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Analyst, Strategic Finance & Analytics
WeWork
New York, NY, United States
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Strategic Finance Analytics
The Strategic Finance Analytics team serves as the strategic thought partner and financial planning function for WeWork’s regional leadership team for the East (Eastern US and Canada), headquartered in New York. This function is central and integral to driving world class capital efficiency and financial discipline at not only massive scale but in hyper growth.
The Role
We are looking for a highly passionate, analytically-driven, strategic finance professional to join our Finance team in the East Region. You will report to and work closely with the Manager, Strategic Finance and Analytics. This role will serve as a key leader on a high-impact finance and business operations unit, playing an instrumental role in strategic decision-making, key business processes and achieving growth and profitability at a scale few businesses have ever achieved.
Strategic Finance will partner and work closely with our territory GMs and department heads to measure and track KPIs and financial metrics that support strategic decision-making. You will balance multiple projects at once and partner with various operating and analytic groups. The ideal candidate is analytical, motivated, resourceful and eager to dive into the data. To succeed in this role, you must have strong leadership, communication and relationship skills as well as strong problem solving and analytical skills. You will
have significant autonomy, so we’re looking for good judgement and experience working cross-functionally and at all levels.
Responsibilities include:
• Analytics: Serve as a member of the East Region analytics team by collaborating across the organization with our analysts in real estate, sales, marketing, pricing, and operations
• Planning: Serve as a key stakeholder in the development of the region’s annual operating plan, budgeting, forecasting, and review.
• Reporting: Provide visibility, governance and timely reporting of financials and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Strategy: Serve as a trusted, strategic finance partner to our leadership team in the areas of capital spend, ROI, operational efficiency, revenue growth, and profitability and help define and develop the region’s 3-5 year operating plan Capital: Serve as a steward of capital by identifying opportunities to drive higher returns and ensure the consistent and universal application of strategic, ROI-based decision-making
• Finance Organization and Infrastructure: Serve as a key contributor in the design and construction of a highly scalable, end-to-end financial organization – teams, processes and systems
Who we are looking for:
• BA/BS in Finance, Economics, or other similar course of study
• 2+ years of experience in FP&A and/or Strategic Finance equivalent functions; experience in analytically-driven roles (Investment Banking, Consulting, Analytics, etc.) a plus
• A strategic thinker with excellent business judgment
• Experience defining analytical/research projects, analyzing data and generating practical insights and decision-making recommendations
• Highly motivated and willing to take on multiple responsibilities at once
• Resourceful and relentless: Independently capable of seeking information, solving conceptual problems, corralling resources, and delivering results in challenging situations.
• Highly Innovative problem solver: possessing strong interpersonal, multi-tasking, organizational, and project planning skills, and demonstrating ability to meet aggressive deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to deal with complex problems and present recommendations and findings in a clear, concise format
• Quick and scrappy learner who adapts well to a fast-moving environment and gets things done, combines creativity, problem- solving skills, and a can-do attitude to overcome any obstacle
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Based in: New York (HQ for the East Region)