Director of Strategic Finance

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Berkeley, CA, USA
Hybrid
Financial Services
The Role
Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
  
Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals.  The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.

In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

We’re looking for a Director of Strategic Finance to bolster our growing FP&A team. You will own Voleon’s budgeting and forecasting as well as lead efforts focused on evaluation and execution of new business initiatives, including new ventures beyond traditional fund management. This is a highly strategic finance position requiring sharp business judgment, a deep financial modeling toolkit, and the ability to be a trusted thought partner in enterprise-level decisions. You will report to the CFO and work cross-functionally with strategy, operations, and executive leadership.

Responsibilites

  • Own company-wide forecasting, budgeting processes and deliverables
  • Partner with senior leadership to evaluate and operationalize new business initiatives
  • Prepare executive level materials summarizing business proposals, economics, and go-forward plans
  • Coordinate accounting, reporting and compliance operational workflows related to growth initiatives, ensuring timely and accurate reporting and compliance
  • Provide analytical and financial insights for both exploratory and executional phases of growth initiatives
  • Support firm-wide strategic planning, scenario modeling, and capital allocation analyses
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve operating efficiencies including Management Company Finance, Fund Finance and other functional groups

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate development, investment banking, or FP&A in fast growing technology or services companies with complex operations
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including with legal, compliance, and executive leadership
  • Strong financial modeling and forecasting capabilities
  • Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex, cross-functional initiatives
  • Proven knowledge of accounting and financial reporting on a GAAP and cash basis
  • Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset and a high level of business judgment
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related field; MBA or other advanced degree a plus

The base salary range for this position is $160,000 to $190,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program
If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.
 
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.


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The Company
HQ: Berkeley, CA
169 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning. The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines. Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility. The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

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