Associate, Corporate Development and Strategy

Havenly•Denver, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Havenly Brands, we’re building this generation’s premier destination for all things home. Alongside our award winning Havenly design services, we proudly own and operate some of the best home furnishings brands in the business including Havenly, Interior Define, The Citizenry, Burrow, Inside, and St.Frank. Our family of brands is growing and we’re looking for amazing people to join us on this journey! Havenly is not just the #1 residential interior design service in America - we're architecting the future of how millions design their homes. With our proprietary 3D visualization technology, our worldwide network of designers empowered with AI tools, and our revolutionary customer-facing AI design assistant, we're at the inflection point of a massive market transformation. This isn't just a corporate development role, it's the opportunity to build the category-defining business at the intersection of AI, design, and commerce. We are seeking an Associate to join our Strategy & Corporate Development team to help drive long term growth for the business by providing actionable analysis and empowering stakeholders across the business to make data-driven decisions. Someone who is not afraid to roll-up-their-sleeves and is focused on delivering measurable results. This individual will be responsible for developing and implementing business strategies, conducting financial analysis, and providing insights to senior management to support decision-making, including around acquisitions. The ideal candidate will have a strong analytical mindset, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial information effectively. Like our team, candidates should be customer and brand-focused and naturally curious about new ways to help grow our business and make our systems more efficient over time.

Requirements

Demonstrated financial acumen and analytical experience delivering results-driven strategic recommendations, complex business modeling in excel, and creating meaningful analysis to drive key business decisions
3+ years of experience in Private Equity, Investment Banking, or other strategic finance or corporate development roles
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in business, management, or a related field; MBA preferred
Excellent communication and presentation skills, highly organized, exceptional attention to detail, strong and proven project management capabilities and stakeholder relationship development, and able to manage competing priorities
Comfort managing through ambiguity and working with limited data
Advanced MS Excel user with experience building complex financial models and dashboards
An innate sense of curiosity about different brands within the market, as well as trends in the market and AI
Ability to thrive in an in-person work environment but also effective in collaborating across multiple teams located in multiple geographies

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a new business or startup highly desired
MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Lead preparation of strategic financial reporting and conduct ongoing financial forecasting to provide management clear visibility into the company’s financial performance and outlook
Analyze financial and operational data across all of our brands to explain variance drivers and provide recommendations for improvement with a strong understanding of our strategic priorities for each business unit and overall corporate strategy.
Support corporate development including mergers & acquisitions, capital raises, and partnerships including modeling, negotiation, and decision making
Play a key role in our annual budgeting and forecasting process, collaborating across all departments and ensuring alignment with our corporate strategy
Run and/or support key strategic projects across the company, working with stakeholders across departments on high priority questions and decisions including new business lines / markets / products analysis, strategic decision-making in day-to-day operations, and other growth initiatives
Develop and keep various business analytics across functions including marketing, finance, operations and development KPIs, via sophisticated dashboards and performance tracking
Summarize analytical results clearly and concisely to support recommendations and inform key decisions in resource allocations
Continuously develop and innovate around both standard, ad-hoc reporting and analytics