Financial Lead, Academia
$120-170k
Plus stock options
More information about location
3 days a week in office (California St, San Francisco)
A platform for academics to share research papers
Be an early applicant
A platform for academics to share research papers
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$120-170k
Plus stock options
More information about location
3 days a week in office (California St, San Francisco)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate research, advance science, and transform the world.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of progressive financial analysis experience in prior analytical roles (i.e. finance, investment banking, consulting etc.)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Economics or related analytical field is required
- Advanced skills in Excel & PowerPoint; experience with SQL and dashboarding (Tableau, Mode, etc) is preferred
- Familiarity with accounting principles and financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
- Comfortable using AI products (Claude) to access data
- Highly analytical, with strong attention to detail and ability to synthesize complex financial information into actionable and impactful recommendations
- Strong business acumen with ability to identify problems, propose solutions, and independently partner with key stakeholders to implement solutions
- Effective communicator with ability to communicate with all levels of organization and present to senior management
- Self-starter and team player who can work both independently and collaboratively with others cross-functionally
- Curious and innovative individual with a positive attitude and hands-on mentality
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment; ability to multitask and manage multiple priorities
What the job involves
- Three times a week, our Bay Area team gathers in our office located in San Francisco's Financial District (580 California St) for All Hands meetings, collaborative sessions, innovation-driven brainstorming, and events that bring us closer together. Our space has everything we need—from cozy rooms for 1:1 mentoring and focused work to larger rooms designed for team activities
- As a Financial Analyst, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our financial strategy and operational efficiency. You will be responsible for delivering actionable insights that drive key decisions across departments. This is a hands-on role for someone who is excited to roll up their sleeves and make an immediate impact
- Develop budget and own the reforecast process with cross-functional stakeholders
- Manage communication with key stakeholders to align on company initiatives and to ensure budgets/forecasts are in line with overall business goals and objectives
- Monitor actuals compared to budgets/forecasts, perform variance analysis, and identify opportunities for improvement
- Prepare monthly management reports for senior management and present key findings, risks, and opportunities
- Identify and implement opportunities to optimize and improve budgeting/forecasting processes and reporting
- Build and maintain financial models to evaluate business scenarios, including scenario planning across P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow, financial ratio analysis, ROI and cost/benefit analysis for investment opportunities, and sensitivity analysis
- Evaluate new business opportunities through analysis
- Develop and present meaningful financial reporting and KPIs that will directly influence day-to-day operational decisions
- Provide analytical support to cross-functional teams to drive decision making on initiatives and strategies
- Month End Close Support
- Finance and Accounting data project support
Our take
Academia.edu is pitched as a social media platform to help researchers and academics share papers for free - with over 185 million registered users and over 30 million visitors per month, it has remained an active and popular platform since its founding in 2008.
The company has had a chequered relationship with the academics it proposes to serve (and the institutions it intends to disrupt). Some claim the new paywalled suite of features runs counter to the free and open-access model; others baulk at its use of the .edu domain usually reserved for academic institutions (they registered before its use became restricted).
To overcome these obstacles, the platform continues to evolve as a key player for researchers. With future plans to launch high-impact open-access journals, develop an advanced paper recommendation system, and increase daily academic engagement. It's an exciting future, however, only time will tell how these new developments will be received.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2022
$23m
SERIES D
Mar 2019
$16m
SERIES C
Total funding: $56.8m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Generous Time Off: 21 paid vacation days, 12 paid company holidays, and unlimited sick days; paid parental leave and other leaves for life’s needs; 6-week paid sabbatical every 4 years
- Flexible Work Arrangements: Flexible daily schedules within a hybrid work environment, annual remote-office budget, and monthly WFH internet stipend
- 401k plan, and stock options
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Richard Price
(Founder & CEO)Studied PPE at Oxford, going on to complete a PhD in Philosophy. Founded two other businesses: LiveOut.co.uk, and PeopleRadar.co.uk. For 7 years was a Fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University.
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