Financial and Operation Analyst
News Break
About NewsBreak
NewsBreak is redefining the way users interact with local news and their communities. By bridging local users, local content creators, and local businesses, our mission is to foster safer, more vibrant, and authentically connected lives. Through robust collaborations with thousands of local publishers and businesses across the nation, NewsBreak is revolutionizing how a new wave of readers access and engage with essential, locally sourced content & information.
Since our inception in 2015, our trajectory has been nothing short of remarkable. We proudly stand as the nation’s premier local news app.
As a Series-C unicorn startup, our headquarter nestles in the tech hub of Mountain View, California, with other offices in New York City and Seattle. For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about
Onsite 4 days in our Mountain View, CA office is required.
Responsibilities:
- Financial Planning & Analysis: Support fundraising and financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management. Provide insights to guide key business decisions.
- Infrastructure: Partner with the infrastructure team to identify issues and evaluate viable solutions and costs. Facilitate performance tracking and forecasting.
- BD Support: Gather and analyze publisher revenue, content performance, and payout data to provide the BD team with insights into the root causes of fluctuations. Help with preparing analyses to support the business development team in deal preparation, negotiation, as well as deal post-mortem evaluations.
- Sales Insights & Analysis: Manage sales forecasting, create regular performance reports, and present insights to leadership teams. Analyze customer data to identify trends and derive actionable insights from customer profiles.
- Ad hoc projects
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
- Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting or financial analysis
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with complex data sets and derive meaningful insights
- Basic SQL skills (There will be basic SQL online assignments for qualified candidates.)
- Ability to effectively present to executive stakeholders to get alignment for decisions requiring complex tradeoffs
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Benefits:
We offer a competitive benefits package:
- 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 benefits programs
- Team activity budget