Finance Analyst (Part-time)

Finance – Pleasant Grove, Utah

Position Title: Finance Analyst
Status: Part Time (in house)
Location: ObservePoint Home Office – Pleasant Grove, UT
Department Name: Finance

About ObservePoint
At ObservePoint we have core values that guide us:

INNOVATIVE We continually explore & exploit new ideas

HUMBLE We acknowledge our need to grow individually and collectively

SCRAPPY We deliver great solutions with less

FRIENDS We value our relationships and the time we spend together

As a company we have identified six cultural beliefs each of us need to believe in order to reach our key results. These beliefs are:

CUSTOMER OBSESSED I strive to understand and solve our customer’s problems.

DELIVER PRODUCT I ensure we deliver world-class product.

TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY I continually ask “what else can I do to achieve results?” and I refuse to blame others.

CREATE ALIGNMENT I align my daily work with company priorities in order to move fast.

CHOOSE OPTIMISM I choose optimism and celebrate meaningful achievement wherever I see it.

WIN TOGETHER I deliver results with agility and grit, so WE WIN TOGETHER!

What we do

Our mission is to help users govern their websites. We provide an automated platform that scans millions of web pages every day to perform deep analysis and validation of the world’s highest traffic websites.

Have you ever browsed a website only to find broken links, unexpected trackers, questionable privacy behavior, or slow pages? At ObservePoint, we make it our business to find these problems and report them to our customers, so they can deliver an excellent web experience for their users.

Who are our customers? Hundreds of the biggest brands in the world: Adobe, Asics, HP Enterprise, Pepsico, Texas Instruments, and US Bank (just to name a few).

Position Overview

As a part-time Finance Analyst at ObservePoint, you will be an integral member of our small Finance team. You will partner with the Sales and Rev Ops teams to calculate and process variable compensation, which includes commissions and bonuses. You will also work closely with the Director of Finance on FP&A related projects and responsibilities.

As ObservePoint continues to grow, our variable compensation plans will change and evolve in order to:

• Promote behaviors that align with our Company Values and allow us to reach our goals
• Reward our team for the amazing work they do

You will be successful in this role if you love learning, easily adapt to progress and change, own your responsibilities, collaborate well with others, and are willing to jump in to help wherever needed.

You will be expected to work approximately 25-30 hours a week for the first two weeks of the month to facilitate prior month close and 15-20 hours a week for the remainder of the month.

This is a flexible hybrid role with 1-3 days a week in-office and reports to the Director of Finance.

Principal Responsibilities

• Understand ObservePoint’s variable compensation plans
• Build and maintain worksheets to calculate and track variable compensation
• Book journal entries and reconcile accounts in NetSuite monthly
• Communicate with and provide reports and analysis to Rev Ops and sales representatives regarding variable compensation
• Assist in preparation for ObservePoint’s annual audit
• Take on other projects as needed

Required

• Detail oriented mindset focused on “getting it right”
• General understanding of accounting principles
• Strong logic and Excel skills (Complex IF, Tables, Pivot tables, XLookup, Sumifs, etc.)
• Enjoys working within a small team and is collaborative, friendly, and willing to get the job done
• Excellent professional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to quickly learn new software tools
• Desire to innovate within responsibilities to automate and streamline

Great to have

• Progress towards or a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, information systems, or business
• Experience with NetSuite or SalesForce
• Experience with a FP&A tool (Planful, Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, Datarails, etc.)
• Some understanding of ASC 606 and deferred commissions
• Experience with VBA, Power Query, Domo, RPA