Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Emergence is a thematic holding company focused on acquiring and scaling software businesses. They are seeking an FP&A & Strategic Finance Analyst to build financial infrastructure across portfolio companies, develop operating models, and conduct financial analysis to support decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Build detailed operating models (revenue, retention, pricing, headcount, cash flow) that become the single source of truth for portfolio companies
- Design standardized financial reporting packages, KPI dashboards, and budget-versus-actuals frameworks for month-on-month performance analysis
- Own quarterly forecasting cadence: collect inputs, reconcile actuals, stress-test assumptions, and present findings to executives and investors
- Partner with accounting teams to diagnose and fix data quality issues at the root (chart of accounts, revenue recognition, timing gaps)
- Identify and repair logical gaps, circular references, and broken assumptions in inherited models and data pipelines
- Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis on unit economics, pricing, hiring ROI, and cash runway with clear recommendations
Skills
- 1 to 3 years in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or highly analytical corporate finance roles
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets proficiency: build models from scratch, link worksheets, create dynamic assumptions, stress-test scenarios
- Solid accounting and finance fundamentals: understand accrual vs. cash, P&L and balance sheet structure, working capital, revenue recognition
- Ability to overlap meaningfully with U.S. time zones (EST/CST) for weekly meetings and ad-hoc collaboration
- Experience with SQL, Python, Looker, or Tableau for automating data pulls and building dashboards
- Prior exposure to SaaS metrics (MRR, ARR, CAC, LTV, churn, net retention) or B2B unit economics
- Familiarity with ERP systems (NetSuite, Sage Intacct) or accounting software (QuickBooks)
Benefits
- Full remote work across India and South Asia, Latin America.
- Exposure to early-stage to growth-stage software businesses with direct impact on scaling financial discipline.
- Opportunity to build repeatable processes and infrastructure used across the portfolio.
Company Overview
Emergence is a dedicated permanent equity partner backed by The Pritzker Organization It was founded in 2023, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.emsoft.com.