Financial Analyst

Job Description

About Ancestry: When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. We believe that by discovering the struggles and triumphs of our past, we can foster deeper bonds and more meaningful connections among families and communities. Our talented team of scientists, engineers, genealogists, historians, and storytellers is dedicated to empowering customers around the world from all backgrounds on their journeys of personal discovery. With more than 30+ billion digitized global historical records, 125+ million family trees, and 22+ million people in our growing AncestryDNA database, Ancestry helps customers discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? You belong at Ancestry. Ancestry FP&A is looking for a Financial Analyst to join the team. In this role, you will partner with Product & Technology leaders to analyze financial data, develop forecasts, compile reports and prepare recommendations to management. You will have well-established financial modeling skills, a firm understanding of finance and accounting concepts, and excellent business partnering and communication skills.

What You Will Do

• Provide financial analysis that is necessary to drive growth and operational efficiencies including; month end processing, management review of budget vs. actual results and trend analysis
• Communicate financial and accounting information and trends to the senior leadership team to ensure that real-time business decisions can be made based on sound financial data
• Partner with accounting to ensure that expenses are recorded accurately
• Drive continual process improvements
• Ad-hoc analysis as required

Who You Are

• BS required. Degree in Finance or Accounting preferred
• 1-3 years of financial analysis and forecasting experience
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Strong analytical and accounting skills
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Experience with IBM Planning Analytics/TM1 or comparable technology preferred

#LI-RR Additional Information: Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means. Apply for this job