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At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff—like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR—so owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we’re proud to support more than 400,000 small businesses across the country, and we’re building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
About the Role:
Do you want to help guide financial planning, business operations, and strategic decision making at a Forbes Cloud 100 company? Come join the Finance, BizOps & Strategy (FBOS) team at Gusto.
About the Team:
The FBOS team provides financial, operational, and strategic support across the company, with a mission to define and defend the business model while accelerating growth. As part of the Corporate Finance sub team, you’ll drive company-wide planning, resource allocation, and reporting. You’ll also partner closely with teams across Gusto to improve capital efficiency, manage headcount planning, and use modern tools to automate and scale reporting.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Corporate Planning & Forecasting. Partner on managing Gusto’s business model, supporting strategic planning, forecasting, and resource allocation.
- Financial Modeling & Analysis. Build models and complete analyses in various capacities to support decision making on Gusto’s capital structure, efficiency, competitor
- Executive Reporting. Deliver key reporting for the Board of Directors and Executive Team, including KPI tracking and performance-to-plan analyses.
- Drive Efficiency and Scale. Leverage AI to automate reporting, processes, and analyses to create leverage for the FBOS team and support Gusto’s growth.
- Workforce Management. Partner with recruiting, finance, and cross-functional teams to plan and operationalize hiring.
- Business Support. Serve as a finance partner to foundation leaders, work cross-functionally with different parts of the business on adhoc projects, and collaborate with other finance team members.
Here’s what we're looking for:
- 4+ years of relevant experience in Finance & Strategy or Financial Operations within tech, fintech, or banking.
- Excel expert with the ability to build insightful financial models and analyses, paired with strong critical thinking and sound business judgment.
- Skilled in advanced AI prompting and vibe coding. Experience using ChatGPT (or comparable model) in professional applications is a must. Experience using other AI applications (e.g. Cursor) a plus).
- Familiar with human capital management, financial planning, and data visualization tools (e.g., Workday, Tableau, Redash, Pigment).
- Experience with SQL is a plus.
- Strong attention to detail with a natural feel for numbers and data, maintaining high accuracy in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders while meeting deadlines.
- Outgoing, thoughtful partner to leaders across the organization.
- Prepared to troubleshoot and diagnose issues to their root cause and recommend solutions.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is between $109,785 - $135,402/year in Denver and $132,765 - $163,744/year for New York/San Francisco. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above. Compensation for this position also includes an equity package and performance bonuses.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
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