Position: Financial Business Associate
Company: SocialTech
Category: Other
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

Our goal for the next five years is to have 10-15 successful projects in our portfolio, at least 5 of which should be valued at > $ 1bn or reach annual revenues > $ 100mn.

To make it possible we are looking for the most talented people and develop the first-class business infrastructure for our portfolio companies.

**Our main values are people and the team. **We are constantly in search of outstanding result-oriented individuals, who will be directly impacting our products and businesses.

In order to ensure no barriers to grow for our portfolio companies from financial perspective we introduced a new role in SocialTech – **Financial Business Partner.**

To effectively manage financial issues of several early-stage projects (currently six with two another to be launched soon) we are looking for an active and thoughtful professional who will strengthen Financial Business Partner team in the **Financial Business Associate** position.

What you will do:

● **Perform a wide range of analytical tasks and develop a variety of analytical tools** aimed to increase financial and operational efficiency of early-stage projects (operational dashboards, analysis of financial statements, P&L forecasts, sensitivity analysis etc.);

●** Perform ongoing monitoring of operational and financial metrics** of portfolio companies for compliance with established objectives, guidelines and parameters;

● **Conduct various market researches** to identify the most optimal solutions to financial and business issues and benchmark our portfolio projects against peers;

●** Participate in development of different frameworks, manuals and guides** to improve interaction between portfolio projects and our infrastructure departments;

●** Communicate with internal departments **(treasury, reporting, taxes, legal) to secure respective level of infrastructure needed for a smooth business growth of portfolio companies;

● **Communicate with external partners**, including payment service providers, banks and financial institutions to support business development initiatives.

On top of the above you are offered a full discretion to identify and take control over areas for improvement both within portfolio projects’ teams and infrastructure teams.

**Skills and experience needed to join the board:
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**● 3-4 years of experience in either Big-4, investment banking, private equity/VC, management consulting or top local or international businesses;
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● Proactive self-starter, with proven ability to initiate business changes (you are not likely to be told what exactly you have to do in order to bring value to portfolio companies; we are there to lead you, not to micromanage);

● Leadership and management potential are considered as a huge advantage - upside to become Financial Business Partner (with further CFO perspective) for one of the internal early-stage projects;

● Structured thinking and ability to take data-driven business decisions (you can hardly bet w/o knowing and correctly interpreting a data);

● Sound analytical, problem-solving and commercial instincts and skills (you can crack McK type of business cases like a pro);

● Strong communication and written skills, ability to convince opponents on the truth of one's judgments (we are seeking a candidate who can intelligently argue with CEO and/or portfolio companies management);

● Solid financial expertise – financial reporting / business valuation / analysis of investments (international qualifications like ACCA, CFA, CIMA, completed or in progress, would be an advantage);

● Upper-Intermediate English.

**Reporting to: Financial Business Partner (FBP)
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**You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:
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● Competitive salary and good compensation package (including free meals and snacks and VIP-insurance);

● Exceptional opportunities for professional growth - in-house training sessions and seminars, corporate library, English classes;

● Strong and enthusiastic team - you will have the opportunity for knowledge sharing, learning, and professional self-development;

● Interesting and challenging tasks - being responsible for a part of company's finances you will prepare reports, solve diverse and challenging issues, communicate with people within the company as well as with our partners;

● Sports and health care - running, swimming, football, basketball and other sports activities supported by the company; corporate doctor always ready to help if you feel sick;

● Convenient working conditions - comfortable office located in 5 minutes from Taras Shevchenko metro station. Flexible working hours.

This position is a unique career springboard for candidates who are seeking to become high-caliber finance/investment professionals and to help to build international multimillion business.

We are waiting for you in our team!