Associate Director of Finance
Blueland
Accounting & Finance
Remote
Posted on Oct 4, 2024
Blueland is revolutionizing conventional cleaning and personal care products to eliminate the need for single-use plastic packaging, while prioritizing the planet and people. We believe that we should be able to have a clean home without sacrificing a clean planet and that sustainable choices should be effective, convenient, and affordable. We also believe that businesses need to be reconstructed to consider all stakeholders, not just profit.
We are a science-driven company with a pipeline of proprietary products that started with our cleaning sprays and hand soap (we hold over 40 patents and patents pending worldwide). To date, we’ve already helped divert more than 1 billion single-use plastic bottles from landfills and waterways. We were the 2nd fastest growing direct-to-consumer in 2020, and have built an engaged, passionate community of close to 1M+ person community. We’re proud to be a Certified B Corp - recognized for meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. We’re also Climate Neutral Certified along with many other certifications that help hold us accountable on our commitments to optimize our products for environmental and human health.
Blueland was featured on the Season 11 premiere of Shark Tank, securing an investment by Kevin O’Leary. Blueland is well-funded by top tier venture capital firms as well as notable investors including Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Timberlake and founders of Sweetgreen, Thrive Market, Honest Company, Rent the Runway, and Bonobos. We’ve been featured across top tier outlets such as the New York Times, Fast Company, TechCrunch, VOGUE, Wall Street Journal, Inc., and more.
The Role:
The Associate Director of Finance will be a key financial leader supporting cross-functional teams, developing and refining comprehensive financial models, and delivering actionable insights rooted in data and analysis. This individual will play a critical role in financial planning, internal and external reporting, and financial analyses to support key business decisions.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of driving business performance through data analysis and strategic financial planning.
This role requires strong collaboration with cross-functional partners to influence decisions, to ensure alignment between finance and key stakeholders, and to continuously improve financial processes. The ideal candidate has excellent critical thinking and analytic capabilities, the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, and exceptional attention to detail. This role reports to the VP of Finance.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and regularly update the company operating model, refining forecasting models, providing sensitivity analyses, challenging assumptions and ensuring alignment with business goals
- Report on monthly financial results and forecasts, including variance analyses, key business trends and actionable insights for the leadership team
- Develop and refine reporting dashboards that track key performance indicators (KPIs) across key financial and operating metrics, and provide regular analysis and communicate important takeaways to senior leadership
- Provide data-driven insights to the leadership team and key stakeholders to facilitate informed decision-making. Surface strategic insights and recommend actions based on financial analysis
- Work cross-functionally with senior leaders across sales channels and departments to provide financial guidance and ad-hoc analyses to ensure alignment of strategies and financial objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to business units, helping them optimize profitability
- Partner with cross-functional teams to gather data inputs and ensure alignment in financial planning processes
- Identify and communicate potential business opportunities and risks. Collaborate with leadership to create analyses that drive timely, clear decision-making and strategic alignment
- Continue to refine and build out scalable financial processes
Qualifications:
- 5-7 years of experience in Strategic Finance / FP&A, preferably with prior experience in investment banking or private equity as well as at a scaling startup
- Advanced Excel, Google Suite and financial modeling experience with attention for detail when reviewing models. Experience in Netsuite, Looker, and SQL is a plus
- Ownership mentality and demonstrated ability to autonomously drive cross-functional projects to completion without significant supervision
- Ability to think strategically while managing through ambiguities
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. Need to be able to explain complex processes or models in a concise, consumable format tailored to the audience
- Exceptional attention to detail with an ability to multitask in a high growth environment
- Practical approach to problem-solving. Understands when to dive deep into details of data vs. estimate based on key assumptions with back-of-the-envelope calculations
- Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve with incomplete datasets or information
- An attitude to challenge the status quo with a desire to consistently raise the bar
- Interested in and passionate about the environment, sustainability and the Blueland mission
The salary range for this position is $135,000 - $150,000 per year.
We prioritize our planet and our people. In addition to salary compensation, we offer various other benefits to ensure our team members can be their best self, both in and outside of work. Benefits for full time roles include: health benefits, stock options, generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid civic engagement days, paid parental leave, 401k (employee contribution), professional development stipends, remote work reimbursements, various discounts to like-minded companies and more.
At Blueland we believe in order to build a better future and planet, we must advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. We are proud to have assembled a diverse team and strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification.