Strategic Finance Analyst

Company Introduction:

Airspace is a tech-enabled freight forwarder that’s redefining how the world’s most critical packages are delivered. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Airspace has employees who are based around the world. Our European headquarters is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

As a recognized leader in AI and machine learning, our team leverages data and patented technology to coordinate logistics across a global network of drivers and airlines. Our goal is to deliver those packages that are truly mission-critical in a way that is faster, more transparent, more secure, and more accountable than ever before. The items we deliver range from organs for transplant, to parts for critical machinery including grounded aircraft and highly sensitive components such as semiconductors.  

Airspace has been rated one of America’s best Startup Employers, listed as one of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 companies, and featured as an Innovation and Disruption leader by CBS News. Airspace has the support of leading investors such as Telstra Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, Defy Partners, DBL Partners, and Scale Ventures. To date the company has raised more than $140m. 

The company is growing rapidly and serving more places around the world than ever before. We are looking for passionate, motivated individuals who want to make an IMPACT every day to help us execute on our mission of reshaping the world of time-critical logistics. 

Join Our Team:

At Airspace, the FP&A team is key to understanding the true health of the organization, enabling cross-functional collaboration, and driving the long-term strategic direction of the business!  We’re looking for a flexible, highly capable, motivated individual to join the FP&A team and contribute to the company’s financial planning and reporting! This person will work extensively with the CFO & President and will contribute to the company's budgeting and financial planning, will build analyses to manage resources and strategic planning, and will build executive and board-level reporting. This person will collaborate frequently with the CEO, the other Executive Team members, and the head of global accounting to steward financial accountability and transparency across departments! 

This opportunity offers a broad scope of work ranging from ensuring smooth daily operations to spearheading cross-departmental initiatives to owning long-term forecasting to improving the overall financial health of the business!

Your Role & Responsibilities:

• Voice of the Finance Team: 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.  However, it requires a strong sense of leadership and fiduciary responsibility.
• 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
• Technical solutions builder:  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
• Manage cross-functional projects: 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