Senior Strategic Finance Associate
Posted 2025-04-06Description:
 Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone.
 We empower students with financial support and supercharge their ability to pay down their debt.
 Earnies are committed to helping students live their best lives, free from the stress of student debt.
 The Senior Strategic Finance Associate position will report to the Strategic Finance Lead.
 Work closely with other Finance staff, General Managers, Marketing, and Operations to develop budgets and forecasts.
 Make recommendations and express financial significance for leveraging opportunities or mitigating risks.
 Measure new business opportunities, financial outcomes for various financing vehicles, and prepare materials for Executive meetings.
Requirements:  Degree in Finance, Business or a related field  3+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate FP&A. Investment banking, management consulting and private equity experience are a plus.  High proficiency with Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, and Financial ERP systems  Experience working with C-suite level leadership (direct reporting, presentations, etc.) and comfortable speaking in large groups  Experience building dynamic financial models and experience working with large data sets to disseminate trend analysis for forecasting / manipulating data to tell a story with supporting evidence  Experience and/or knowledge of the lending industry, amortization tables, loan loss models, securitization structures, warehouse financing facilities and risk-based pricing  Ability to build strong relationships of trust & influence, ability to lead work initiatives with cross-functional coordination with stakeholders  Willingness to travel to the Oakland office monthly to collaborate with other Earnies
Benefits:
 Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
 Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
 Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
 Robust tuition reimbursement program
 $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
 Competitive days of annual PTO
 Annual "my day"
 Pet insurance!
 Competitive parental leave
 Plenty of Earnest swag, in-person team gatherings, picnics, celebrations, and plenty of fun virtual events
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