Strategic Finance Senior Analyst (Chicago)

About Vouch :

Insurance... sounds slow, old-fashioned, and unexciting. Exactly. Insurance is broken, and it's failing fast-moving, innovative startups.

Vouch is a new, technology-first insurance company backed with $185M in funding from world-class investors. Like Stripe for payments or Brex for credit cards, Vouch is creating the go-to business insurance for high-growth companies.

We're doing this by making insurance fast, responsive, and focused on our high-growth and innovative customers. Instead of printed PDF applications and week-long waits, Vouch is building new technology to solve real problems, writing policies that actually cover relevant startup scenarios, and designing simple experiences in an otherwise frustrating industry.

Why should you join our team and Vouch?

Not only is this an exciting and growing team where you can drive a real impact on our operational scalability, but Vouch is also the preferred insurance provider to customers of Y Combinator, Brex, Carta, and WeWork.

We're a quickly growing startup that believes in transparency and acknowledgment with our team members and cultivating a values-driven company.

Our values are "Put People First," "Listen, Challenge, and Grow," "Face challenges head-on and win as a team," and "Serve clients with integrity and excellence."

What does a work environment look like at Vouch?

Vouch has employees across the U.S., with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City. While this role has hybrid work flexibility, we prefer it to be based near one of our central offices in SF, Chicago, or NYC to help foster close collaboration and team building.

Role Responsibilities :

As a Strategic Finance Senior Analyst at Vouch, you will be crucial in supporting financial and strategic planning. You will have a unique opportunity to support building foundational financial processes, models, and tools that will allow us to grow and scale into the future.

The ideal candidate is someone who has experience building and maintaining full-funnel revenue models, approaches problems in a structured and methodical way, has a strong ownership mentality, and is always looking to improve processes.

The candidate is eager to learn and has a positive can-do attitude. The candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and can handle the ambiguity of a startup environment.

Prior insurance or fintech experience is preferred but not required.

Job Duties :

• Develop, improve, and maintain financial models, including the go-to-market premium and operating capacity models
• Assist in forecasting and budgeting premium and operating expenses
• Provide budget vs. actual variance analysis on a monthly basis
• Collaborate with business partners to create and set targets for business KPIs, including the design of new reports and dashboards to provide insightful information to leadership
• Recommend and implement process improvements for financial reporting and analysis leveraging our financial planning software
• Work with the analytics team to create new automated dashboards
• Analyze key business metrics and provide insights to business partners
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis for critical business decisions
• Present key results and recommendations to business partners and leadership

About you :

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or consulting
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to navigate and understand large ambiguous data sets for analysis and modeling
• Effective communication skills, influence, and collaboration with cross-functional business partners
• Proactive self-starter who is always looking for ways to improve a process
• Prior experience supporting an annual budgeting cycle
• Experience with financial planning tools
• Advanced Excel skills, including the use of keyboard shortcuts that make you incredibly efficient

Nice to have :

• Exposure to and passion for early-stage startups and / or high-growth environments
• A background in Insurance or Fintech
• Experience with SQL and BI tools

Vouch provides several benefits to help you bring your best self to work :

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Parental leave
• Flexible vacation time (Unlimited PTO)
• Wellness allowance ($80 / month)
• Technology allowance ($100 / month)
• Professional Development ($500 / Yr)
• Home office setup (One-time $500)
• L&D : Partnerships with Ethena, Hone, and weekly Lunch & Learns
• Employee Groups (ERGs, Committees, and Communities) : Vouch supports various employee groups to foster an inclusive, equitable workplace and create affirming, empowering, employee-centered spaces for conversation, community, and support.

These groups include Pride @ Vouch, Women @ Vouch, Black @ Vouch, Virtual Connections, Pop Culture, Pets of Vouch, Skincare, Astrology, Plants, etc.

• Wellbeing : Voucher's have access to many wellbeing perks, including Calm, ClassPass, Headspace, Fetch, OneMedical, SoFi, etc.
• Annual performance reviews with quarterly check-ins : Vouch conducts quarterly review discussions with all team members, offering goal setting and check-ins, development discussions, and promotion opportunities

What to expect in the interview process :

• 30-minute phone call with our recruiting team
• 30-45 minute Zoom interview with the hiring manager
• Case study / technical screen
• Meet the team! 30 1 : 1 Zoom meetings with 4-5 team members you'd work closely with in the role

Salary Range :

The pay range for this role is : $100,000 to $130,000 per year.

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry and are part of our total compensation package, which also includes benefits and other perks.

We also include stock options in all compensation packages and believe all Vouch employees should have the opportunity to become owners in the company.

Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, location, and business need.

The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Vouch believes in putting our people first, and building a diverse team is at the front of everything we do. We welcome people from different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ranges of abilities.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate the diversity of our growing team.

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this application, interview, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to redacted .