Finance Manager

Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by 1) providing the best services for homebuyers, 2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance, 3) to protect the whole home.

As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies.

In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.

Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by 1) providing the best services for homebuyers, 2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance, 3) to protect the whole home.

As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies.

In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: United States

Workplace Type: Remote  

Job Summary

The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we’d love for you to be a part of it as our Finance Manager. This is a mission-critical role for the business. The Finance Manager will support the Moving and Shared businesses. This is a key and highly visible position that will be partnering with business leaders across Porch and providing insights and guidance on the company’s financial performance. This role requires strong business acumen, keen attention to detail, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and excellent Excel and data analytical skills. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a focus on results who is comfortable with ambiguity, multi-tasking, communicating with a variety of business partners, deep dive analytics, and loves to drive system and process improvements. As this is a remote role, we need someone who is highly motivated and can work independently.

What You Will Do As A Finance Manager

• You will serve as a trusted financial advisor to the business leaders of your division, collaborate across multiple functions within the business, including but not limited to marketing, engineering, product etc., partner with other corporate functions such as accounting, EBS, regularly interact with senior level management.

• Spearhead annual budgeting and forecasting cycles (quarterly) for your division. 

• Review, explain and present month-end operational and financial results; identify key risks and opportunities; provide actionable recommendations to the business on how to achieve profitable growth

• Build, constantly improve and manage budget and forecast models for the P&L, balance sheet and cash flows for your division.

• Provide analysis and interpretation of complex financial information utilizing judgment and discretion

• Identify trends, variances, and key issues and provide recommendations to leadership.

• Deliver innovative, high value-added financial information and support analysis to leadership for strategic planning and decision making. 

• Understand and focus on investment returns / capital allocation, unit economics, payback, IRR for your division.

• Perform ad hoc analysis in a variety of areas.

• This role will report into the Operations Finance Director.

What You Will Bring As A Finance Manager

• Strong leadership, organizational and communication skills in a fast paced and evolving, growing business.  This is not a junior level role and thus leadership will be needed at this level.

• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience. Strong understanding of financial concepts such as IRR, unit economics etc.

• Strong understanding of accounting principles

• Quick learner who is passionate about constant improvement

• Openly welcomes feedback regarding any aspect of work performance.

• Can work independently without close supervision yet knows when to ask for help.

• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to communicate effectively with business partners at various levels in a clear, concise, and respectful manner.

• Strong work ethic, willing to work hard with extra effort when needed to get the job done.

• Intellectually curious self-starter who is not afraid to seek out projects independently.

• Team player who fits our culture

• Attention to detail and willingness to dig into the numbers to gain key insights.

• 10+ years of related experience

• Experience in e-commerce is highly preferred

• Undergraduate degree in finance, economics, accounting, MBA, and CPA a plus.

• Advanced Microsoft Office Excel / PowerPoint and financial modeling skills.

• Tableau and ERP knowledge, specifically NetSuite and Oracle, is a plus.

The application window for this position is anticipated to close in 2 weeks (10 business days) from 3/10/2025}. Please know this may change based on business and interviewing needs. 

At this time, Porch Group does not consider applicants from the following states for remote positions: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, and West Virginia. 

What You Will Get As A Porch Group Team Member

Pay Range: $106,500.00 - $149,100.00 annually.

Please know your actual pay at Porch will reflect a number of factors among which are your work experience and skillsets, job-related knowledge, alignment with market and our Porch employees, as well as your geographic location.

Additionally, you will be eligible to receive long-term incentive awards, subject to program guidelines and approvals.  

Our benefits package will provide you with comprehensive coverage for your health, life, and financial wellbeing.    

Our traditional healthcare benefits include three (3) Medical plan options, two (2) Dental plan options, and a Vision plan from which to choose. 

Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Accident plans are offered on a voluntary basis. 

We offer pre-tax savings options including a partially employer funded Health Savings Account and employee Flexible Savings Accounts including healthcare, dependent care, and transportation savings options. 

We provide company paid Basic Life and AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability benefits.  We also offer Voluntary Life and AD&D plans. 

Both traditional and Roth 401(k) plans are available with a discretionary employer match. 

Headspace is part of our employer paid wellbeing program and provides employees and their families access to on demand guided meditation and mindfulness exercises, mental health coaching, clinical care and online access to confidential resources including will preparation. 

Brio Health is another employer paid wellbeing tool that offers quarterly wellness challenges and prizes. 

LifeBalance is a free resource to employees and their families for year-round discounts on things like gym memberships, travel, appliances, movies, pet insurance and more. 

Our wellness programs include flexible paid vacation, company-paid holidays of typically nine per year, paid sick time, paid parental leave, identity theft program, travel assistance, and fitness and other discounts programs.  

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What’s next?

Submit your application and our Porch Group Talent Acquisition team will be reviewing your application shortly! If your resume gets us intrigued, we will look to connect with you for a chat to learn more about your background, and then possibly invite you to have virtual interviews. What's important to call out is that we want to make sure not only that you're the right person for us, but also that we're the right next step for you, so come prepared with all the questions you have!

Porch is committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that not only embraces the diversity of our people but also reflects the diversity of the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know that the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives that encourage new ways of solving problems, so we strive to attract and develop talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard and empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

Porch is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Porch Group is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is a web-based system that allows an employer to determine an employee's eligibility to work in the US using information reported on an employee's Form I-9. The E-Verify system confirms eligibility with both the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For more information, please go to the USCIS E-Verify website.