The Manager’s role will include:

• Operating as a business partner to leaders of multiple programs and functions within the organization, serving as a key point of contact regarding financial review, budgeting and analysis.
• Working closely with a wide range of backgrounds (academics, consultants, technologists, etc.), and in close partnership with multiple teams
• Supporting the financial close process: manage recurring monthly, quarterly and annual processes needs across the organization and with affiliates.

Financial Review Responsibilities:

• Play a lead role in the budgeting and financial review processes: track actual performance against budget and identify key insights / drivers.
• Develop and maintain short and long-term forecast models.
• Track org-wide KPIs for our financial operations (grantmaking, operational spending, time billing). 
• Partner with teams across the organization to identify solutions to improve operating and financial KPIs.

System Improvements Responsibilities:

• Lead system and process improvement initiatives to support our growth and drive efficiencies to enable scale.
• Collaborate with the broader shared service accounting and treasury teams in the family office, which serves Schmidt Futures and other philanthropic and non-philanthropic initiatives, to advance our collective financial stewardship responsibilities and to streamline financial close processes. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in analytical roles: such as investment banking, private equity, and/or financial planning & analysis at a high-growth organization or start-up.
• Project management skills, including capabilities to manage multiple stakeholders. 
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, for both conceptual and analytical problems.
• Energetic, flexible and proactive partner.
• Demonstrated teamwork ability and record of impact in high-intensity, team-based environments.
• Values-based, collaborative working style with a demonstrated commitment to the highest standards of ethics and confidentiality.
• Ability to collaborate up, down, and across to drive results.
• Experience managing various stakeholder groups with varied levels of experience with FP&A management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate as an effective tactical as well as strategic thinker.
• Robust technical skillset in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets. 
• Experience with NetSuite and/or Vena a plus.

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or other quantitative field (or equivalent from an accredited institution), or 5 years’ work experience within a finance or analytical modeling function.
• Be based at the Schmidt Futures offices in New York and be able to travel within the U.S. and internationally on a regular basis as needed following company policy and permitting circumstances.


At Schmidt Futures we are committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation. The target salary range for this position is $155,000 to $185,000. Compensation for the successful candidate will be informed by the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies and experience.