Senior Financial Analyst

Taskrabbit will never use text or chat applications to conduct interviews. We have a thoughtful and interactive interview process that includes an initial recruiter phone screen and several video-based interviews with our hiring teams. Communications will always be conducted by taskrabbit.com domain names.

About Taskrabbit:

Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more.

At Taskrabbit, we want to transform lives one task at a time. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love.

Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.

• Taskrabbit is a remote-first company with employees distributed across the US and EU
• 5-time Best Places to Work in 2022 by BuiltIn. Including Best Companies in SF, Best Mid-Sized Companies, and Best Benefits
• DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Diversity, #1 2019 and 2020
• DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Women, #4 2019 and #1 2020

About the Job

The Senior Financial Analyst will be a key member of the Finance team helping guide a rapidly growing technology company innovating at the intersection of data-driven digital marketplaces and the gig economy. The owner of this role will possess strong business acumen, advanced analytical skills, and a passion for operational finance, and will be a skillful communicator. By partnering with operational teams and helping translate their work to financial impact using sophisticated and tailor-made models, you will help drive performance across the organization. You will perform complex analytical studies to support business objectives and provide recommendations to senior leadership. You are a highly motivated, analytical individual with a strong sense of ownership and business ethics to deliver quality work on a daily basis.

Join us in creating a better everyday life for everyday people.

 

Responsibilities:

We are looking for someone with a demonstrated strong quantitative/analytical foundation above and beyond a command of financial planning and analysis. You will be expected to:

• Perform ad hoc financial, operational, and statistical analyses in support of the Director of Strategic Finance, CFO, and different business units.
• Work with highly analytical and quantitative teams such as Data and Revenue Optimization to evaluate data, derive insights, and tie them directly to financial strategy.
• Revamp reporting packages and modeling to provide high-quality, accurate, and actionable long-term financial planning. 
• Own, build, and maintain financial reports, models, and periodic forecasts.
• Lead the development of short and long-term financial performance targets.
• Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies and partner with business units to execute large-impact initiatives.
• Persuasively present analysis and findings, effectively driving stakeholder alignment

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field. MBA, CFA, or equivalent desirable.
• 4+ years of corporate finance, investment banking, or consulting experience supported by a solid grasp of data analytics
• Strong modeling skills - a spreadsheet wizard 
• Skilled presenter, adept at breaking down complicated analysis for broad audiences
• Demonstrated experience applying analytical techniques such as regression, optimization, simulation, and statistical analyses is critical.
• Experience with programming, statistical packages, and valuation analyses is highly desirable.
• Experience with financial planning tools such as Adaptive, NetSuite Planning & Budgeting, or Pigment.
• Experience in an earlier stage tech company - should be at ease in a fast-paced, technical environment and be familiar with engineering terminology and cadences.
• Comfortable with creating crisp presentations to drive strategic decisions and deliver these to senior leadership. 
• Self-starter with a determined mindset who can creatively solve problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be personable yet persistent.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and effective at juggling multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced