Senior Associate, Strategic Finance

Applecart is the leading technology company creating a new category of “Decision Maker Marketing”. The most important decisions are made by the hardest people to reach and influence. Historically, C-suite leaders have lacked the tools to reach the stakeholders that matter most to their business. The C-suites of hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, major agencies, trade associations, nonprofits, and governments use Applecart to put their best content in front of business critical decision makers and those they trust —  from policymakers and investors to CEOs, key employees, members of the media and more. Decision makers are informed by what they read, learn from advisors, hear from colleagues, and discuss with family and friends. To break through to them, you must reach them through the only channel that really moves them: those they know and trust. Applecart’s platform uses publicly available or fully permissioned data to map billions of social relationships between nearly every American adult and enable clients to deliver content directly to decision makers and those that matter most to them.

We are hiring a Senior Associate, Strategic Finance in our New York office.

About the Role:

You will play a key role in a lean finance team, supporting ongoing strategic and tactical business planning in a rapidly growing technology firm. You will apply your expertise in financial modeling and analytics to ensure informed decision making by Senior Leadership and other internal stakeholders. You will manage the Company’s operating model, track KPIs, build budgets and business scenarios, draft presentations and collaborate with various teams throughout the organization. This high visibility role will report directly to the VP of Finance. 

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with VP of Finance to maintain and improve the Company’s operating model, including ongoing analysis of underlying assumptions
• Assist senior leadership with development of budgets and long-term business plans
• Manage various analytical projects for to assist with senior leadership decision-making
• Oversee calculation and tracking of KPIs
• Lead the monthly BvA analyses
• Collaborate with the Accounting team to prepare monthly financial reporting package
• Prepare presentations for senior leadership and the Board of Directors
• Evaluate new tools for improvement and optimization of internal processes

Experiences and Capabilities You Bring:

• 3+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, financial advisory or financial planning/analytics in a high-growth startup
• Expertise in Excel, with strong financial modeling and data visualization skills
• You are extremely detail-oriented and well organized with strong written and verbal communication skills
• You are a problem solver who is able to work independently, with minimal guidance
• Bonus points for knowledge of SaaS metrics and U.S. GAAP

This is a hybrid role. Work from home or in the office on Monday and Friday, and in Applecart’s New York City office Tuesday through Thursday. 

Compensation:

Our compensation package consists of three components: (i) a base salary, (ii) annual cash bonus, and (iii) generous equity compensation.

The base salary range for this role is between $115,000-$145,000, based on the candidate's experience and skills relative to the requirements listed in the “Who You Are” section above. The salary range provided is exclusive of discretionary annual cash bonus and equity compensation. The salary range provided for this role is specific to candidates located in the New York City area.

A few facts about us:

• Applecart’s platform has been used by hundreds of industry-leading clients spanning Fortune 500 companies like Blackstone and Intuit, leading nonprofit organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund, and top-tier communications and public affairs firms like Teneo, Sard Verbinnen, and Weber Shandwick.
• Applecart is growing quickly — 2023 was the fourth year in a row that we doubled the previous year’s bookings. 
• Our senior leadership team includes two members of the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising, the former Head of Product at Moat, Oracle’s online ad measurement platform, a former senior White House advisor, an early sales leader at Google and Twitter, two of the Democratic Party’s most successful pollsters and strategists, and alums of top-tier organizations like Bain, Amazon and Simpson Thacher.
• Our investors include global sports, entertainment and marketing giant Endeavor, KKR Co-Founder Henry Kravis, entrepreneur Chris Burch, a founder of Palantir, senior engineering leaders at Twitter and Yelp, former Fortune 50 and advertising agency CEOs, and a number of well-known venture capitalists. Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and Owl Capital Managing Partner Jennifer Fonstad serve on our board.
• Our work has been featured on Morning Joe on MSNBC, BloombergTV and The Colbert Report, and in Axios, BusinessWeek, the Associated Press, Forbes, the Washington Post, and Politico, among many others.