Head of Finance and Operations, Swayable
$200-250k
Consumer opinion testing
Job no longer available
Consumer opinion testing
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$200-250k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate social and economic progress by making scientific insights instantly accessible to decision-makers.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate for this role will have a strong background in financial planning and analysis. You should be highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively. You should also be a strong communicator, able to work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive results
- You must be highly proficient in key business tools including financial modeling and spreadsheets (Excel/Google Sheets), at the level expected of analysts at investment banks and VC firms. The ideal candidate would have spent some time gaining work experience at other fast-growing startups, and at an investment fund
- A bachelor's degree or higher, whether in a related field, such as business or finance
- At least 7 years of finance experience
- Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, ideally including startups and/or investment funds
- Demonstrated passion for startups and for creating order out of chaos
- Very strong analytical skills and experience using data to inform decision-making
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
What the job involves
- As the Director of Finance & Operations at Swayable, you will be responsible for a full range of business operations, including financial planning and analysis, financial management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, responding to investor requests, and drafting important communications about the business, such as our quarterly investor updates.
- You will report directly into the company Executive team (and on an interim basis, to the CEO) and work closely with them on some of the company's most important functions
- Managing budgets, cashflow, and financial forecasting
- Regular, detailed operational and financial analysis and reporting for the executive team
- Financial modeling
- Running revenue operations
- Implementing and managing financials controls
- Preparing regular and ad-hoc financial and operational analyses of the business, including maintaining our management financials (our working economic picture of the business) and quarterly investor updates
- Overseeing accounts receivable and accounts payable
- Managing the company’s cap table
- Analyzing data to identify trends and areas for improvement
- Providing regular reports and updates to the CEO and other stakeholders
Our take
Campaigning, whether for a brand, a charitable cause, or a political office, is getting harder by the year. Siloed demographics, patchy data, and bad market research means many messages aren’t getting through - something that Swayable is looking to change.
The company essentially runs randomized A/B testing on campaign videos to see which is the most persuasive for their clients. Swayable pulls demographic audiences from sites like Facebook, Amazon Mechanical Turk, and Fiverr, and returns analysed performance results to its customers within 12-24 hours.
This kind of rapid-turnaround market insight is crucial for organizatinos looking to fine-tune their messaging. It won the company itself good business, too - Swayable began with Y-Combinator, and has gone on to score a remarkable slate of clients including the Biden Harris campaign, Amazon, Airbnb, and Paramount.
Swayable’s express commitment to truth-telling and fighting misinformation is a smart play in today’s climate. With an impressive team of physicists and founders at the helm, Swayable is in a strong position to continue winning big business.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2018
$0.2m
SEED
Feb 2018
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $0.3m
Company benefits
- Commission structure
- Equity options
- Full healthcare coverage with no employee contribution required
- Generous PTO and parental leave
- 401K
- Opportunity to support some of the most important storytelling and social change campaigns in the world
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
James Slezak
(CEO & Co-Founder)Has founding experience with Win Back Respect, Purpose, Peers.org, and New Economy Lab. Along the way has also worked as a McKinsey project lead, and spent time in various director roles at The New York Times.
Valerie Coffman
(CTO & Co-Founder)Previously an NIST physicist, before moving on to found Feastie, and then taking up a CTO/Chief Science Officer role at Xometry.
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