At Allbirds, we are on a mission to prove that comfort, good design and sustainability don’t have to be mutually exclusive. We are dedicated to making the most sustainable footwear we can using premium natural materials, designed for the to and fro of everyday life. Our commitment to making better shoes in a better way is fueled by a belief that the shoe industry needs to focus less on flash and more on thoughtfulness. With funding from both the leading venture capitalists in consumer products and the founding CEOs of some of the greatest e-commerce businesses in recent history, our desire to shake up the shoe industry is off to a great start. In fact, TIME already called our first shoe, the Wool Runners, the most comfortable in the world, and there is much more to come.

We are looking for an experienced Analyst within our Finance team to be a key member of our rapidly-growing business. In this role, you will work with a lean team, handling a wide array of responsibilities across Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Cost Benefit Analyses, Investor Relations, and Corporate Development. Furthermore, your tasks will include company-wide as well as retail specific planning and forecasting, executing key financial analysis and modeling, and supporting accurate financial reporting all while helping execute the Allbirds vision and strategy. You will form strong relationships across Allbirds, with various executives and stakeholders (including non-finance focused teams), both in our HQ as well as our offices abroad. This candidate should be highly curious with a solid understanding of accounting and financial principles who will work closely with management to drive synergies, efficiencies, and insights through process, model, and technology improvements while navigating our dynamic, fast paced and changing landscape with a high degree of autonomy and integrity.

What does the job entail?

• High impact member of the finance team, with oversight and strong working relationship across the full organization.
• Drive financial performance by developing operating and financial metrics, analyzing results and trends to create impactful insights, reporting results to key executives and stakeholders, and improving forecasting and modeling accuracy.
• Partnering with our Global Retail team to understand performance of our retail network at a detailed level, being the bridge between HQ and each individual store to analyze the story and situation.
• Support the annual and long-range financial planning, including monthly financial forecasting cycles, by anticipating business changes and spotting trends, getting key stakeholders aligned on material inputs, completing input models, loading systems, producing reporting, insightful analysis, contingency plans, operational recommendations, etc.
• Be the financial point-of-contact in analyzing projects and businesses cases across various departments within the company to assess potential returns and risks, as well as monitor existing investment decisions and performance.
• Other ad hoc financial projects including but not limited to: Investor Relations, Corporate Development, and Business Strategy.

What kind of person are we looking for?

• Passionate, curious, and interested in a growing, consumer-facing DTC brand.
• A team-first attitude, who is willing and eager to roll up his/her sleeves, doing the tasks necessary in a lean-team to help advance the business forward.
• Ability to think and work independently, approaching problems with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong analytical background with experience in financial modeling and comfort around working with numbers.
• Able to approach tasks strategically, whether its from 0 to 60k feet, or anywhere in between.
• Organized, and able to multi-task and perform in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable in front of Investors and other external stakeholders, and with all levels of internal employees. 
• Detail-oriented, with a great sense of ownership around the work that is being done.
• Not afraid to speak up or challenge the status quo if a better perspective is available.
• Shares company values and vision and is excited by the challenge of working in a dynamic start-up environment.

More practical skills needed:

• Bachelors’ degree, preferably in a business or quantitative discipline including but not limited to: finance, economics, accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills including modeling and data analysis capabilities; proven success in building financial/forecasting models.
• Ability to understand and tell a story from a company’s financial statements and analysis.
• Ideally 1-2 years in Investment Banking / Private Equity / Consulting / Corporate Finance / Corporate Development / FP&A / Strategy.
• Very comfortable with Powerpoint, Word, and Cloud Data Room Drives (ie: Google Drive, Box, etc.)