Strategic Finance

Overview

This role involves joining a Strategic Finance team focused on leveraging data capabilities to drive business impact within the parking real estate sector. The position is part of a Data team that supports planning and executing strategic initiatives such as go-to-market experiments, acquisitions, and revenue growth opportunities. The primary objective is to help the business realize value from its competitive advantage in data.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite parking properties by analyzing historical financials and forecasting future performance to assess investment viability.
• Conduct real estate due diligence, evaluating property risks, contract terms, and operational factors prior to acquisitions or partnerships.
• Collaborate directly with real estate executives and investment professionals, often discussing complex, data-driven models.
• Provide feedback to the Data team regarding gaps or opportunities in data and tools to support continuous improvement.
• Explore innovative uses of parking and real estate datasets to create competitive advantages and new business opportunities.
• Perform company-level forecasting by generating scenarios and projections modeling company growth.
• Prepare polished, data-driven analyses for investor and board reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, strategic finance, or comparable real estate investment roles.
• Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills, comfortable working with large datasets in both spreadsheets and databases.
• Proficiency in SQL is required to independently extract and analyze data.
• Strong passion for data and eagerness to develop data skills within a Data team environment.
• Excellent business judgment with the ability to make informed assumptions and decisions.
• Strong synthesis skills to create cohesive narratives and actionable insights from complex, sometimes contradictory data.
• Comfortable engaging directly with external partners, property owners, and investors, demonstrating professionalism and strong communication skills.

Important Considerations

This role may not be suitable if:

• You require extensive guidance and hand-holding, as the team is lean and expects high agency and proactivity.
• You are uncomfortable working directly with data or prefer traditional finance roles without data responsibilities.
• You prefer only to analyze rather than build reports, close data gaps, and get hands-on with messy data.
• You are not comfortable with complexity arising from interacting with physical world data, multiple locations, seasonality, revenue-share dynamics, and IoT data sources.

Work Arrangement

• Remote-first position with the expectation of approximately 6 weeks of travel annually for company offsites, new location launches, and onboarding sessions.
• Remote work is supported from anywhere within US time zones, contingent on strong performance.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $125,000 - $145,000 annually.
• Equity stake in the business.
• Health insurance covering 85% of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and 50% for dependents.
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, usable continuously or intermittently within 18 months of a child's arrival.
• Home office setup including laptop and necessary equipment.
• Unlimited paid time off with a minimum of 10 days per year.
• 401(k) retirement savings program.
• Biannual team off-sites in various locations.
• Optional recurring book club for professional growth.
• Opportunities for career growth within a rapidly expanding team.

Location

• Remote within North America (US time zones preferred).
• Requires willingness to travel approximately 6 weeks per year for in-person events and onboarding.

Additional Information

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background checks and employment verification in compliance with applicable laws. The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion, evaluating candidates based on merit, qualifications, and performance without discrimination.