Senior Financial Analyst

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Communications will always be conducted by taskrabbit.com domain names.

• TaskRabbit is a remote-first company with employees distributed across the USA!
• 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. 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 and operational analyses in support of the Director of Strategic Finance and different business units.
• Work with highly analytical and quantitative teams such as Data and Pricing to evaluate data, derive insights, and tie 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 the different business units to execute large-impact initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Finance, Engineering or related field. MBA, CFA or equivalent desirable.
• 4 years of corporate finance and data analytics experience.
• Strong modeling skills - a spreadsheet wizard.
• Demonstrated experience applying analytical techniques such as regression, optimization, simulation, and statistical analyses is critical.
• Experience with programming, statistical packages, and/or valuation analyses are highly desirable.
• 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 aimed at driving strategic decisions and delivering 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 environment.
• Highly motivated, enjoy working in teams, and thrive working independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Experience and comfort interacting with code, such as running SQL queries.

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. Acquired by IKEA Group - the world’s largest furniture retailer - in 2017

At TaskRabbit, we want to make your neighborhood a little more familiar. Whether it’s a handyman (or woman!), a housecleaner, moving help or delivery person, we’re imagining a world where everyone will have a go-to team to make everyday life easier. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. 

As a pioneer of the sharing economy, TaskRabbit was founded on the premise of neighbors helping neighbors. Since then, our network has grown to eight countries and 75 cities, yet our core mission of creating a better everyday life for everyday people has remained the same.

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.

We are a group of mission-minded people. 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 - and have a ton of fun while they’re at it.

You’ll love working here because:

• TaskRabbit is a remote first company. We recognize that talented people live all over the world.
• Collaboration hub offices in San Francisco, Austin and London
• The People. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams -- people you can be proud to work with!
• Senior Leadership Team 75% women
• Director Level 86% Diverse 
• The Values. 
• Care Deeply. We take time to be present and partner with our team and communities. 
• Level Up. We navigate through ambiguity and go the extra mile.
• Be A Better Neighbor. We build a diverse and sustainable community and encourage all voices.
• Lead The Future Together. We value entrepreneurship and are inspire by action.
  
  
• The diverse culture. We believe that we make better decisions when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Women make up more than half of our team and leadership, and we strive to recruit and retain employees from all over the world.
  
  
• The perks. TaskRabbit offers comprehensive medical, dental, vision 100% covered for employees, 401k plan with company matching,  generous and flexible vacation and holiday time off, commuter benefits, learning and development opportunities, career development trainings, monthly TaskRabbit product stipends, IKEA discounts, weekly meditations, and a dog-friendly office.

Equal Opportunity Employer

TaskRabbit is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. TaskRabbit is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. 

TaskRabbit will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.