Finance & Strategy, Senior Analyst

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Do you believe residents can strengthen their neighborhoods through dialog and collaboration? Are you passionate about using the power of technology to build community? Would you like to join a transformative company and play a meaningful role in crafting its future? If so, we’d love to meet you.

Nextdoor is the private social network for you, your neighbors and your community. Nextdoor’s mission is to provide a trusted platform where neighbors work together to build stronger, safer, happier communities, all over the world.

Nextdoor is used by millions of members in over 180,000 neighborhoods in the US. Since 2016, we have successfully launched in the Netherlands, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Australia, and we plan to extend our service further internationally in 2019 and beyond. We are based in San Francisco and backed by Silicon Valley’s leading investors.

Role:

Nextdoor is building its Finance & Strategy team, and we are looking for a Senior Analyst who can be the foundation of that effort and improve strategic and financial decision making across the company. This position will be based in San Francisco and you will report to the Head of Finance & Strategy.

You are right for this role if you are passionate about creating value through insightful analysis that drives business decisions. You enjoy building strong cross-functional relationships to help the company understand how all the pieces fit together and drive performance. You see the bigger picture, excel at juggling multiple priorities and consistently go above and beyond. You also exhibit a high attention to detail and with strong analytical skills.

Our team’s core value is trust – we build it by making what is complex simple, and we do it by creating analysis that is accurate and easy-to-understand. Business partners appreciate our insight and trust us to help them solve difficult problems.

Responsibilities:

This role will play an integral part in Nextdoor’s success. Key responsibilities include:

Strategic Decision Support:

We are the analytical advisor to our business partners. We lead analytics initiatives such as financial modeling, customer LTV analysis, product/competitive landscape benchmarking, identifying and analyzing relevant business metrics, and generating other data-driven analysis in support of key business / product decisions.

Forecasting:

We use data to predict short-term and long-term trends for making strategic decisions. We have intimate knowledge of the data available and actively mine it from our databases. We build models in Excel to understand complex relationships between variables and analyze variances to drive deeper insights.

Financial Planning & Reporting:

We have an intimate understanding of Nextdoor’s business. We gain this by regularly partnering with business functions (e.g. Finance/Accounting, Business Intelligence, Marketing, Products, International) to analyze and report on the financial impact of decisions across the company. We support our business partners to manage their budgets and ensure they have assessed the impact of current and future marketing, product development and other investment initiatives.

Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or another relevant field
  • 2 to 6 years of relevant industry experience with financial modeling (e.g. investment banking, investing, finance at high-growth companies, consulting)
  • Understanding of the social media, digital advertising or consumer internet industries
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel. Experience with data visualization software such as Tableau a plus
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • A highly analytical and inquisitive work style with a keen attention to detail – but also ability to see the big picture
  • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • A strong passion for Nextdoor’s mission

Benefits: 

  • 100% company-paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for you and your dependents
  • Paid vacation and company holidays
  • Free catered dinners Monday through Thursday and catered lunch on Wednesdays
  • Monthly gym stipend
  • One time cell phone & headphone stipend
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Two paid volunteer days off
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks and candy
  • La Marzocco espresso machine with Blue Bottle coffee
  • Health FSA
  • 401K plan
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