Senior Financial Analyst

Classy, an affiliate of GoFundMe, is a Public Benefit Corporation and giving platform that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Classy's platform provides powerful and intuitive fundraising tools to convert and retain donors. Since 2011, Classy has helped nonprofits mobilize and empower the world for good by helping them raise over $5 billion. Classy also hosts the Collaborative conference and the Classy Awards to spotlight the innovative work nonprofits are implementing around the globe. For more information, visit www.classy.org.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst. Corporate FP&A is the financial hub of GoFundMe operations. We partner across the company to shape our financial profile, provide insightful and actionable analysis that empowers growth, and bring clarity and focus to our colleagues, leadership, and board. Corporate FP&A manages our centralized financial processes including the preparation of our quarterly results and forecast, budgeting and strategic planning, and management and board reporting.

We are looking for an experienced financial professional with a strong track record in financial analysis and reporting. This role will be a key asset in the growth of the company by partnering with other departments on key strategic initiatives through critical/creative thinking, planning, analysis, contribution of ideas, bringing attention/solutions to missed gaps, and preparation of related presentations as necessary.  You will be a good fit if you’ve had success: establishing trust across multiple functions, building and executing against a strategic plan, and are tenacious in pursuing the “why?”  This position is part of FP&A and reports to the Director of Finance.

The Job…

• Partner with various departments to assist in understanding key drivers and influence business decisions to improve revenue growth and profitability
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives
• Monitor and analyze trends of key operational and financial performance indicators
• Own preparation of various presentations to the Executive Team
• Partner with Accounting and budget managers to ensure that the appropriate expenses are recognized
• Manage FP&A operations activities around monthly reporting, company model actualization, variance commentary, forecasting, etc.
• Drive and coordinate various portions of annual planning, quarterly forecasting and monthly reporting processes to deliver predictable financial results, early warning of potential gaps and timely identification and implementation of corrective action
• Identify and improve efficiency and reporting accuracy through process improvement across departments  

You…

• 5+ years of experience in a finance role at a public tech company; experience in management consulting, private equity, finance, or analytics role is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree with strong academic performance; M.B.A. or other relevant advanced degree preferred
• Strong relationship-building skills and experience working closely with senior executives
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex issues and detailed analysis into simple, structured frameworks with concrete action plans
• Demonstrated experience in driving complex and cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders
• Highly analytical and able to extract business insights from analysis; strong financial modeling and analysis skills required; proficiency with SQL and statistical tools are a plus
• Experience with Adaptive as well as Netsuite or other ERP systems
• Comfort with ambiguity, uncertainty, and a rapidly evolving business landscape
• Humble attitude with a willingness to shift from high-level strategic thinking to stepping in and helping to drive implementation alongside functional teams
• Proven track record of self-motivation, prioritization, initiative and integrity

Why you’ll love it here...

• Market competitive pay
• Rich healthcare benefits including employer paid premiums for medical/dental/vision (100% for employee only plans and 85% for employee + dependent plans) and employer HSA contributions. 
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Hybrid workplace with fully remote flexibility for many roles
• Monetary support for new hire setup, hybrid work & wellbeing, family planning, and commuting expenses
• A variety of  mental and wellness programs to support employees   
• Generous paid parental leave and family planning stipend
• Supportive time off policies including vacation, sick/mental health days, volun