About Uphold
Uphold is now the fastest-growing private company in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the San Francisco Business Times Fast Track 100, 2022. Uphold is pursuing a mission to democratize investments and payments for people and companies worldwide. Founded in 2014, the Silicon Valley company today has more than 8 million customers in over 150 countries with an impressive 50x increase in Mobile App downloads during the first quarter of 2020. A bridge between the old and new money systems, Uphold allows people to buy, exchange and send more than 100 currencies, cryptocurrencies, precious metals and equities instantly. An engineering-led company with a social inclusion agenda, Uphold provides a stimulating and challenging home for the brightest and best talent.
If you’re a Rockstar and this sounds interesting and challenging, we want to hear from you!
The opportunity:
In this role, you'll get to work collaboratively with a range of cross-functional partners to enable operating planning and strategic planning. You'll report directly to the Chief Financial Officer.
Uphold is looking for a highly motivated finance professional to join our finance team and play a key role in our continued growth and achievement of operational excellence. The Director, FP&A must possess an analytical mind, an ability to communicate complex ideas to senior business leaders, and a desire to make a meaningful impact on a dynamic, high-growth FinTech company.
What you’ll be primarily doing:
- Manage the overall budget, forecast, and long range plan processes by leading the coordination of activities, and related reporting and analysis tasks
- Prepare insightful financials and operational analytics for management to support company initiatives and financial decisions
- Support the monthly close consolidation process by preparing variance analysis and reporting of results the organization
- Develop and enhance financial models and planning processes to drive effective data analytics and provide recommendations that will enable quality performance management discussions and better decision-making
- Work with leadership to develop and maintain financial reporting consistent with business operations
- Coordinate the preparation and presentation of quarterly business reviews
- Identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of existing processes and proposeimprovements to streamline the use of key business metrics
- Assist in the development, tracking and reporting of operational and financialmetrics
- Lead a team of 1-2 analysts
Required qualifications:
- Minimum 5+ years professional work experience in corporate finance (specifically financial planning & analysis), accounting, or consulting
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and Regulatory models
- Candidates with backgrounds in Financial Services, FinTech, or Technologybusinesses including sales operations, or consulting organizations are highly desirable
Bonus if you have:
- Crypto, blockchain, or fintech related experience or deep interest in the subject matter.
- Experience working with a global product.
- Experience with Adaptive Insights planning and budgeting software
What we have to offer you:
- An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people that keep up innovating and challenging more each day.
- An international team, in a cutting edge field, working on the most fascinating projects.
- Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative.
- Open and transparent culture - we get together on a weekly basis to share updates, strategic plans, and engage with each other informally over food and drinks.
- Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success.
Salary Range:
Be part of a great company that is revolutionizing financial services. Apply now!
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