The Role:
Alternative Payments is looking for an outcome oriented Business Operations & Finance Associate to join our rapidly growing team. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical problem solver, with critical thinking skills who can quickly understand the core drivers of the business. This role is part analyst, part strategist, part project manager, and part builder.
Reporting to the Chief of Staff you will work on complex business problems, analyzing and generating insights from data across multiple workstreams. You will plan, lead and execute operational and strategic planning initiatives that have a direct and quantifiable impact on the business.
This is a hybrid role, located in NYC with 4 days in office per week
Key Responsibilities - What you will do
Work cross-functionally to execute on high-impact projects and implement new processes to scale operations.
Serve as a strategic partner, identifying issues, building models and analyzing data to make recommendations to improve financial and operational decision-making across the organization.
Prepare regular reports and dashboards to communicate insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
Support the leadership team in executing all operational and strategic initiatives.
Monitor, manage and report on payment activity to create operating efficiency, optimize costs and mitigate risks
Develop and/or monitor operational metrics
Support the sales + customer success teams with complex challenges
What you will Bring (Requirements):
3-5 years of professional experience within investment banking, private equity, or financial services
Superior analytical, critical thinking and quantitative skills
Ability to execute in ambiguous, fast paced environments under tight and unpredictable timelines and produce accurate, high quality results
High sense of urgency, a bias for action and work ethic
Rigorous attention to detail
Ability to handle multiple competing projects
Ability to work independently and be proactive
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong problem solving and decision making skills
Ability to work collaboratively and cross functionally within the organization
Nice to have
Experience working at a high growth start up in the fintech space
At least 2 years experience working in investment banking
About Alternative Payments
Alternative Payments is an early-stage B2B payments and checkout infrastructure company, tackling $28T of US B2B payments. Alternative’s white-label, purpose-built payment portal streamlines client payments, while integrated directly with a company’s invoicing software and reconciles all transactions to its accounting software, providing a fully-integrated approach that does not exist, outside of custom ERP applications. Our customers are paid 40% faster, leveraging Alternative Payments.
Compensation
Total compensation range for this role is $110,000-$140,000 plus equity. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the approximate total target compensation for the position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including relevant skills, experience, education/training.
What We Will Offer:
Competitive Compensation: We want you to feel like an owner, which should be reflected in your salary and equity
Top Tier Benefits: Every employee has access to great Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
Mission-first Colleagues: We value a culture of authenticity, humility, and excellence. We want you to leave your thumbprint on our company
Our Values:
Transparency & Honesty: We communicate openly and truthfully with partners, investors, and each other so everyone understands where we stand and where we’re headed.
Resourcefulness: We stay scrappy, find creative solutions, and make progress even when the path isn’t obvious. We have a bias for action and seek out the information and resources necessary to make decisions and move quickly.
Partnership: We win and lose together. We collaborate with our partners, investors, and teammates to tackle big challenges and reach shared goals.
Revolutionary & Boldness: We challenge conventions, take calculated risks, and build better, stronger solutions that move our business and the industry forward.
Accountability: We take ownership of our decisions and results. We follow through on our commitments knowing our work directly impacts our partners, our team and our business.
Top Skills
What We Do
Alternative Payments is the platform that accelerates cash flow and boosts revenue without traditional payment complexities.
