Director of Strategic Finance
The Voleon GroupHighlight
Summary
About the Role
About You
- 10+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate development, investment banking, or FP&A in fast-growing technology or services companies with complex operations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including with legal, compliance, and executive leadership.
- Strong financial modeling and forecasting capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Proven knowledge of accounting and financial reporting on a GAAP and cash basis.
- Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset and a high level of business judgment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related field; MBA or other advanced degree a plus.
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits packages.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life and AD&D insurance.
- 20 days of paid time off and 9 sick days.
- 401(k) plan with a company match.
- Daily catered lunches and technology talks by experts.
Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning. The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines. Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility. The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.