FP&A Analyst - Growth & CX

The Farmer's Dog

The Farmer's Dog

IT, Sales & Business Development
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Oct 18, 2024

Who We Are

The Farmer’s Dog is the fastest growing pet health service company in the US, and was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care – a fresh proposition in an industry riddled with manipulative and misleading marketing. We’re starting by radically improving the $100 billion pet food market, replacing bulk bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends healthy, freshly-made dog food, balanced by top veterinary nutritionists, directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, honest, and delightful experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic and forward-thinking culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.

To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered hundreds of millions of meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to our customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

#LongLiveDogs

What We Stand For

We have big ambitions, our mission is to give dog lovers true peace of mind by helping them do the best for their dogs – this will require us to completely reimagine how we care for our dogs and drive meaningful shifts in an industry that is desperate for change. We don’t believe this is possible by implementing “best practices” or operating how the rest of the industry operates.

One Team: We don’t think of ourselves as “Marketers”, “Engineers”, “Data Analysts”, or “Product Managers”. Beyond denoting skill sets and areas of expertise, we don’t think departments matter. We’d rather align ourselves to the goals we’re working to achieve and make sure we have the necessary subject matter expertise to drive meaningful impact. We strive to orient ourselves around customer problems TOGETHER – getting the right people, with the right context, in the right rooms to solve problems holistically.

We are skeptical about everything and precious about nothing: Ideas can and should come from anywhere, and we aren’t tied to our own. We proactively source input. We talk to our customers and leads regularly and are quick to change course if we know there’s a better or more impactful way to solve problems.

We consider the customer journey in all of our decisions: We know that no interaction exists in a silo and therefore understand how important every single one is. We ensure our strategy sets customers up for success and drives long-term retention. We answer questions and address problems early and proactively.

We execute for impact: We’re uninterested in how we compare to “benchmarks”; instead we orient ourselves around being the best we can possibly be. Similarly, we don’t subscribe to rigid or classical expectations of roles – e.g., financial analysts don’t just report the numbers - they are providing insights into the “why.” They are driving decisions around what experiments to run, which acquisition channels to pursue, or which retention initiatives are best for our customers and our business.

Where You'll Come In

The Financial Analyst (FP&A) will be a key business partner to stakeholders in Growth Marketing and Customer Experience (CX). This role is responsible for providing insightful analyses on financial and operational metrics, including connecting KPIs directly to financial outcomes and communicating those results cross-functionally. Additionally, they’ll drive strategic decision-making that fuels growth through deep partnership with business stakeholders.

How You'll Make An Impact

  • Collaborate with the Growth, Customer Experience, Accounting and Data functions to analyze our key revenue drivers (cohort analysis, retention performance) to drive more sophisticated decision making
  • Leveraging an array of data sources, conduct ROI/payback analyses on marketing investments to drive efficient allocation of resources and highlight key risks and opportunities
  • Assist with the preparation, maintenance, and automation of various weekly, monthly, quarterly financial and cross functional reports to give stakeholders real-time insights on business performance
  • Proactively propose and conduct ad-hoc analyses. Use the insights gained to build presentations to report to leadership, providing impactful recommendations.
  • Support in the preparation of the quarterly Board presentation and investor reporting materials
  • Actively participate in the bi-annual planning/monthly forecasting process
  • Partner with other members of Finance to integrate the latest outlooks effectively into forecasts, models, and other financial analyses.

We're Excited About You Because

  • You have 1-3 years of experience in finance, consulting, banking, Big 4 Corporate Finance or high-growth tech start-ups (Direct-to-Consumer/Subscription Businesses is a plus!)
  • You're a skilled communicator and have the ability to absorb and distill complexity into simple terms to drive decision making.
  • You are detail-oriented and proactive, you thrive as a self-starter and excel in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • You are an owner, have excellent problem-solving skills and can prioritize tasks effectively
  • You are able to build strong cross-functional relationships, effectively facilitate discussions and drive consensus
  • You have strong foundational knowledge of financial modeling, with advanced experience in Excel
  • Familiarity with Looker is preferred, and experience with systems like Workday and NetSuite is a plus!
  • You love dogs.

Office guidelines

The office is open and available for all Monday through Friday. We ask all team members to be in office a minimum of 2-3 days a week to build a collaborative and invested environment to foster our unique in-person culture we are proud to have. This office policy is subject to change at company discretion.

Our DEI Philosophy:

Our company’s mission is rooted in deep, genuine care for dogs – and for the people who love them. As an organization we are full of individuals who are unique in many ways, but all united in a mission of providing true peace of mind to dog lovers everywhere. Fixing this industry and improving the lives of pets and their people will be a difficult, decades-long endeavor. We believe the best use of our time, energy, and resources as a collective team is to focus on this mission, and on supporting our team to do their best work and be their best selves. In support of this we’re committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce, and investing in internal structures, opportunities, hiring/promotions processes, and training that create and sustain an inclusive team. We strive to provide an experience at TFD that will be invested, meaningful and memorable as we progress on the journey to reimagine how we feed and care for our pets.

A Few of Our Best Benefits

  • Dog-friendly office in Greenwich Village
  • Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
  • Company sponsored mental health benefit and coaching through Modern Health
  • 12 week paid parental leave
  • Competitive 401k plan with company match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Discounted fresh food for your pup
  • Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

We commit to building a competitive compensation package and company environment for all individuals to thrive. We believe in competitive base compensation rooted in location specific market data and performance along with equity ownership in the company that allows every team member to build their personal wealth as the company grows, just as much as we believe in fostering a culture that supports our team members personally, professionally, and holistically. For this role the anticipated hiring base compensation range is $78,000 - $85,000 USD Annual and the compensation offered will include a robust market competitive package of base and equity. In addition to your base compensation offer you will also receive equity ownership in the company. More information about the value of this equity will be shared at the time of offer. This range is representative of NYC Market Data if you are applying to this role outside of the NYC area the range may change.

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