Financial Analyst shaping financial strategy at Foundation AI, collaborating with teams to drive strategic initiatives and optimize financial performance. Analyze trends and prepare reports for executives.
About the role
- Senior Financial Analyst responsible for budgeting and forecasting at blockchain startup. Analyzing financials and supporting strategic decision-making in a mission-driven team.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts
- Work with department heads to gather assumptions and ensure alignment with strategic goals
- Build and maintain complex financial models to analyze performance and scenario planning
- Evaluate financial and operational results, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities
- Support valuation analysis and 409A modeling
- Conduct credit and strategic alignment analyses on potential partnerships to assess fit, scale, and strategic value
- Review ongoing financial submissions for covenant compliance and financial health around debt investments
- Conduct cash flow analyses to inform investment performance
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and dashboards
- Support month-end close by preparing variance analysis (actual vs. budget/forecast)
- Prepare, review, and deliver financial reporting within ecosystem quarterly reports, maintaining consistency and compliance across metrics
- Track portfolio balances, performance, and forecast balances
- Contribute to long-range planning and strategic initiatives
- Analyze potential investments, cost-saving initiatives, and business development opportunities
- Execute quarterly calculation, reporting, and payment processes for mandate account reimbursements, management fees, and tax reimbursements, ensuring accuracy and timely settlement
- Produce and distribute daily/weekly financial reports - cash reserves, daily executions, loan tracking, and contractor agreements - ensuring completeness, accuracy, and on-schedule delivery
- Recommend and implement process improvements in financial planning systems and reporting
- Review and audit employee grants to ensure accuracy with the people team, and up-to-date dashboards for forecasting and planning
- Help oversee digital token payments, due diligence, reporting, and reconciliation
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA, CFA, or CPA is a plus)
- Familiarity with financial statements and credit analysis
- 2 - 5 years of relevant experience in investment banking, corporate finance, FP&A or financial analysis
- Strong interest in the blockchain industry
- Strong proficiency in modeling - utilizing Google Sheets (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, modeling), and experience with ERP systems (e.g., Netsuite, SAP, etc.)
- Familiarity with BI/reporting tools is preferred
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
Benefits
- Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependants
- Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents
- Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
- Life & ADD (up to $50K)
- Short & Long term disability
- 401K with 4% match
- Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
- Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
- Family building benefits through Kindbody
- Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
- L&D budget of $1,500/year
- Daily lunch and snacks in office
- Company retreats
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