Operations Strategy Finance Manager
Company: Affirm
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Affirm aims to provide better financial products to improve the
lives of consumers. We are looking for an Operations Strategy
Finance Manager to support the operations organization in scaling
product offering and expansion in existing and new geographies. The
ideal candidates will have a proven eye for business and judgment
with the ability to drive key results in an environment with
conflicting priorities. This role requires a strong background in
financial and operations modeling and exceptional
communication/presentation skills.
What You'll Do:
- Lead the financial management function within Operations,
ensuring the organization is meeting all applicable
metrics
- Be responsible for all the metrics vital to the success of
Affirm operations
- Build and maintain a robust and granular Operations Expansion
model to monitor cost actuals versus budget and versus
forecast
- Develop annual budget in collaboration with cost center owners
and corporate finance
- Oversee current and future expenses accurately, forecast
operating cost and financial metrics
- Critically evaluate the need for all expenses, and seek
opportunities for savings and underfunded programs
- Thoroughly evaluate the soundness of savings and financial
justification calculation developed outside this unit.
- Conduct root cause analyses on missed metrics and report
findings across various levels of the organization
- Identify outliers and report root cause to workstream owners to
apply corrective actions and follow up on results
- Conduct analyses to surface key insights into operations
What We Look For:
- 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, planning and
strategy in an Operations organization with high levels of
operational complexities
- Highly proficient in Excel and Google Sheets; experience in
SQL
- Bachelor's degree or higher in related fields (i.e. Economics,
Finance, Engineering, Math, Statistics, Computer Science)
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving skills and strategic
mindset
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and achieve desired
outcomes
- Strong communications skills and ability to explain models,
analysis, plans etc. in a succinct and easily digestible manner to
all audience types
Location - Remote U.S.
Grade - USA29
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this
position.
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Keywords: Affirm, San Francisco , Operations Strategy Finance Manager, Accounting, Auditing , San Francisco, California
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