Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance

Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

About Liftoff:

Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, e-commerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

About this role:

We’re looking for a talented Senior Financial Analyst to join our growing Commercial Finance team, nestled within the Strategic Finance team. This team member will assist with, and eventually own, a dynamic and diverse set of responsibilities. This function acts as the analytical engine of the company to provide insights and support ‘optimal’ business decision making. This position will support revenue for the entire Liftoff business and reports to the Manager of Commercial Finance. In these challenging times, it is critical that this individual is self-motivated, a self-starter, can work independently with minimal supervision, and demonstrates good judgment & discretion. This role requires strong business acumen, so this individual will need to have an interest in understanding the “why” behind financials and the core underlying business

Responsibilities:

• Support quarterly sales and management target setting process by providing relevant financial data and analysis; highlighting areas of risks and opportunities for discussion with leadership
• Provide ongoing and ad-hoc reporting and analysis for the Executive, GTM, and Product organizations to support well-informed decision-making
• Identify opportunities to enhance data integrity, automate reporting processes, and improve the efficiency of financial analysis workflows
• Utilize data analytics tools and financial models to analyze revenue performance, identify trends, and uncover insights to support decision-making
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reporting tools, and data visualization for senior leadership to track and monitor KPIs, overall business health, and communicate insights
• Support the preparation of executive/board-level presentations and reports to communicate financial performance and trends

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in Finance
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or related field
• Highly proficient in Excel / Sheets with strong modeling skills and attention to detail
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities to tackle complex financial challenges, identify opportunities for optimization, and drive strategic initiatives effectively
• Understand complex data with the ability to present in a way that is easy to understand, including data visualization
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders
• Detail-oriented mindset with a focus on accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality in financial reporting and analysis
• Proven track record of driving business results through financial insights, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration

Bonus:

• Experience with FP&A/Corporate Planning tools (Adaptive, Host/Planful, Vena, etc)
• Experience in Mobile App Marketing or Advertising Tech industry
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, or other comparable tools)

Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.

Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on candidate location and experience. The following are our base salary ranges for multiple levels:

SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $100,000 - $120,000
Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $90,000 - $110,000
All other cities and towns in our approved states: $85,000 - $105,000

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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.

Liftoff's Compensation Strategy

Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.