Finance Analyst

Baton • New York, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Baton is seeking a motivated Finance Analyst to support our broader finance, valuations, and reconciliations function. Reporting directly to the Head of Valuations, this role will play a critical part in owning, managing, and supporting key financial workflows across the business. You will work on core processes such as small business valuations, quality of earnings analyses, and financial reviews for the small businesses listed on Baton’s platform, helping to ensure accuracy, consistency, and transparency throughout the listing process. In addition to hands-on finance work, this role will collaborate closely with client-facing teams and act as a product-minded partner to optimize and continuously improve Baton’s financial workflows, working cross-functionally with engineering, product, and finance.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or graduated with a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
• Candidate has applicable finance internship experience or 1-2 years of professional work experience
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented skills, particularly in reviewing financial data
• Comfortable working with financial statements, tax returns, and data reconciliation
• Proficiency in Excel and willingness to learn new tools
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate within a fast-paced team environment
• Self-motivated, proactive, and eager to contribute to a mission-driven startup

Responsibilities

• Support small business valuations, quality of earnings analyses, and financial reviews for companies listed on Baton’s platform, analyzing historical financial statements and other data to identify trends, normalize earnings, and highlight risks and opportunities that inform valuation and decision-making
• Own key financial reconciliation and data validation workflows that support accurate, transparent listings
• Partner with client-facing teams to gather, clarify, and explain financial information to founders and buyers
• Collaborate with finance, product, and engineering to improve automation, accuracy, and efficiency across core financial workflows
• Contribute to strategic finance initiatives that evolve Baton’s finance and valuations capabilities, including process documentation, tooling enhancements, and development of best practices
• Support overall finance department data gathering and analysis, including operations and administrative projects.

Benefits

• Employer contribution for all healthcare options
• 401k plan / short-term disability
• Five weeks of paid time off, generous sick leave, and six weeks of flexible Work From Anywhere days
• On-demand mental health support from Spill
• Laptop of your choice
• Parental leave program
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of small business owners and their communities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern