Financial Analyst

Position: Financial Analyst

Location: San Francisco, CA

Type: Full-time

Desired start date: ASAP

The Opportunity:

Ohalo™ is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Financial Analyst to join our Finance Team. As Ohalo's second Finance hire, you will ensure that our budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes are efficient and aligned with Ohalo's strategic business objectives. You will get exposure to and help support the full scope of Ohalo's Finance responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in FP&A and operational finance with experience managing budgets, analyzing financial data, and partnering with cross-functional teams. This role will require close collaboration across the business to inform project planning and ensure that our financial strategy supports overall business goals and growth plans.

Responsibilities:

• Finance Business Partnering: Collaborate cross-functionally as a finance business partner to department leads and program managers. Understand business needs and provide guidance and analysis to support data-driven decision-making and effective resource allocation.
• Budget Management: Develop and manage department-level and program-level budgets, including detailed expense tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis. Ensure that spending remains aligned with approved budgets and help explain any variances to leadership.
• Financial Operations: Support financial operations, helping to oversee Ohalo's outsourced accounting team. Work closely with accountants to ensure accurate financial records and collaboration on financial operations internally.
• Expense Management Process: Serve as the point of contact for employee expense management and time tracking. Opportunity to shape Ohalo's financial systems, processes, and procedures.
• Strategic Financial Analysis: Support strategic financial initiatives such as ROI (return on investment) analysis on spending, KPI (key performance indicator) reporting, and financial benchmarking. Translate these analyses into actionable insights and recommendations for continuous improvement. Prepare well-researched recommendations for key investments and resource allocation decisions.

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or another analytical discipline.
• 2–4 years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), operational finance, or strategic finance in a fast-paced environment. Biotech or Agtech experience preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerQuery, and PowerPoint, as well as Google Sheets/Docs/Slides.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to derive actionable insights from data.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to work effectively with technical teams, commercial teams, and other stakeholders.

Additional Skills/Experience

• Demonstrated learning agility in mastering new financial systems and tools (e.g., QuickBooks, Ramp, etc.).
• Self-motivated and passionate about driving continuous improvement of systems and processes.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and is skilled in prioritization.

The anticipated pay range for this role is $105,000 - $125,000 per year for our San Francisco location. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

About Ohalo:

Ohalo™ aims to accelerate evolution to unlock nature's potential. Founded in 2019, Ohalo develops novel breeding systems and improved plant varieties that help farmers grow more food with fewer natural resources, increasing the yield, resiliency, and genetic diversity of crops to sustainably feed our population. Ohalo's breakthrough technology, Boosted Breeding™, will usher in a new era of improved productivity to radically transform global agriculture. For more information, visit www.ohalo.com. style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">
Notes: If you previously applied for a job at Ohalo Genetics, we encourage you to restate your interest in the position by submitting your application.

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