Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by 1) providing the best services for homebuyers, 2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance, 3) to protect the whole home.
As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies.
In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.
Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, Corporate
Location: India
Workplace Type: Remote
*The individual hired for this role will initially be an employee of TechMatrix, the employer of record providing staffing solutions to Porch Group. While we are currently targeting for the individual hired in this role to become an employee of Porch Group (or its affiliate) in 2024, Porch Group makes no assurances or guarantees that this will occur in 2024 or at all as the transfer of employment is subject to a number of known and unknown factors, many of which are outside of the control of Porch Group. Porch Group expressly disclaims any obligation to make the individual hired for this role an employee of Porch Group (or its affiliate).
Job Summary
The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we'd love for you to be a part of it as our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager, Corporate.
This is a mission-critical role for the business. The FP&A Manager is a key and highly visible position that will partner with business leaders across Porch, accounting, analytics, and HR to provide insights and guidance on the company's financial performance. In addition, the role supports the IR strategy, providing information to the market to inform investment decisions. The role provides insights and analysis on consensus and peer benchmarking, plus earnings and IR strategy support.
This role requires strong business acumen, keen attention to detail, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and excellent project management, Excel and data mining skills. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, communicating with multiple business partners, deep-dive analytics, and an effective communicator.
We are looking for someone who loves partnering with others, as well as modeling and providing analysis to drive decision making.
What You Will Do As An FP&A Manager, Corporate:
You will serve as the finance leader and business partner for the Corporate and Shared Services division. You will be key to helping the function mature and growth, using your judgement in leading the creation and implementation of financial, analytical and reporting across finance and investor relations processes, as we are in the development and build phase. Specific duties include:
- Manage the budget (annual) and forecast cycles (quarterly) for your Corporate and Shared Services division
- Support the reporting of annual budget and quarterly forecast cycles on a consolidated view to management
- Review month-end results with your corporate leaders. Understand the numbers and trends, providing value-add commentary and recommendations to leadership
- Identify cost saving opportunities
- Support in the preparation of the monthly reporting package and board reporting, taking an innovative approach to developing and improving the reporting
- Report and be able to speak to financial results and related implications to management and key stakeholders. Identify key risk and opportunities and prepare question and answer documents
- Build, constantly improve, and manage the Corporate model, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
- Maintain and improve the analyst consensus model, including financial estimates and valuation, and share updates with management on the updates
- Provide support in shaping and executing the Investor Relations strategy, including investor and analyst outreach
- Lead in the preparation of investor fact sheets and Q&A talking points
- Lead in the verification of data points disclosed in earnings materials and proof reading, checking for consistency of the key messaging
- Support in the preparation of the annual meeting for stockholders, including drafting materials and Q&A talking points
- Create, implement and maintain an investor relations dashboard of investor marketing activities for management
- Perform ad hoc analysis in a variety of areas, including Finance and Investor Relations
What You Will Bring As An FP&A Manager, Corporate:
- 7+ years minimum business experience with 7-10 years or more in Finance
- Undergraduate degree in finance, economics, accounting, MBA and CPA a plus
- Advanced Microsoft Office Excel / PowerPoint and financial modeling skills
- Tableau and ERP knowledge, specifically NetSuite and Oracle, is a plus
- Strong leadership, organizational and communication skills in a fast paced and evolving, growing business. This is not a junior level role and thus leadership will be needed at this level
- Strong budgeting and forecasting experience. Strong understanding of financial concepts such as IRR, unit economics etc
- Quick learner who is passionate about constant improvement
- Openly welcomes feedback regarding any aspect of work performance
- Proven experience working with US based business teams
- Excellent written and communication skills in English
- Excellent communication skills with proven ability to communicate effectively with business partners at various levels in a clear, concise and respectful manner
- Strong work ethic, willing to work hard with extra effort when needed to get the job done
- Intellectually curious self-starter who is not afraid to seek out projects independently.
- Attention to detail and willingness to dig into the numbers to gain key insights
- Ability to work within core US business hours / time zone expectations - Eastern Standard Time (EST) overlap
- Workspace: A quiet space to work, an internet connection of at least 30 Mbps download | 10 Mbps upload
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What’s next?
Submit your application below and our Talent Acquisition team will be reviewing your application shortly! If your resume gets us intrigued, we will look to connect with you for a chat to learn more about your background, and then possibly invite you to have virtual interviews. What's important to call out is that we want to make sure not only that you're the right person for us, but also that we're the right next step for you, so come prepared with all the questions you have!
Porch is committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that not only embraces the diversity of our people but also reflects the diversity of the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know that the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives that encourage new ways of solving problems, so we strive to attract and develop talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard and empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
Porch is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
