Director of FP&A/Strategic Finance, NewsBreak

$180-240k

SQL
Excel
NetSuite
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

4+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

NewsBreak

Local breaking news app

Open for applications

NewsBreak

Local breaking news app

201-500 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligencePublishingDigital MediaMedia

Open for applications

$180-240k

SQL
Excel
NetSuite
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

4+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

201-500 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligencePublishingDigital MediaMedia

Company mission

To connect and empower local users, local content creators, and local businesses at scale, with the goal of helping people everywhere live safer, more vibrant, more truly connected lives.

Role

Who you are

  • 5 years of increasingly complex experience in financial planning and analysis, particularly in a Corporate FP&A role
  • Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, economics or related field preferred
  • Ability to develop frameworks and solutions to high-level questions and concepts
  • Advanced Excel and presentation building skills with experience in building financial models and clear, concise presentation materials
  • Ability to partner cross-functionally, influence, and communicate with all levels of management
  • Ability to work in an environment where priorities can change quickly; strong ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to write SQL and pull data from the database

Desirable

  • Solid experience using Netsuite and other planning tools Experience in the internet/tech industry or management consulting, private equity, or investment banking is a plus

What the job involves

  • Produce insightful budget and forecast presentations highlighting key performance indicators and impact on Company cash positioning
  • Maintaining and enhancing the fully integrated 3 statement financial forecast model
  • Assess business scenarios to aid in investment prioritization and resource allocation decision-making
  • Perform variance analysis and continuously drive forecast accuracy improvements
  • Perform financial analysis, build strategic models, and to help senior leadership make informed business decisions
  • Ensure an effective process for developing financial plans and analysis that links to strategic objectives
  • Partner with project teams and departments to develop and manage budgets & forecasts
  • Help with investor due diligence and annual audit preparation
  • Be an integral member of the monthly financial close process
  • Support any ad hoc financial analysis/modeling

Our take

News aggregation apps often focus on big global stories, but local news can easily get buried. NewsBreak exists to change this situation, using an AI-powered aggregator to connect readers with content creators who report on matters a little closer to home.

NewsBreak stands out with its focus on local news, which is beneficial for users who are looking for more relevant content than can be served by national and global publishers, and with smaller scale press companies which have been suffering financially for decades.

This focus seems to have paid off: NewsBreak has over 50 million users across the US and its app has topped the US Apple App Store and Google Play repeatedly. If uptake continues as it has to date, the company stands to grow substantially while helping reinvigorate a struggling and vital industry.

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Insights

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

10% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jan 2021

$115m

SERIES C

Sep 2019

$14.8m

SERIES B

Total funding: $139.8m

Company benefits

  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
  • Top-tier 401(K) plan with company matching
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • FSA and commuter benefit programs
  • Team activity budget

Company values

  • Results matter
  • Growth mindset
  • Strive for excellence
  • Fight as one
  • User obsession
  • Strategic, long-term thinking

Company HQ

Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Having undertaken a PhD at the University at Buffalo, Jeff spent over 7 years at Yahoo!, prior to founding Yidianzixun, where he worked as CEO. He left this role in April 2015 to found NewsBreak, serving as CEO since.

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