Associate Strategic Finance, Gorgias
CA$103-113.8k
Salary shown for Toronto candidates. New York: $107K – $118K
2 days a week in office
The conversational AI platform for eCommerce
Job no longer available
The conversational AI platform for eCommerce
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
CA$103-113.8k
Salary shown for Toronto candidates. New York: $107K – $118K
2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower eCommerce brands to grow through AI-powered customer experience.
Role
Who you are
- 2-4 years of experience in investment banking, private equity or high-growth technology/SAAS company in strategic finance or FP&A
- BA/BS required, preferably in Finance/Accounting or equivalent directly related work experience required
- Expert Excel Skills; extensive experience building P&L, LTV, and CAC Modeling and analyzing large data sets, additionally, strong understanding of US GAAP
- Maintain efficient processes for quarterly and monthly budgeting, forecasting & performance reporting
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to take extreme ownership
- Someone with a hands-on attitude and a strong desire to deliver and grow
- Basic SQL knowledge or a willingness to learn basic SQL
- Someone with the ability to multitask, work under pressure, and meet deadlines
What the job involves
- Gorgias finance team is looking to hire a passionate Analyst/Associate to join the Strategic Finance team to provide in-depth, insightful analyses to help make strategic investment decisions
- The Analyst will be focused on building deep partnership across all business units by focusing on our KPIs and providing critical analysis and insights to help drive related business decisions. You will be responsible for developing methodologies, dashboards, and models to enhance and maintain our reporting and quarterly budgeting
- This role will report directly to the Head of Strategic Finance
- Support management to build and maintain growth models and forecasts supporting revenue / spend optimization and ad-hoc analysis
- You will function as a hands-on, strategic partner to the business leaders while working directly with the Head of Strategic Finance on key metrics and business recommendations
- Collaborate on all financial models to identify key investment opportunities and partner with business leaders to operationalize their budgets
- Assist in planning exercises and the quarterly and annual budgeting cycles for all verticals
- Assess key metrics across the business to craft a strategy that aligns the financial model to OKRs
- Work closely with our data analytics team to source and structure data, ensuring we have reliable and accurate forecasts and KPIs
- Maintain scalable financial reports and models to validate and communicate quarterly business reviews, KPIs, and monthly forecasting cycles
- Collaborate with the Accounting team on a variety of initiatives, including but not limited to
Our take
With the surge in online shopping, eCommerce merchants are increasingly prioritizing customer communications to enhance the overall shopping experience. This heightened emphasis puts greater pressure on support teams to promptly and accurately address customer inquiries.
Gorgias offers an all-encompassing customer support helpdesk equipped with artificial intelligence tools tailored for customer service teams. The platform allows eCommerce businesses to streamline responses to frequently asked questions through a single application. By automating these responses, support agents can allocate more time to engaging in meaningful and profitable interactions with customers, thereby potentially driving sales.
Catering to over 15,000 brands, including prominent brands like Princess Polly, Steve Madden, and Marine Layer, Gorgias faces competition from established players like Zendesk, Freshdesk, and HelpScout. Despite this, the company has experienced notable growth, expanding its presence across the US, Europe, and Australia. Along with funding that will fuel the development of its Automation Add-on feature, aimed at providing customers with instant answers to alleviate support workload.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2024
$29m
SERIES C
Aug 2022
$30m
SERIES C
Total funding: $101.4m
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alex Plugaru
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Web Developer at Gymglish, Eau de Web, Innobyte and Liquid Studios.
Romain Lapeyre
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Product Manager at Work4 and Business Developer at Scalr. MA in Management from HEC Paris.
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