We are adding a Head of FP&A to our intergalactically awesome organization.

You are energized by building something exceptional. You can balance the delivery of impact and compliance with your hunger for innovation and improvement. You understand how to structure FP&A operations, and delivery to serve as a force multiplier. You help organizations plan to find space and increase the business runway. You are a a self-starter, and understand that the greatest teams are created by starting by leading from the front.

This role can either be remote or located in NYC. You will report to the COO.

What you get to do:

• Manage financial planning, forecasting, and variance analysis, including overseeing business and revenue model
• Build trusted relationships with senior executives and functional leadership
• Make recommendations for Model enhancements to increase efficiency and refine reporting
• Identify when to pivot or adjust course to still be relevant in six months
• Success in fundraising and avoid surprises during VC due diligence
• Understand customer acquisition costs from different sales and marketing channels to know where to invest for growth
• Improve SG&A (Selling, General and Administrative) expenses
• Create open-ended models to explore likely impacts of different decisions
• Compare data-driven assumptions with actual results along the way making the best decisions with the available data in a given moment
• Improve monthly, quarterly, & annual forecasting processes and variance reporting, in collaboration with the accounting team
• In partnership with the accounting team, evolve processes to ensure accurate, detailed financial reporting
• Oversee our financial model (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), including forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning
• Produce P&L insights for management, both top-line and expense related; expand upon areas of opportunity with follow-up analyses and recommendations
• Model for several scenarios, run sensitivity analyses
• Help with Board and investor packages, including during fundraising processes

Abilities that will help you succeed

• A true understanding of Finance as a strategic driver of success in a scale-up, hyper-growth company
• Maintain complex KPI trackers and quickly build detailed financial models from scratch
• Data-driven story telling
• A consulting mindset rooted in curiosity and discovery
• Research and communicate results comparing actual vs forecast and plan to senior executives monthly with insight on main causes/trends;
• Management skills, with an excitement to do the work and to be a thoughtful, company-wide partner;
• Desire to help build something world-class;
• Expert modeling and data analytics experience
• Unquenchable curiosity;
• Be a collaborative, efficient team player that excels in an early-stage scale-up;
• Experience managing a team;
• Prior banking or strategic consulting experience

Your qualifications:

• 7+ years FP&A experience
• A history of driving excellence and results through finance in a growth-stage SaaS startup/scale-up with a marketplace platform
• Demonstrated success building FP&A in venture-backed portfolio companies
• Success building and leading a high-performing team

If you meet more than 50% of the job requirements, please apply!

At Nowsta, we promote a diverse and inclusive workplace where differences are welcomed and respected, where different perspectives are expressed and heard. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway! Data show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. Our culture enables individuals to share their uniqueness and contribute as part of a team. Nowsta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

About Nowsta:

Nowsta helps employers become better managers by giving them the tools they need to automate, simplify, and humanize the labor management process. Employees turn to Nowsta to better navigate their work life, with shift finders and reminders, and financial wellness benefit programs and their employers rely on Nowsta to improve operations, reduce turnover, and increase workplace satisfaction. Our mission is to organize and empower the world’s hourly workforce through an all-in-one software that helps employers better manage their teams, resulting in streamlined operations, reduced turnover, and increased workplace satisfaction.

Employees on Nowsta can also access a suite of services to help them more effectively manage their job schedules and personal finances. Nowstapay is a financial wellness benefit program that allows employees to cash out earnings instantly for the work they’ve already completed.

Nowsta powers some of the largest workforces in sectors such as events, hospitality, staffing, and many more. Employers turn to Nowsta when they want to improve operations, reduce turnover, and increase workplace satisfaction.

Benefits

• 100% Employer Paid Health Care, Including Dental and Vision
• Work From Home Flexibility
• Unlimited Paid Time Off

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