ABOUT FLOODBASE
Floodbase is changing the way businesses and communities adapt to increasing risk of climate change impacts from flooding. Last year, we launched a solution enabling re/insurers and public sector organizations to profitably design, underwrite, and monitor parametric flood insurance products, extending coverage to historically uninsurable locations and risks. Built on nearly a decade of industry-leading and peer-reviewed science, our proprietary solution continuously monitors flooding globally. Floodbase is backed by investors like Lowercarbon Capital, Collaborative Fund, and Floating Point, and trusted by NASA, The UN, Google, FEMA, and more.
About the Role
Floodbase is looking to hire a full-time Director of Finance & Operations. This individual will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the company’s finance, people, and revenue operations functions. This is a highly visible and cross-functional role, partnering with individuals across teams and levels. The ideal candidate is a business generalist, who is excited to join our organization at the ground level, and wants to dive into the details of what is required to build a high performing organization.
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Corporate Finance
- Business Planning - build and maintain our annual plan, holding teams accountable to revenue targets and providing the leadership team with accurate forecasts to support strategic decisions
- Investor Relations - manage the creation materials for quarterly board presentations and monthly investor communications
- Financial Operations - partner with internal and external teams to manage payroll, A/R, and A/P, ensuring prompt turnarounds at high quality
- Business Operations
- Sales Operations - iterate on key metrics and reporting in Hubspot, which the Commercial team will reference when assessing our commercial pipeline
- People Operations - manage our annual performance review process, compensation planning, and work to ensure our compensation and benefits are competitive with the market
- Legal Operations - work with outside counsel to ensure our commercial agreements protect Floodbase’s intellectual property, reviewing and managing contracts with all external parties
- Operational Excellence - create well-documented, repeatable systems that can effectively run on autopilot after conception, such as designing an employee onboarding program
- Strategic Projects, such as:
- Go To Market Planning - partner with our Commercial team to refine the go to market strategy and conceive new tactics to realize our mission
- Pricing - evaluate different pricing frameworks and how they may be applied to our current offering and upcoming releases
Who you are:
- 4+ years of works experience, including 2 years of experience in finance or consulting and 2 years at a venture-backed company
- Exposure to people operations and legal, such as benefits administration, contract negotiation with customers as well as external vendors
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Will reinforce a culture of excellence, raising the bar for those you work with
- Thrive in ambiguity, operate independently, and are able to effectively prioritize multiple workstreams
- Enjoy working cross functionally and solving the challenges your colleagues face
- BA or BS required
Salary range:
Floodbase offers competitive salaries with regular reviews and adjustments based on performance and industry standards. The salary range for this role is commensurate with experience with an expected range of $130,000 - $155,000. Additionally, this individual will receive equity compensation and a competitive benefits package.
The is a hybrid role, requiring regular in-office attendance at our offices in Brooklyn, NY. We will be accepting applications for this role through September 20, 2024.
