Senior Strategic Finance Associate

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Description

• Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. • We empower students with financial support and supercharge their ability to pay down their debt. • Earnies are committed to helping students live their best lives, free from the stress of student debt. • The Senior Strategic Finance Associate position will report to the Strategic Finance Lead. • Work closely with other Finance staff, General Managers, Marketing, and Operations to develop budgets and forecasts. • Make recommendations and express financial significance for leveraging opportunities or mitigating risks. • Measure new business opportunities, financial outcomes for various financing vehicles, and prepare materials for Executive meetings.

Requirements

• Degree in Finance, Business or a related field • 3+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate FP&A. Investment banking, management consulting and private equity experience are a plus. • High proficiency with Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, and Financial ERP systems • Experience working with C-suite level leadership (direct reporting, presentations, etc.) and comfortable speaking in large groups • Experience building dynamic financial models and experience working with large data sets to disseminate trend analysis for forecasting / manipulating data to tell a story with supporting evidence • Experience and/or knowledge of the lending industry, amortization tables, loan loss models, securitization structures, warehouse financing facilities and risk-based pricing • Ability to build strong relationships of trust & influence, ability to lead work initiatives with cross-functional coordination with stakeholders • Willingness to travel to the Oakland office monthly to collaborate with other Earnies

Benefits

• Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans • Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office • Monthly internet and phone reimbursement • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) • 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match • Robust tuition reimbursement program • $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world • Competitive days of annual PTO • Annual "my day" • Pet insurance! • Competitive parental leave • Plenty of Earnest swag, in-person team gatherings, picnics, celebrations, and plenty of fun virtual events