Finance & Strategy, Senior Associate/Manager

Ethos Life; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethos Life is seeking a Senior Associate/Manager in Finance & Strategy to define financial plans and support decision-making across teams. This remote role requires an analytical mindset and expertise in financial modeling, offering significant visibility within the executive team. The right candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, contributing directly to Ethos's innovative strategies in the life insurance industry.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant work experience, including 2 years in consulting or investment banking.
• Best-in-class Excel skills and experience in financial models.
• Motivated self-starter with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Drive efforts to launch new insurance products and establish partnerships.
• Apply business judgment to influence decision making.
• Develop and monitor key financial performance metrics.

Skills

Analytical problem solving

Financial modeling

Data-driven decision making

Communication

Education

Degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

SQL

Job description

Finance & Strategy, Senior Associate/Manager

Remote US

About Ethos

Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones.

We leverage deep technology and data science to streamline the life insurance process, making it more accessible and convenient. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally multi-week process into a modern digital experience for our users that can take just minutes! We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. Our full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health.

We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone.

Our investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, SoftBank, and the investment vehicles of Jay-Z, Kevin Durant, Robert Downey Jr and others. This year, we were named on CB Insights' Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIn's Top 100 Midsize Companies in San Francisco. We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to protect the next million families!

About the Role:

Ethos is looking for an ambitious self-starter to join our Finance & Strategy Team. As part of this team you will play a major role in defining the company’s financial plan, provide financial and operational decision support to cross-functional partners, and perform market research to help inform the company’s strategy & product roadmap. You will use a combination of analytical, operational, and technical skills to evaluate key business problems (scale, efficiency, and quality) while working with multiple stakeholders.

This role will have high visibility across the executive team and will require you to solve the most complex, interesting challenges of a rapidly-scaling startup. If you enjoy working in an environment that is fast-paced, analytically rigorous, mission-driven and impact-oriented, read on and get in touch!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive our efforts to better serve new customer segments, launch new insurance products, and establish new partnerships
• Apply business judgement and financial insights to drive decision making related to unit economics, customer acquisition, operations, core business expansion, and new opportunities
• Apply a data-driven analytical approach to influence decision making and support company leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives
• Develop and monitor critical financial performance metrics, and communicate actionable insights to relevant stakeholders

Qualifications and Skills:

• 4+ years of relevant work experience, including:
• 2+ years of consulting, investment banking, and/or private equity / growth equity
• 2+ years of operational experience at a high-growth technology company
• Best-in-class excel skills and extensive experience developing insightful financial models and quantitative analyses, paired with strong critical thinking and sound business judgment
• Ability to flex between high-level strategic thinking and deep analytical problem solving
• Motivated self-starter with a track record of success and a proven ability to juggle multiple projects/tasks while hitting deadlines. Desire to own and drive projects from Day 1
• Excellent communication skills and effective cross-functional collaborator
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Stellar academic record with a degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, etc.)
• SQL knowledge, ability to use statistical analysis tools preferred

The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $85,000 - $164,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits.

Don’t meet every single requirement? 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. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion and look for applicants who understand, embrace and thrive in a multicultural world. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.

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