Finance And Strategy Lead

About AllTrails

AllTrails is the most trusted and used outdoors platform in the world. We help people explore the outdoors with hand-curated trail maps along with photos, reviews, and user recordings crowdsourced from our community of millions of registered hikers, mountain bikers, and trail runners in 150 countries. AllTrails is frequently ranked as a top-5 Health and Fitness app and has been downloaded by over 50 million people worldwide. AllTrails was selected as Apple's App of the Year in 2023!

Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems so that we can get more people outside having healthy, authentic experiences and a deeper appreciation of the outdoors. Join us!

Job Description:

We're looking for a Finance & Strategy Lead who can improve strategic and financial decision making across the company. 

You are right for this role if you are passionate about creating value through the delivery of insightful analysis relied upon by the organization to drive impactful business decisions. You enjoy building and fostering strong cross-functional relationships across the business to help the company understand how all the pieces fit together and drive performance. You see the bigger picture, excel at juggling multiple priorities and thrive at going above and beyond. You also exhibit a high attention to detail coupled with strong analytical skills. 

Our Finance team’s core value is trust – we build it by making what is complex simple, and we do it by creating analysis that is accurate and easy-to-understand. Business partners appreciate our insight and trust us to help them solve difficult problems. 

The Finance & Strategy Lead role will play an integral part in AllTrails’ success by building and mentoring a high-performing team capable of providing strategic decision support, forecasting, and financial planning & reporting.

The ability to come into the SF HQ office 1x a week is strongly preferred.

Job Responsibilities:

As a key business partner, you will play a critical role tackling the following responsibilities below:

Strategic Decision Support

We are the analytic advisor to our business partners. Responsibilities will include analytics initiatives such as financial modeling, customer LTV analysis, product/competitive landscape benchmarking, identifying and analyzing relevant business metrics, and other data-driven analysis in support of key business / product decisions.

Forecasting

We use data to predict short-term and long-term trends for making strategic decisions. We have intimate knowledge of the data available and actively mine it from our databases and dashboards. We build models in Excel and Google Sheets to understand complex relationships between variables and analyze variances to drive deeper insights.

Financial Planning & Reporting

We have an intimate understanding of AllTrails’ business. We gain this by regularly partnering with business functions (e.g. Data Analytics, Marketing, Product, Finance/Accounting and others) to analyze and report on the financial impact of decisions across the company. We support our business partners to manage their budgets and ensure they have assessed the impact of current and future marketing, product development and other investment initiatives.

Building & Mentoring

We have the opportunity to create a collaborative, responsive and impactful team that the organization relies upon. A successful Finance & Strategy Lead will build and develop the capabilities of the team. Lead by example and go beyond the expected to assure the success of all involved. 

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of relevant industry experience with financial modeling (e.g. investment banking, strategy consulting, corporate finance)
• Experience in consumer internet, subscriptions, software, social media, ecommerce and marketplace industries is an advantage
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• A highly analytical and inquisitive work style with a keen attention to detail -- but also ability to see the big picture
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Proficiency in Excel. Experience with data visualization software such as Looker and Tableau a plus
• A strong passion for AllTrails’ mission

What You'll Be Doing:

• Support the budgeting and planning process by maintaining detailed revenue and financial models, subsequently performing budget variance analysis at a monthly cadence
• Work cross-functionally to build and maintain performance reporting / KPI dashboards for various departments using SQL and BI tools
• Compose weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reporting both internally for leadership team and externally for the board and investors - from raw data pull to polished presentation
• Assist with ad-hoc strategic and KPI analysis
• Support corporate development such as acquisitions, partnerships analysis

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity or venture capital, preferably with a focus on software & internet OR
• 2+ years of experience performing financial analysis, strategy or data analytics at a tech company
• Advanced analytical skills, including expertise in Excel and knowledge of SQL and BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Amplitude, etc.)
• Strong attention to detail
• Meticulous presentation skills with a penchant for illustrating quantitative and qualitative information clearly and aesthetically
• Proven track record of hitting goals and succeeding in a team environment
• Cross functional team player with a track record of building positive relationships with peers and others within your company
• Expert communication skills, including the ability to persuade and inspire, a knack for breaking down complex concepts, and a proactive attitude towards knowledge sharing
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and a need for little to no guidance
• Passion for the outdoors
• Humility, empathy and open-mindedness - no egos

Bonus Points:

• Bottoms-up, cohorted subscription revenue financial modeling experience
• B2C mobile subscription software or internet company experience
• Direct interactions with analytical presentations to seasoned board members and executives

Our Commitment to You:

• A competitive and equitable compensation plan. This is a full-time, salaried position that includes equity
• Physical & mental well-being including health, dental and vision benefits + a monthly stipend for wellness expenses
• Trail Days: First Friday of each month to hit the trails!
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible parental leave
• Remote employee equipment stipend to create a great remote work environment
• Annual continuing education stipend
• Discounts on subscription and merchandise for you and your friends & family
• An authentic investment in you as a human being and your career as a professional