Who we are...

AvantStay delivers exceptional, unique stays for group travelers. The company has built a tech-enabled millennial hospitality brand to be the new standard for group experience. We are venture funded and growing rapidly in the explosive $100+ billion dollar STR industry.

A Senior Strategic Finance Associate who will drive our financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis. In this role, you will have unique visibility across the entire company and serve as a key liaison between our teams in market and HQ. You will turn your analyses into deep insights, communicate these insights to key stakeholders and executives, and drive strategic decision-making. You will work cross-functionally and empower leaders across the company by delivering strategic analyses and actionable insights.

What you’ll do…

• Support the VP, Finance, and Senior Management on ongoing functional planning, analysis, and reporting needs, and ad hoc projects as needed
• Partner effectively with functional teams to produce and prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts/budgets, tracking them against actual performance and delivering insights to management 
• Work closely with Asset Management to identify risks and opportunities to property level P&Ls, and implement strategies to improve or resolve
• Maintain company operating model and work with the executive team for raising equity and debt capital through various rounds of complex financing
• Analyze new acquisitions/development opportunities and prepare financial analysis on the viability of each transaction, incorporating a variety of capital and financing structures
• Assist in analyzing potential investments including market and financial analyses
• Perform acquisition due diligence including the review of leases, financial conditions, historical property operating results, financial assumptions, and other information
• Build complex models that support the implementation, execution, and progress, of innovative and strategic decisions
• Work with operations managers forecast City P&Ls, assist with strategic planning and performance evaluation 
• Develop and maintain department-specific financial models and dashboards to provide business leaders and managers with insights into their KPIs
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports and presentations, including work to be presented to company executives and the Board of Directors, and assist with the fundraising process, which will provide you with exposure to world-class venture capital funds
• Improve financial insights by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; and recommending actions to management
• Support scoping and buildout of requirements for enterprise planning solutions for the Corporate Finance function

What you’ll bring…

• 5+ years overall experience in public and/or high-growth startup FP&A, Audit/Assurance, Strategic Finance, or other Corporate Finance roles. 2-3 years investment banking at a top-tier investment bank or consulting/Big 4 experience ideal, with similar years of cross-functional project management experience. Experience in Real Estate is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field. MBA a plus
• Strong business acumen and know that problem-solving goes beyond the numbers. You can think through multiple scenarios and apply strategic judgment to assist with decision-making
• Natural talent and energy: You are a self-starter and have a bias for action. You will have a unique opportunity to help implement enterprise-level financial infrastructure, create new analyses and cross-functional projects
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, demonstrated ability to perform quantitative and qualitative analysis of assets using financial modeling techniques. Demonstrated ability to effectively define and resolve problems that balance multiple needs and interests
• Communication and trust: Excellent communication and people skills and an ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth company. Proven ability to build strong working relationships with business partners and be seen as a trusted advisor
• Experience with EPM tools such as Planful, Adaptive, or Hyperion preferred; exposure to SQL and complex data frameworks a plus

Perks and Benefits

• Salary: $100,000 - $130,000
• Generous stock option
• Benefits and Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Team bonding and off-site events
• Complimentary and discount stays at AvantStay properties

When you join AvantStay… You’ll be doing work that matters alongside an experienced and dynamic team, transforming the way people travel and vacation. Your place within the colossal travel and real estate industries will leave you with a wealth of opportunities to feel both challenged to innovate and rewarded for your efforts. Of course, we will offer you pay and benefits, but we’re about more than that. AvantStay is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at AvantStay.

Equal Employment Opportunity...We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer- and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.

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