Unbox a better lawn. We’re a venture-funded, Boulder-based startup that’s reinventing the lawn and garden space through a consumer-centric lens of e-commerce and technology. Our approachable, data-driven service and products help Americans in every state turn their yards into verdant, sustainable ecosystems, without all the toxic stuff. (Think Method Home meets StitchFix - for Lawns!)
We are backed by a group of top-tier investors and advisors, and following our Series B raise, we are looking for the right people to grow our core team. Together, we will redefine an industry by continuing to build cutting-edge products that help people and the environment.
If you don’t want to take our word for it, check out the article on us in FastCompany!
Job Description
We are looking for a proven and passionate Director of FP&A to work closely with the leadership team to drive financial and strategic leadership across our business. Partnering with our outsourced Finance and Accounting service, this role will own and build our FP&A function to ensure we're developing a scalable approach to monthly budgeting, long-term planning, strategic corporate finance, financial operations, retail expansion, and more.
The role will involve providing key financial insights, budgetary guidance, and decision-making support to the highest levels of the organization. The individual will help direct the Strategic Plan and Monthly Forecast Updates. The Director will proactively identify business opportunities and recommend actions to mitigate risks.
This is an opportunity to come in at the ground level of a fast-paced startup, directly impact the company’s trajectory, and be a key contributor to a team that’s changing an industry for the better. Strong capabilities to work across the organization will be an integral part of this role. Intellectual horsepower and top-notch financial skills are crucial in this role; and the individual must be comfortable in a fluid environment and be adaptable to change. This role provides a clear path to accelerated development to senior levels in the finance organization.
Responsibilities include but aren’t limited to:
- Responsible for overseeing and refining Sunday’s financial model in partnership with outsourced Finance and Accounting and internal cross-functional teams
- Support the VP of Operations in the overall Financial Management of key financial processes, including but not limited to forecasting, budget planning, performance reporting, and others
- Support the monthly performance reporting activities including timely and insightful commentary on performance compared to the prior year and to estimates
- Analyze daily/weekly/monthly sales performance, highlighting material variances to expectation and resulting actions required. This includes defining, refining, and interpreting the financial impact of KPIs
- Support creation and refinement of Gross Margin analysis tools, clearly defining the impact Price, Volume and Product Mix
- Evaluate current systems and processes and recommend appropriate changes to enhance the monthly forecast process
- Partner with outsourced accounting team, oversee daily, weekly, monthly accounting and bookkeeping processes and ensure that our financial reporting is done in an accurate and timely manner
- Manage Sunday’s working capital needs and work with vendors to optimize our cash conversion cycle
- Optimize Selling, General, & Administrative spend through strategic and analytical evaluation of current spend, identification of improvements and efficiencies and execution of activities to improve return on investment
- Identify future opportunities and/or issues, and articulate strong and clear positions based on sound judgment, and the balance of both short-term and longer-term impact.
- Partner with all members of the senior management team and other company leadership on assessing and analyzing critical business decisions
- Work cross functionally with other departments within the company on various projects
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in finance/accounting, preferably in a Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment
- Experience in subscription eCommerce a big plus
- Experience working in a startup environment strongly preferred
- Significant experience with Quickbooks Online is strongly preferred
- Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
- Undergraduate Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics
Prior knowledge or experience in lawns and gardens not required. We're excited and proud of our new approach to this industry, and thus are looking for talent from a wide range of backgrounds to bring fresh, new perspectives!
Other Skills and Qualifications
- Key characteristics: detail-oriented, assiduous, drive for results, passionate, positive, collaborative, curious, flexible, and empathetic
- Ability to prioritize and drive many projects simultaneously with sense of urgency
- Roll up the sleeves, positive, can-do spirit! You look forward to being part of a small, scrappy team and are willing to pitch in with whatever needs to get done
Perks
- Be a core member of a small, focused, innovative team
- Help make critical decisions that will drive success
- Health, Dental, Vision Benefits: covering employee premiums 100%; spouse/family 50%
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) program
- Located in beautiful Boulder, Colorado
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