Finance Analyst

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The Opportunity

Root is seeking a Department FP&A Analyst/Sr.Analyst who is a strategic and creative problem solver ready to collaborate with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders.In this role, you will act as the finance lead to our department business partners to assist in financial planning, reporting, and analysis. You will also have the opportunity to establish best business practices for financial operations, budget development and management, in-depth ad hoc analysis, and strategic capital deployment. This individual contributor should be highly analytical, strategic, and process oriented, who will bring financial recommendations, backed by data to the team.The perfect candidate will be comfortable working cross-functionally with business teams to guide and support our business partners throughout the financial planning, reporting, and analysis lifecycle.  

Root is a “work where it works best” company. This means we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US.

Salary Range: $80,000

How You Will Make an Impact

• Partner cross-functionally to help translate company strategies to financial success.

• Establish strong partnerships with department heads and perform financial analysis that aids them in the decision-making process.

• Maintain working knowledge of Root financial systems, models, policies, and processes. Support automation efforts to leverage technology and improve model accuracy and efficiency. 

• Partner with internal stakeholders in the execution of annual business planning and quarterly forecasting processes. Collect, consolidate, analyze, and perform financial modeling to support planning and forecast cycles. 

• Perform data driven variance and trend analysis for core KPIs using actual and forecasted data. Partner with other teams to perform root-cause analysis.

• Support continuous improvement opportunities throughout the financial planning, reporting, and analysis lifecycle and processes.

• Perform other ad hoc analysis as needed in support of strategic initiatives.

What You Will Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related fields is preferred.

• 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or related fields. Experience in the Insurance industry is preferred.

• Extensive experience working with sophisticated financial models, in Excel or other planning applications (Oracle NetSuite/Smartview, etc.) is preferred. 

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal required.

• Approaches problem solving with natural curiosity, open-mindedness, and comfort with ambiguity.

• Thrives in a fast-paced work environment, prioritizing, and executing on the most critical project.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Root, Inc., we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

Join us

At Root, we judge people based on the merit of their work, not who they are. If you are passionate about what this role entails and solving real problems, we encourage you to apply. We want to learn about you and what you can add to our team.

Who we are

We’re harnessing the power of technology to revolutionize insurance. Using machine learning and mobile telematic platforms, we’ve built one of the most innovative FinTech companies in the world. And we’re just getting started.

What draws people to Root

Our success is in large part due to our unwavering standards in hiring. We recognize that our products are only as good as the people building and promoting them. We want individuals who find solutions by going through the cycle of ideation to implementation with curiosity, rigor, and an analytical lens. Ask anyone who works here and you’ll hear similar reasons for why they joined:

Autonomy—for assertive self-starters, the opportunities to contribute are limitless.

Impact—by challenging the way it’s always been done, we solve problems that have a big impact on our business.

Collaboration—we encourage rich discussion and civil debate at every turn.

People—we are inspired by the collection of crazy-smart people around us.