Business Operations and Strategy Lead

Parafin Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company on a mission to empower small businesses! As a Business Operations and Strategy Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping strategic decisions through data-driven insights. Your expertise will help define and execute high-impact initiatives, build new processes, and drive alignment across teams. This innovative firm offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact the growth and success of small businesses. If you're an analytical thinker who thrives in fast-paced settings, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Equity grant

Medical, dental & vision insurance

Unlimited PTO & work from home flexibility

Commuter benefits

Free lunches

Paid parental leave

401(k)

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in management consulting or operations.
• Strong fluency in data analysis tools and superb communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and execute high-impact operational initiatives.
• Build and improve business processes while driving cross-functional alignment.

Skills

Data analysis skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SQL

Looker

Job description

About Us:

At Parafin, we’re on a mission to grow small businesses.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but traditional banks often don’t have their backs. We build tech that makes it simple for small small businesses to access the financial tools they need through the platforms they already sell on.

We partner with companies like DoorDash, Amazon, Worldpay, and Mindbody to offer fast and flexible funding, spend management, and savings tools to their small business users via a simple integration. Parafin takes on all the complexity of capital markets, underwriting, servicing, compliance, and customer service for our partners.

We’re a tight-knit team of innovators hailing from Stripe, Square, Plaid, Coinbase, Robinhood, CERN, and more — all united by a passion for building tools that help small businesses succeed. Parafin is backed by prominent venture capitalists including GIC, Notable Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Thrive Capital. Parafin is a Series C company, and we have raised more than $194M in equity and $340M in debt facilities.

Join us in creating a future where every small business has the financial tools they need.

About the Position

We are looking for a Business Operations and Strategy Lead to help Parafin prioritize, evaluate, and execute strategic decisions that are rooted in data. You will be responsible for identifying, defining, and executing high-impact operational and strategic initiatives across Parafin. At Parafin, Business Operations is a dynamic team that works cross-functionally to accelerate Parafin's growth, design organizational processes that scale, and expand the company's opportunity space through new products and markets.

Are you a mission-driven, analytical, and collaborative thinker and doer? If so, come join us!

What You Will Be Doing:

• Identify, define, and execute high-impact operational and strategic initiatives across Parafin

• Apply business analytics, market research, and insights to support the decision-making processes for some of the most pivotal decisions facing the business

• Take new company functions from 0 - 1 as we build a next-generation fintech from scratch at Parafin

• Build and/or improve business processes and drive cross-functional alignment on priorities

• Perform ad hoc analyses related to impact sizing, partner acquisition, cohort patterns, unit economics, operations, new markets, and more

• Do what needs to get done to help Parafin create value for our small business and platform customers

What We're Searching For:

• 5+ years of total work experience

• 3+ years in management consulting, operations, strategic finance, private equity, or a similar role at a technology company

• Strong fluency in (or desire to learn) data analysis skills and tools, such as SQL / Looker

• Experience building and rolling out new processes from scratch

• Superb communication skills (writing, data, oral)

• Natural problem solver, both with data and with people

• Proven ability to work and thrive in productively chaotic environments

• Ruthless prioritizer; a creative and analytical thinker

• T-shaped skills -- equally comfortable diving deep into financial minutiae and analyses, and zooming out to frame a high-level narrative

We Prefer If You Have:

• Experience working in fintech

• Prior startup experience

What We Offer

• Salary Range: $180k - $230k

• Equity grant

• Medical, dental & vision insurance

• Unlimited PTO & work from home flexibility

• Commuter benefits

• Free lunches

• Paid parental leave

• 401(k)

• Employee assistance program
  

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact us.