contributor to the company's financial planning and reporting. Work closely with the CFO and President, building analyses for resource management and strategic planning, and creating executive and board-level reporting. Collaborate with various departments to ensure financial accountability and transparency. This role offers a broad scope, from daily operations to spearheading cross-departmental initiatives and long-term forecasting. Become a true partner with department heads, leveraging access to business insights to drive the company forward. Build and maintain innovative financial tools, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve problems and create value. Develop into a vocal leader, proactively identifying opportunities for value creation.

Requirements

• Experience : 1-2+ years in roles including investing, consulting, investment banking, or FP&A at a high-growth business; Logistics experience is not necessary
• Analytical capabilities : Experience with Microsoft Office / Google Suite and comfort using data to complete analyses, drive recommendations, and provide executive-level reporting
• Ability to analyze operational and customer data to produce executive-level reporting such as: forecasts, retention analysis, customer trends, variance analysis, etc
• Communication & Leadership : Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; comfortable working with senior business partners
• Strong applicants will demonstrate exemplary leadership, teamwork, and project management skills as this role will lead cross-functional projects throughout the organization
• Detail-oriented with ownership mentality : Strong candidates will have a keen eye for detail, a track record of strong planning & process management, and a strong sense of ownership of all work product
• Proactive and continuous learner :  A self-motivated individual with an eagerness to learn new methods and approaches to problem-solving. Demonstrated experience quickly picking up and mastering new tools

Responsibilities

• Become a true partner with department heads alongside and on behalf of the CFO
• This role offers opportunities to collaborate closely with executives across the board in resource planning, value optimization, etc
• Understand the inner workings of the business: This role provides an incredible level of access; successful candidates will leverage that access and turn it into insights to discover and understand what drives the business forward, and help educate the rest of the company
• This person acts as the watchtower for the business's financial health
• In order to accurately and comprehensively identify, monitor, and solve issues & opportunities across the company, this person is expected to build & maintain innovative tooling that incorporates or builds upon existing financial outputs (e.g., models using Netsuite outputs to evaluate spending vs budget)
• Strong candidates will bring a clear understanding of market terminology, best practices, structures, etc., and will help upskill the broader organization
• Much of the building and maintenance of these tools will require substantial cross-functional collaboration directly with department heads, the Finance team, and other ‘Problem Solvers’ across the company
• The person in this position will need to engage and potentially lead productive, structured problem-solving, develop project plans with clear goals & target outcomes, and work to ensure smooth collaboration across internal teams
• Ultimately, given the exposure to leadership and sensitive information, the expectation is that this person develops into a vocal leader of the business, able to proactively identify opportunities for value creation

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency with Excel is necessary; Experience with Looker and SQL is a plus

Benefits

• Strong compensation & benefits package : Salary range $80K-$100K opportunity for growth into promotions, bonus, equity, and more
• Benefits include high-quality health, vision, and dental care plan options, unlimited PTO, 401K plan with employer match, and generous perks
• Growth opportunities : The sky's the limit, we will invest in you like you invest in our company and we maintain a strong track record of rapid promotion of high achievers; team has a track record of rapid promotion
• Opportunity to work and develop for a cutting-edge global leader :  Airspace is reshaping the face of an industry which is increasingly in the spotlight.  You will get the chance to be a member of an impactful, high-growth organization, and work with leaders and partners across the globe
• Freedom & flexibility : The role is flexible regarding office attendance - while Southern California is strongly encouraged, we are open to remote work for the right candidate; We encourage creativity, responsibility, and self-development in scoping & executing the key responsibilities
• Excellent culture with fantastic colleagues & open-door culture : A global team of highly skilled and motivated team members is there to make your day.  Our management team will work to ensure your voice is heard and that we are all working to reach the same goals!