About Ovative Group:
Ovative Group is an independent, full-funnel media, measurement, and creative firm. Leveraging our deep industry expertise, we help brands like Best Buy, Domino's, American Eagle, The Home Depot, Post, Disney, Tumi, Michael Kors, Boost Mobile, and UnitedHealth Group transform their media and measurement programs. The result? Profitable growth that speaks for itself.
At Ovative, we don't just track data, we redefine success. How do we do it? Our proprietary MarTech platform, EMRge helps businesses transform marketing into a driver of sustainable growth. Powered by Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), our differentiated approach to holistic media buying, planning, and measurement, EMRge is the first MarTech platform to measure businesses holistically. We're all about raising the bar every day, and it shows. Our work has been recognized by organizations like Digiday, Google, Inc. 5000, USA Today, and Search Engine Land.
Responsibilities of an Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis:
- Reporting: Provide timely and actionable reporting to our company’s leadership
- Support ongoing migration and enhancement of existing Excel-based reporting to Adaptive Insights
- Produce and QA regular financial results and visualize effectively
- Coordinate and understand reporting requirements across key operating metrics
- Collaborate with technical experts to design future state reporting and troubleshoot data issues
- Analysis: Conduct assumptions-based modeling to support key company initiatives
- Provide variance and root-causes analyses to supplement financial reporting
- Partner with senior leadership to produce ad hoc analyses and other financially-driven scenarios
- Identify opportunities to improve our current set of reporting and operating metrics
- Data Maintenance: maintain clean and accurate financial data
- Support daily and weekly model updates needed to produce accurate financial reports
- Thought partner in streamlining data clean up
- Maintain accurate data information sources across various platforms
- Miscellaneous: Be a team player and ready to take on ad hoc tasks as needed to support the team
- Own the design, assumptions testing, and output of the financial projection model for Ovative’s long-range corporate planning exercises
- Cultivate a transparent, trustworthy, and ethical work environment by staying engaged, curious, and accountable
- Support the FP&A team with other high priority items (e.g., accounting/operational process improvements)
Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree in relevant field
- 1-2 years of experience in Financial Planning, Operational Finance, or Corporate Finance
- Experience managing a financial reporting system (preferably, Adaptive Insights)
- Proven track record of analytical acumen, structured problem solving, and drive for results
- Strong professional and personable communication skills (written and verbal)
- Proficient in Excel, MS Office, PowerPoint, and Tableau (experience with SQL a plus)
- Can lead self, operating independently and manage multiple assignments and stakeholders simultaneously
Pay Transparency
At Ovative, we offer a transparent view into three core components of your total compensation package: Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and Benefits. The salary range for this position below is inclusive of an annual bonus. Actual offers are made with consideration for relevant experience and anticipated impact. Additional benefits information is provided below.
For this entry-level Analyst position, the base salary is $60,000. In addition, there is an annual bonus opportunity of up to 10% of base salary ($6,000).
Benefits of Working at Ovative Group:
We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work.
Culture:
Culture matters and we’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace for ten years running because of it. We demand trust and transparency from each other. We believe in doing the hard and complicated work others put off. We’re open in communication and floor plan. We’re flat – our interns sit next to VPs, our analysts work closely with senior leaders, and our CEO interacts with every single person daily. Put together, these elements help foster an environment where smart people can support each other in performing to their highest potential.
Ovative is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can participate and thrive. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, including on the basis of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Our policies reflect this commitment—for example, our medical leave benefits are inclusive of same-sex partners, ensuring equitable care and support for all families.
Compensation and Insurance:
We strive to hire and retain the best talent. Paying fair, competitive compensation, with a large bonus incentive, and phenomenal health insurance is an important part of this mix.
We’re rewarded fairly and when the company performs well, we all benefit.
Tangible amenities we enjoy:
Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI
Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teams
Flexible paid vacation policy
401k match program
Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners
Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs
Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan
Sabbatical program
Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program
Shenanigan’s Day
Working at Ovative won’t be easy, but if you like getting your hands dirty, driving results, and being surrounded by the best talent, it’ll be the most rewarding job you’ll ever have. If you think you can make us better, we want to hear from you!
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What We Do
Ovative Group is a digital-first media and measurement firm that is transforming the measure of marketing success. Our team of marketing experts does the hard work to drive measurable performance and surpass expectations - fostering a trusting environment with each other and our clients. Our offerings include Paid and Owned Media Services, Omni-Channel Measurement, and Strategy Consulting. We combine our deep industry expertise and proven processes with an innovative new marketing metric, Enterprise Marketing Return, to measure and optimize marketing efforts across all channels.
