Senior Business Analyst / Associate

Copper•Berkeley, CA

7d•$120,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Analyst / Associate to sit at the intersection of finance, accounting, operations, and commercial strategy. This cross-functional role sits on the Finance team and provides an entry point into any & all data that makes our business tick. You’ll start with financial & operational data and expand into sales & marketing data. Within a few months, we’ll want you to develop a full mental map of how the data flows across and between our systems, building expertise on which data is needed to answer which questions. You’ll eventually provide input into how to improve our systems to improve data quality. In early weeks, you will start with a monthly review of our financial statements, including variance analysis and working with our accountants to resolve any questions. You’ll start to understand the data flows between our operational systems and accounting systems, and perform ad hoc comparisons across systems as-needed. Soon after, you’ll start to analyze our customers and sales leads and understand the relative sales performance of different channels. You will also support department leads in ROI analyses for potential projects. Your past experience ideally includes financial analysis and accounting, so that you are well-prepared to communicate with our accountants and provide financial analyses for an executive audience. We will also consider highly numerate technically-trained individuals who have a serious interest in financial and business analysis. Ideally you have dabbled in using AI and come prepared to use it as a tool to make your already-quick brain even more effective. In your application, please highlight any part of your background (job responsibilities, degrees, grades, test scores) that persuasively describes your training for the role. We value a diverse workplace, and are assembling our team to match these values at this early stage. We especially welcome different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and strongly encourage people of all ethnic backgrounds and genders to apply.

Requirements

Analytical expertise
High achievement in roles that are highly quantitative
Ability to break a problem into its logical components
Ease in building a model to capture a complex business or financial process
Quick ability to spot inconsistent data, break-downs of logic, or anything else standing in the way of a tight analysis
Experience modeling in g-sheets
Openness to the AI adventure - utilizing your strong intellect in tandem with AI to produce great analyses and insights
Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills
Ease in working cross-functionally with all departments and all levels of the company
Comfort in an always-changing start-up environment
Willing to step into whatever project or situation needs your assistance
Calm under pressure. You bring clarity when things get chaotic.
Low ego, high accountability. You collaborate cross-functionally with openness.
Mission-driven. You care about electrification and building products that truly serve customers.

Nice To Haves

Financial analysis and accounting experience
Dabbled in using AI

Responsibilities

Review month-end results; do variance analysis; work with accountants to resolve any open issues; work on longer-term projects such as department creation
Support budgeting, forecasting, modeling, ad hoc analyses
Review performance by sales channel, track metrics, analyze sales leads, review deal economics, analyze cost of customer acquisition
Analyze weekly metrics for sales, production, & fulfillment; support inventory counts and reconciliation; support COGS analyses
Modeling and forecasting
Other analytical projects as needed
Serve as a key participant in efforts to improve our data quality and connect the dots between data systems.