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Poppins Payroll · 2 days ago

Strategic Finance Analyst/Sr Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

1+ years exp

Poppins Payroll is a payroll service designed for household employers, aiming to simplify legal employee payments. The Strategic Finance Analyst will build and maintain financial models, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and support executive decision-making to drive company growth and performance.

AccountingBookkeeping and PayrollConsultingSoftware

No H1B

Responsibilities

Build and manage our operating model: You will support the development and ongoing improvement of our unit economics and LTV models to help determine spend frameworks, evaluate the ROI of products, features, and business strategies, and to guide data-driven decision-making across Poppins

Build and manage our financial model: You will help build, maintain, and update our financial model to support business strategy and key decision-making. This includes working closely with our Accounting team and directly with QuickBooks Online to ensure the general ledger aligns with our financial models and that monthly close processes run smoothly. You will also support the consolidation and maintenance of company-level forecasts across the P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet

Partner closely with Marketing: Our LTV model goes hand in hand with marketing spend. In this role, you will build strong relationships with the Marketing team and develop deeper analytics around CAC, payback, cohort performance, and marginal returns on spend to help inform growth strategy

Data, Accounting and Treasury Operations: Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close by preparing key schedules, analyses, and reconciliations, and assisting with executive and Board reporting. Partner closely with Accounting to ensure alignment across financial models, operational reporting, and the general ledger. Maintain data integrity through regular reconciliations between QuickBooks and operational systems such as billing and CRM, and help implement fixes to prevent recurrence. Work with our engineering team to support treasury and cash management by building cash balances, payroll-related cash flows, and liquidity dashboards to ensure accurate forecasting and timely execution

Ad hoc projects and data analysis; such as pricing: Support high-impact ad hoc analyses and special projects, including pricing evaluations, new product analysis, and strategic scenario modeling

Creating exec level and board level material: Regularly help craft executive- and Board-level presentations for monthly reporting, quarter-end updates, and Board meetings, summarizing complex data into clear, decision-oriented insights to support leadership decision-making

Qualification

Financial modelingExcelAccounting principlesData analysisSQLAnalytical skillsPythonModeling toolsProject managementCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related quantitative field

1-4 years of experience in a rigorous, analytical role such as Investment Banking, PE, VC, Corporate FP&A, Transaction Services, Consulting, or a high-growth startup finance role

Extremely advanced Excel and/or Google Sheets skills, with a proven ability to build complex, dynamic, and well-structured financial models from scratch, including integrated forecasting, scenario analysis, and sensitivity modeling

Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statement analysis, with comfort working directly with general ledger data and supporting financial close activities

Comfort working with data and basic SQL (or willingness to learn), including how to use AI-assisted tools to query, validate, and analyze datasets

Highly analytical and detail-oriented, with the ability to synthesize complex operational data into clear financial insights

Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment

Strong desire to learn, grow, and take on increasing responsibility in a complex, scaling organization