Lead Business Partner
Commercial Finance
Posted on 5/15/2023
INACTIVE
Oyster

501-1,000 employees

Global employee management platform
Company Overview
Oyster's mission is to make it easier than ever for growing companies to hire, pay, and take care of brilliant employees—wherever they are in the world.
B2B

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$204.2M

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

31%
Locations
Remote
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Sales
Looker
Requirements
  • 2+ years of experience in Strategic/Business finance, FP&A or management consulting with 7 years total work experience, ideally with knowledge of a high-growth SaaS environment
  • Ability to work cross functionally and the confidence to influence and have difficult discussions with key decision makers
  • Understanding of key SaaS metrics and benchmarks
  • Ability to produce analysis which aids decision support and think long term
  • Comfortable working within a BI Solution (Oyster uses Looker) to manipulate data to support analysis which drives insights
  • Experience with operational and financial planning software (Oyster uses Pigment)
  • Understanding of SaaS go to market processes and ratios
  • Respected thought leader to business leaders, helping decision making
  • Ability to model operational business impacts on Income statement, balance sheet and cashflow
  • Ability to thrive in a high-growth distributed environment
  • A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
  • Fluent English language skills
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with FP&A and business leaders on company-wide strategic decision making across a wide variety of topics from pricing reviews and business cases to operational efficiency
  • Lead on the deal desk process, providing a detailed financial perspective and feedback to the sales team
  • Understand key SaaS metrics/benchmarks and adept at adapting these to the Oyster business model
  • Build relationships across the organization and become a trusted partner to our functional leaders
  • Analyzing financial and operational results to better understand company performance, and identify opportunities
  • Communicating complex problems and analysis teams to non technical teams
  • Benchmark our financials, set realistic targets based on a strong understanding of our business, and drive the company toward improved financial performance
  • Work with business intelligence and planning tools to enable efficient financial modelling and drive data-driven decision making