Strategic Financial Analyst
About The Position
This role offers close exposure to the people who run the business and real ownership of the work. Vagaro is a vertical SaaS and payments platform serving more than 100,000 business owners across beauty, wellness, and fitness. Our finance team is small, so every analyst takes on real responsibility early. You will work directly with the Head of FP&A and present to our senior leadership (CEO, CFO, COO, etc.). The questions you take on are the ones leadership acts on: Which customer segments and acquisition channels earn their cost, and where should we put the next dollar? What do our pricing, product, and GTM bets do for growth and margin? You will be involved in the full arc of the work: building the model, forming a view, making a recommendation, and supporting the operating team after the decision has been made. This role is based onsite in Pleasanton, CA Monday through Friday.
Requirements
- People who do well at Vagaro tend to share a few qualities, no matter what their résumé looks like. Colleagues turn to you when a problem is hard. You learn new businesses, datasets, and tools quickly, and you care about getting the work right.
- You have a record of strong performance, such as early promotions, challenging assignments, or added responsibility.
- You think in structure: you can break an ambiguous question into pieces and work toward a clear answer.
- You look for real ownership, love diving into the details, and hate inefficiencies.
- You are comfortable with numbers and build analyses that hold up to scrutiny.
- You communicate clearly and with confidence, in writing and in front of senior leadership.
- You set a high bar for your own work and enjoy working with others who do too.
- 2-4+ years of relevant experience.
- A bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field is typical, but not mandatory.
- We care much more about how you think and what you have accomplished than where you did it or for how long.
Nice To Haves
- Strategy consulting, at the Analyst, Consultant, or Associate level
- Investment banking, equity research, private equity, or corporate development
- Strategy, finance, or operations teams at leading technology companies
Responsibilities
- Own analyses that inform major decisions: pricing, product investment, go-to-market, and capital allocation.
- Build and maintain the company's core operating model, including EBITDA forecasting, churn analysis, and unit economics, and use it to run scenarios and sensitivities.
- Turn ambiguous questions into structured analyses, then into clear recommendations for senior leadership, usually as a short memo or a few slides.
- Partner with Product, Sales, Marketing, and Operations leaders to size opportunities and track whether the bets pay off.
- Support the annual budget and rolling forecast, with emphasis on explaining what drives the numbers and what the implications are.
- Run variance analysis that ends in a point of view and a recommended action.
- Own the weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting package (MRR, ARR, churn, transaction volume, payments revenue) and the executive dashboards.
- Where reporting is slow or manual, you will help streamline and improve it. This will generally require improving our use of Excel, Power BI, and/or AI.
- Senior Analysts will lead larger, more cross-functional workstreams, own the model architecture, and guide how the team frames and presents its work.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Performance-based bonuses
- 15 accrued days of PTO
- 10 company holidays annually
- Comprehensive healthcare plans
- Dental plans
- Vision plans
- Discounts on attractions, theme parks, shows, sports events, movies, hotels, and more through TicketsAtWork
- $30/month reimbursement for any Vagaro service, including health, beauty, or wellness treatments
- $50 monthly stipend for our onsite microkitchen
- Complimentary DoorDash DashPass subscription
- College Assistance Reimbursement
- Access to EAP & Work/Life Programs
- LinkedIn Learning account
- 401k program with 4% matching
- Optional life/supplemental insurance
- Access to our on-site gym
- Flavored water dispenser
- Basketball court
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
