Senior Financial Analyst
Credit Karma is a mission-driven company, focused on championing financial progress for our more than 100 million members in the U.S., Canada and U.K. While we're best known for pioneering free credit scores, our members turn to us for tips as they work on their financial goals, including helping them monitor their credit, identity monitoring, searching for credit cards, shopping for loans (car, home and personal), and growing their savings* -- all for free. Credit Karma has grown significantly through the years: we've added more than 70 million members in the last five years alone and now have more than 1,100 employees across our offices in Oakland, Charlotte, Los Angeles and London.
*Banking services provided by MVB Bank, Inc., Member FDIC
As a Senior FP&A Analyst of Credit Karma Money (“CK Money”), you will support the financial reporting, analytics, and planning capabilities for one of Credit Karma’s most strategic businesses. You will help enable the team to deliver on financial and strategic objectives through developing complex forecasts and analyses that will guide business decisions. You should have a high sense of ownership, a natural interest in continuously improving the way the business is viewed and a strong ability to communicate with non-financially minded peers. The role will report to our Financial Planning and Analysis Senior Manager.
What you’ll do:
Business support / decision making
- Support cross-functional business partners in developing business cases (incl. financial models) to support investments and contract negotiations
- Investigate and communicate financial performance variance relative to expectations, partnering with respective departments across the company to gain additional insight
- Quantify month-over-month funnel, revenue and expense shifts by partnering with Marketing, Analytics, Business Development, Member Support, Trust & Safety and Product
Forecasting / modeling
- Own preparation and presentation of CK Money revenue forecast and CK Money KPIs
- Support CK budget and forecast cycles with key business partners via owning models and driving timelines
Establishing new processes / automation
- Drive and support the creation of reports and dashboards in BI tools such as Looker
- Help establish and automate recurring processes towards efficient and scalable solutions
- Support creation of standardized financial reporting frameworks to support CK Money business partners to enable data-driven decision making
What’s great about the role:
- High impact, high visibility role where you’ll play a key role in shaping the understanding, reporting and strategic direction of a new and fast growing business unit
- Unique opportunity to be embedded in the business while providing objective and financial perspective that is grounded in data
- Work in a highly cross functional and collaborative environment
Minimum Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Math, Economics, Finance, Business or another related field
- 3 to 6 years of relevant work experience (experience in investment banking, or corporate finance, or high growth companies preferred)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Self-starter, intellectually curious and a fast learner with high standards for accuracy
- A rigorous analytical mind able to effectively communicate findings to non-financial partners
- Previous experience establishing new processes for a fast growing business unit and revenue forecasting
- Ability and comfort working cross-functionally
- Extremely proficient in Excel, Powerpoint and the Google Doc suite
- Bonus Experience: Data Visualization (e.g., Looker), SQL
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Credit Karma is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that such an environment advances long-term professional growth, creates a robust business, and supports our mission of championing financial progress for everyone. We offer generous benefits and perks with a single eye to nourishing an inclusive environment that recognizes the contributions of all and fosters diversity by supporting our internal Employee Resource Groups. We’ve worked hard to build an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and the opportunity for professional growth. As part of the Credit Karma team, your voice will be heard, your contributions will matter, and your unique background and experiences will be celebrated.
Credit Karma is also proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome all candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, veteran or military status, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and operate in compliance with applicable fair chance or similar ordinances.
COVID-19 update: Protecting the health of our employees and the candidates interested in a career at Credit Karma is our top priority. We appreciate your understanding and being open and flexible with any changes related to our interviewing process. Moving forward, all new hires are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to share proof of that status prior to their first day of onboarding. If you are unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons, we will explore potential reasonable accommodations; however, Credit Karma may not be able to grant such accommodations in all cases.
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