Finance Projects Lead, Handshake
Handshake AI
$120-160k
Plus equity
5 days a week in office
College career network and job board
Be an early applicant
College career network and job board
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$120-160k
Plus equity
5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To democratize access to opportunity and ensure any student can build a great career no matter who they know, where they live or what school they attend.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field, relevant certifications (such CPA) preferred
- Experience: Minimum of 3–5 years in finance, accounting, or project management, with a proven track record of managing complex financial projects
- Project Management: Strong project planning, execution, and monitoring skills; ability to deliver projects on time, within scope, and on budget
- Financial Analysis: Expertise in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting; ability to analyze financial data and provide actionable insights
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for liaising with stakeholders, preparing reports, and presenting findings
- Collaboration: Ability to work cross-functionally with teams such as Accounting, Operations, and Product to align project objectives with business goals
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and project management tools; familiarity with financial software (e.g., QuickBooks, SAP, Oracle) is a plus
- Attention to Detail: Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail for accurate financial documentation and reporting
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead project teams, manage workstream leads, and drive accountability for project deliverables
What the job involves
- We’ve assembled a world-class team from YC, Notion, Scale, Coinbase, Palantir, and more, and we’re working directly with many of the world’s leading AI research labs
- This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team shaping the future of AI through better data, better tools, and better systems—for experts, by experts
- Handshake AI is hiring a Finance Projects Lead reporting to the Controller
- In this role you will manage and improve the systems and processes involved in payments to Handshake AI fellows and specialists, including onboarding, contract management, incentives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Product, Engineering, and Accounting
- The position also involves supporting customer and project operations by maintaining revenue and profitability reporting, streamlining finance systems, and overseeing customer billing
- Additionally, the role plays a key part collaborating with corporate accounting, FP&A and core business operations on budget, key metrics and forecasting process
- This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys establishing new processes and building workflows, is able to adapt quickly, and can collaborate and plan with various cross-functional stakeholders
- Design and implement payment-related procedures, policies, and internal controls, including contractor onboarding, contract management, and payment accuracy reviews
- Lead systems projects for revenue tracking, customer billing and finance integration
- Collaborate with Accounting and Operations teams, to ensure timely and accurate contractor payments execution
- Maintain and design contractor incentives payment processes
- Work with Support and Marketing teams to improve fellows’ experience and external communications
- Manage weekly and monthly reporting on project revenue and profitability metrics
- Partner with product/engineering teams on pay-related and project tracking product enhancements
- Collaborate with corporate Accounting, FP&A, and Business Operations on budgeting, forecasting, and BVA reviews; develop dashboards and prepare management/BOD review materials
- Support financial model updates, review key metrics and new arrangements. Work with financial reporting team to establish and monitor revenue recognition policies and customer arrangement changes
Our take
The three founders of Handshake established their company in an attempt to eliminate inequality and make the student hiring landscape fairer. The Handshake platform acts as a LinkedIn for college students, pairing students from every walk of life with more than 650K employers, including the entire Fortune 500, which includes Google and Nike.
The graduate recruitment platform is open to any student with a valid @.edu email address, with more than 12 million active users from thousands of colleges and universities. With a student-first philosophy, the company generates revenue from both universities and employers rather than students.
Valued at $3.5B, Handshake has gained traction in a competitive market, although it has strong competition from recruiting giants LinkedIn and Indeed. It stands out, however, by helping students build new relationships and skills, rather than simply making connections to people they already know.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2022
$200m
SERIES F
May 2021
$80m
SERIES E
Total funding: $434m
Company benefits
- 💰Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
- 🍼16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents
- 💝Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support
- 💻Handshake offers $500/£360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home
- 📚Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500 stipend for you to grow your skills and career
- 🏦401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year
- 🏝 All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 8 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Summer and Winter #ShakeBreak, two one-week periods of Collective Time Off
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Garrett Lord
(Co-Founder & CEO)Majored in Computer Science at Michigan Technological University. Interned at Palantir Technologies before co-founding Handshake in 2012.
Ben Christensen
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Computer Networking & Systems Administration. Interned at Target and worked as a Developer at Up and Running Software. Was part of Arbor Networks' ASERT Security Research team.
Scott Ringwelski
(Co-Founder)Attained a degree in Computer Software Engineering from Michigan Technological University. Co-founded Handshake in 2012.
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