Job Summary

May Mobility is entering an exciting phase of growth and our team is expanding quickly. We are looking to add a Sr. Financial Analyst to our team who will be focused on the Software Development & Product aspects of our business.  This role will be crucial in helping to tackle the company’s most important strategic questions including business planning, product strategy, and key investment decisions. The Sr. Financial Analyst will support leaders across multiple business units as well as company C-suite.  We are looking for a candidate who will bring a fresh perspective on resource efficiency and prioritization for the company.

Essential Responsibilities

• Analyze financial and operational results to understand and report on KPIs, variance to forecast, variance to budget, and underlying causes for business performance.
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close processes for multiple business units. Collaborate with business leaders to ensure resource allocation is aligned with company strategy.
• Develop, improve and own the rolling forecast for assigned business units.  Meet with Business Partners monthly to review financial performance and update forecast inputs for headcount spend, non-headcount spend, and capital expenses.   Ensure that the forecast is accurate, precise and achievable.
• Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to improve resource management and properly prioritize company initiatives.
• Develop financial projections, pro forma financial statements, and other analyses (e.g. NPV, breakeven, make vs. buy, payback, etc.) for new business cases.  
• Effectively communicate insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management, including recommendations backed by data.  
• Explain accounting logic, calculation methodology, and benchmarking used in budgets and financial models to internal and external audiences.
• Understand and monitor market trends to inform strategic direction and identify future growth opportunities for the organization.  Contribute to company strategic planning as our business evolves and matures.

Skills and Abilities

Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:

• Ability to present financial information to a non-financial audience.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential 
• Strong Excel skills and ability to create functional and scalable models
• Superior communication skills and ability to foster communication/collaboration amongst departments
• Ability to manage tight deadlines, prioritize workloads and achieve effective results in a dynamic, ever-growing and often ambiguous environment

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:

Required

• 5+ years relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field
• Proven desire to learn and go above and beyond to continuously improve processes and deliverables

Desirable

• Previous experience in finance for a software development function
• Experience working with planning & reporting systems such as Netsuite or Hyperion
• Experience with startup companies or high growth companies
• Knowledgeable about the autonomous vehicle industry
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
• Prolonged sitting
• Prolonged standing
• Prolonged computer use

Travel required? -  Minimal: 1%-10%