Fireflies.ai is an AI voice assistant that automatically takes notes, makes meetings searchable, and delivers key insights from conversations. We are growing rapidly across tens of thousands of organizations and growing our footprint inside Fortune 500 companies. Chances are you've seen Fireflies in one of your meetings! Fireflies integrates with all the major video-conferencing platforms including Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex, and more. We are a globally distributed team across 15+ countries.
As the 1st BizOps & Strategic Finance Manager at Fireflies.ai, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy and operational efficiency of our organization. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive data-driven insights, financial planning, and business optimization initiatives. This role is ideal for a candidate with a strong background in finance, business operations, and a passion for driving growth in a dynamic SAAS startup environment.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Financial Planning & Analysis:
- Collaborate with leadership to develop financial forecasts, budgets, and long-term financial plans.
- Conduct in-depth financial analysis to support strategic decision-making, including revenue modeling, cost analysis, and profitability assessments.
- Identify key performance metrics and implement dashboards for monitoring financial health and performance.
2. Strategic Insights & Recommendations:
- Provide strategic insights and data-driven recommendations to support executive decision-making.
- Perform competitive analysis and market research to identify growth opportunities.
- Contribute to strategic planning and execution, including potential mergers, acquisitions, or partnership
3. Business Operations Optimization: - Evaluate and improve internal business processes to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Work with cross-functional teams to identify areas for cost optimization and revenue growth.
- Implement operational KPIs and metrics to track and measure business performance.
4. Financial Reporting & Compliance:
- Prepare regular financial reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and industry standards.
- Collaborate with auditors and tax professionals as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field (MBA or CFA a plus).
- Proven experience (4+ years) in strategic finance, financial analysis, or business operations roles.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in financial modeling and data analysis tools.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to convey complex financial information clearly.
- Experience in SAAS or tech startups is preferred.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, results-oriented mindset.
The primary role will be to help us:
- Understand our expenses, revenue, CAC, LTV, etc
- Mapping out projections.
- Calculating unit economics and margins.
- Building different plans where different levers are modified
- Figuring out how to save on cogs and figuring out our different growth levers
- Knowing user growth channels as well similar to a data analyst
- This person will work very closely with the growth team and accounting firm and bridge the gap between the two and many of the reports, insights, analytics, models, and projections.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with SaaS-specific financial software and tools (e.g., SaaS metrics dashboards).
- Certification such as CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) or CPA (Certified Public Accountant).
We keep our Hiring process pretty straight and simple 🏅
- 1st Round: Assessment to check the problem-solving ability.
- 2nd Round: Call with the Recruitment Lead
- 3rd Round: Call with the company CEO
- 4th Round: Reference check and offer
Team Benefits/ Perks 💰
- Competitive comp
- Work remotely anywhere in your respective country
- Ability to move laterally within a team and grow rapidly
- Paid time off and flexible leave policy
- No boss culture
- Flexible working hours
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Company Offsites/Virtual Retreats
- Tech reimbursements
About us :
Fireflies was rated by Gartner as one of the top 25 startups to watch for in 2020. The company has raised $19 million from top-tier investors, including Canaan, Khosla Ventures, and angels from Slack, Facebook, Dropbox, Amazon, and Salesforce. We are a 90+ global team across 18+ countries. In just the past year, Fireflies has taken notes for over 3 million people and is used by folks across 60,000+ companies. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly value diversity at our company because our team will be stronger with different perspectives and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.