Manager of Strategic Finance, Astranis

• Our ideal candidate is someone who has seen dozens or hundreds of different growth-stage company models as a banker or investor and would never be caught dead using their mouse while building a financial model
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline
• 3+ years of investment banking experience (or equivalent experience in which you built/saw tons of growth-stage company models)
• Ideally, direct operational experience building and owning the model for a growth-stage startup
• Excel wizardry: able to build models from a blank Excel file, without relying on your macros, with speed and accuracy
• Knows how to defend a model (and/or how to poke holes in one) to discerning growth-stage investors
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team and influence/drive change cross-functionally

Desirable

• As the Manager, Strategic Finance at Astranis, you will be the first strategic finance hire and partner directly with our Csuite to drive our finance strategy. You will own our long-term financial model and assist the company with raising debt and equity capital.
• Build and own the long-term financial model that is primarily used for equity and debt fundraising, ensuring it can withstand the scrutiny of growth-stage investors
• Attending fundraising calls/meetings alongside our CEO to ensure all goes smoothly
• Prepare materials for fundraising and other initiatives for the Office of the CEO, including slides, models, supporting material for the data room, etc
• Handle the nuts and bolts of a fundraise, including organization and tracking
• Dive deep into the details of our technical development programs, understanding what exactly you’re modeling and why the assumptions are the way they are
• Serve the broader finance and accounting team, bringing your expertise in modeling to bear on FP&A, FinOps, accounting, and more
• 55 hours per week