Senior Financial Analyst

ABOUT EMPOWERLY
Empowerly is a fast-growing ed-tech company on a mission to empower students to become the most successful version of themselves. Our platform combines expert college counseling with proprietary tools like the Empowerly Score™, offering families a 360° view of their child’s college readiness across academics, essays, and extracurriculars.
We’ve raised $30 million from top-tier investors including Goodwater Capital, Conductive Ventures, FJ Labs, Scrum Ventures, Translink Capital, Azure Capital Partners, and Spero Ventures.
Empowerly is a founder-led company that has grown through SEO-driven performance marketing. We’ve now invested heavily in scaling a diversified GTM motion across Sales, Events, B2C, Partnerships, and Business Development and we’re looking to grow our revenue by 150–200%+ in the coming phase. This role will be critical to helping us make that leap.We operate on a remote-first basis, building a team of individuals who excel in remote environments and are passionate about making high-quality college counseling accessible to all students, regardless of their background or location.

THE ROLE

• We’re hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to partner directly with the CFO and elevate how financial insight drives company decisions.
• This is not a reporting role; this is a thinking role.
• You will take ownership of board-ready financial materialsBuild and refine three-statement financial modelsTranslate financial data into strategic recommendations.
• You will identify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities across the business.
• You will provide clear, actionable solutions—not just summariesYou’ll operate as a “mini CFO in training” with exposure to how capital moves, how boards think, and how financial strategy shapes company trajectory.

1. Board & Executive Reporting

• Own preparation of board financial materials (not just the finance slides—the narrative)
• Align financial storytelling across departments
• Ensure clarity, consistency, and strategic framing in presentations
• Anticipate what the board will ask before they ask it

2. Strategic Financial Analysis

• Deep-dive into P&L performance, margins, refund rates, CAC, operational efficiency
• Move beyond “what happened” to “why it happened” and “what we should do about it”
• Identify mitigation strategies and recommend changes
• Build models that help guide pricing, hiring, and capital allocation decisions

3. Forecasting & Modeling

• Maintain and evolve 3-statement models (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow)
• Lead forecasting cycles
• Stress-test assumptions and scenario planning
• Improve financial visibility across the company

4. Operational Finance & Light Accounting Oversight

• Support balance sheet forecasting
• Track commissions and payouts; coordinate with payroll
• Monitor financial controls once systems are in place
• Ensure financial accuracy across reporting cycles

WHAT MAKES THE ROLE DIFFERENT

• Our data team pulls numbers. You will question them.
• If Operations reports a 5% refund issuance rate, you’ll ask:
• Why are refund requests at 10%?
• What’s driving that number?
• What’s the financial impact?
• What mitigation strategies should we implement?
• You’re not here to explain the past.
• You’re here to improve the future.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor of Science in Finance; and MBA strongly preferred
• 5–9 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, or high-growth VC-backed companies
• Strong exposure to board-level reporting and investor expectations
• Deep understanding of 3-statement modeling
• Experience building financial structure inside growing organizations
• Able to operate independently with minimal instruction
• Strong communicator who can translate complexity into clarity
• High ownership mindset and comfort working in a demanding, high-accountability environment
• West Coast time-zone preferred.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• The CFO can say, “There’s something off here,” and you find it.
• Board materials are elevated, polished, and strategically aligned.
• Financial analysis consistently leads to operational improvements.
• You evolve from analyst to future finance leader.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

• This role has a path toward Finance Manager or broader strategic finance leadership as the company grows.
• We are looking for someone who wants to build… not just execute.


• Final candidates will complete a project that incl