Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
Who are we?
Belly makes businesses personal, along the way we’re building the best solutions to help businesses create and enhance digital connections that strengthen customer loyalty.
We are the leading loyalty platform in the country, with over 10,000 merchants and more than 4 million members nationally. Belly revolutionizes traditional loyalty concepts and works with each business to design a customized, unique rewards suite their customers actually want. Using a tablet and single card or iPhone or Android app, Belly unlocks new opportunities for customer engagement and digital advocacy. A winner of the Moxie 2013 Startup of the Year, Moxie Best B2B Startup, Chicago Innovation Award, and Chicago’s Top Workplaces, Belly is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has received funding from Lightbank, Andreessen Horowitz, DAG Ventures, NEA, Cisco, 7-Eleven, Simon Property Group, Pharus Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank.
Who are you?
You have a strong finance and accounting background. You are self-motivated and have a relentless drive to continuously keep learning and improving. You’re a team player and you have hustle. You’ve been progressing in your career either in industry, investment banking or in public accounting, but now you’re ready to start owning, building and refining financial reporting, planning and analysis. You have confidence in yourself and you thrive under pressure. You consider yourself an entrepreneur and you desire to work in an environment that expects accountability, but doesn’t hold you down with red tape. You want to build a team and take Flop international. And lastly, you are someone who takes their work seriously, but not themselves, and you never forget to laugh.
What you will do:
Assist with the build out of a world class FP&A function. Improves existing accounting system reporting, policies and procedures. Manage the end-to-end communication of GAAP and Tax ledger reporting, as well as SaaS financial reporting metrics.
Assist with accounting functions which may include revenue accounting, lease accounting, fixed asset accounting, and technical accounting research.
Develop cross-functional reporting processes and structure to improve the Company’s efficiency and department visibility
Provide thought leadership and executional rigor to all technical accounting questions and monitor changes in critical accounting policies and procedures that may impact the Company.
Responsible for supporting monthly budgeting and forecasting process. Monitors budget to actual variances, reports to management, and proactively makes recommendations and shares ideas on how to make Belly a fun and empowered destination for business managers.
Partner with the Controller to execute and oversee the annual audit. Assist with managing relationship with external auditors and provide financial information in a timely manner
Coordinates the preparation and filing of state and federal tax returns with external tax team.
Analyze financial and other KPI data to evaluate the business, process, product, etc.
Maintain accounting and system of internal controls compliance with all US GAAP and SEC requirements
Experience and Skills:
What you will need:
3-5 years experience in corporate finance and/or general accounting
Experience with high growth, tech, or SaaS/Software companies is preferred
Experience researching, documenting and applying technical accounting guidance
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA certification is preferred
Experience with Intacct, Zuora, Expensify and Salesforce is a plus
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google Docs, but excellent excel skills are required
Preferred experience in assessment of revenue recognition in multiple deliverable contracts, exposure to employee stock option valuation and accounting, exposure to SEC reporting requirements
High tolerance for ambiguity; ability to prioritize and multitask independently Impeccable integrity, work ethic and commitment; positive "can-do" attitude
A blue collar work ethic in a white collar world or a player/coach mentality
What we can offer:
Competitive salary and stock options
Benefits (Health, Dental, Vision, 401k)
A startup work environment in River North with high-growth tech company that in just three years since founding been recognized as Startup of Year & Best B2B Startup (Moxies), Up and Comer & Winner of the Chicago Innovation Award, and recognized as Chicago Tribune's Top Places to Work
Backing from elite investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Lightbank, Silicon Valley Bank, NEA, DAG Ventures Cisco and 7-Ventures, LLC.
Belly is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.