Finance Career Coach - San Francisco Bay Area

Acquisition Network; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Acquisition Network LLC in the San Francisco Bay Area seeks a Finance Career Coach focused on career transitions in finance, accounting, and financial services. The contractor will manage scope and accounts as agreed before engagement begins, delivering tailored coaching and job-search guidance.

The role emphasizes practical search planning, resume and profile optimization, networking strategies, and interview preparation to support clients in reaching target roles and organizations.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching professionals in the named specialty with a clear coaching approach and outcomes.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain prior work without sharing confidential material.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional-services ecosystem in the target city.

Responsibilities

• Apply experience in career transitions to the agreed work.
• Understand each client's experience, target roles, constraints, and goals.
• Develop a practical search plan and help clients describe achievements.
• Provide resume, profile, networking, and interview guidance.
• Help clients use approved job-search tools while ensuring proper applications.
• Document actions and progress, adapt coaching to individual needs.
• Communicate realistic expectations without guaranteeing interviews or offers.

Skills

Career coaching

Client communication

Resume guidance

Interview preparation

Job description

Finance Career Coach - San Francisco Bay Area

Acquisition Network is accepting applications for a paid Finance Career Coach opening focused on career transitions in finance, accounting, and financial services in San Francisco Bay Area.

The work

As a Finance Career Coach, your specialty is career transitions in finance, accounting, and financial services. Scope, assigned accounts or searches, workload, and engagement terms must be agreed before work starts.

Responsibilities

• Apply your experience in career transitions in finance, accounting, and financial services to the agreed work.
• Understand each client's experience, target roles, constraints, and career goals.
• Develop a practical search plan and help clients describe their relevant achievements.
• Provide resume, professional-profile, networking, and interview preparation guidance.
• Help clients use approved job-search tools while retaining responsibility for accurate applications.
• Document agreed actions and progress, adapting coaching to the individual's needs.
• Communicate realistic expectations without guaranteeing interviews, offers, or placement.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching professionals in the named specialty, with a clear coaching approach and relevant client outcomes.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain relevant prior work without sharing confidential client or employer material.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional-services ecosystem in the target city.

Engagement and compensation

Fixed pay: $75,000 to $120,000 per year. Engagement: contractor.

Professional standards

Respect existing employment obligations and disclose conflicts. Do not bring proprietary customer or candidate lists. Use approved tools and handle personal data only for the agreed purpose.

Applicants are evaluated on relevant experience and skills without regard to protected characteristics.