About Extend:
Extend is revolutionizing the post-purchase experience for retailers and their customers by providing merchants with AI-driven solutions that enhance customer satisfaction and drive revenue growth. Our comprehensive platform offers automated customer service handling, seamless returns/exchange management, end-to-end automated fulfillment, and product protection and shipping protection alongside Extend's best-in-class fraud detection. By integrating leading-edge technology with exceptional customer service, Extend empowers businesses to build trust and loyalty among consumers while reducing costs and increasing profits.
Today, Extend works with more than 1,000 leading merchant partners across industries, including fashion/apparel, cosmetics, furniture, jewelry, consumer electronics, auto parts, sports and fitness, and much more. Extend is backed by some of the most prominent technology investors in the industry, and our headquarters is in downtown San Francisco.
About the Role:
You will be part of Extend's Finance Analytics team, bringing automation and sophistication to the Company's overall Financial Forecasting and Planning process through advanced analytics and modeling.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Take ownership of modeling and forecasting key components of Extend’s financials (such as Claims Expenses, Servicing Costs, etc.) to help financial planning and driving strategic changes.
- Work closely with CFO and other company leaders, cross-functional teams to understand different areas that impact revenue / financials of the organization and help with better forecasting / monitoring
- Build and maintain data architecture for financial and accounting input. Work closely with Data Engineering to make optimal use of available tools (DBT, Snowflake, JIRA, Github, etc).
- Lead efforts around financial data integrity through appropriate tools and governance.
What We’re Looking For:
- A curious, entrepreneurial data scientist with plenty of grit, analytical prowess, creative thinking, and initiative
- Hands-on experience with forecasting models (time series models such as ARIMA) is a must
- Bachelor's degree from a relevant major, Master’s degree is a plus
- 3+ years of work experience as a data scientist, 2+ years of experience with financial modeling. Tech/Fintech experience is a plus
- Ability to communicate/present across the organization, especially to teams with less data & analytics experience
- Expertise with SQL and Python
- Empathy and humility
Expected Pay Range: $120,000 - $135,000 per year salaried*
* The target base salary range for this position is listed above. Individual salaries are determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.
Life at Extend:
- Working with a great team from diverse backgrounds in a collaborative and supportive environment.
- Competitive salary based on experience, with full medical and dental & vision benefits.
- Stock in an early-stage startup growing quickly.
- Generous, flexible paid time off policy.
- 401(k) with Financial Guidance from Morgan Stanley.
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