Strategic Finance Senior Associate
Join Ethos Life as a Strategic Finance Senior Associate to drive financial planning and strategic initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Drive decision making related to unit economics and operations
- Develop and maintain financial and operational plans
- Influence decision making with data-driven analyses
- Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Operations teams
- Monitor financial performance metrics and communicate insights
Must have
- 1 to 4 years of relevant work experience
- Best-in-class excel skills
- Strong critical thinking and business judgment
- Excellent communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
Nice to have
- SQL knowledge
- Ability to use statistical analysis tools
Requirements
- Experience
- 1–4 years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Strategic Finance Senior Associate at Ethos Life, the individual will focus on shaping the company's financial strategy and providing analytical support to various teams. Key skills include advanced Excel proficiency, financial modeling, and a solid understanding of valuation methods, with a background in investment banking or consulting being advantageous. This position is ideal for someone with 1 to 4 years of relevant experience who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The role offers significant visibility within the executive team, contributing to the company's growth and operational efficiency.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze November 12, 2026. Last confirmed on Ethos Life's careers page November 12, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$128,000).
- Starts above 12% of 1269 comparable senior other roles in United States we track (median $141,400 across 186 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Strategic Finance Senior Associate role remote?
- Yes — Ethos Life lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Ethos Life lists $109,000–$192,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 1–4 years of relevant experience for this Strategic Finance Senior Associate role.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Ethos Life targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Strategic Finance Senior Associate role at Ethos Life.
From the original posting
About Ethos
About the role
Ethos is looking for an ambitious self-starter to join our Finance & Strategy Team. As part of this team you will play a major role in defining the company’s financial plan, providing financial and operational decision support to cross-functional partners and developing and executing various strategic initiatives. You will play an integral part in Ethos' success by scaling and improving our corporate finance functions, driving financial planning processes, and working with various business partners to develop strategic analyses on key business initiatives.
This role will have high visibility across the executive team and will require you to solve the most complex, interesting challenges of a rapidly-scaling business. If you enjoy working in an environment that is fast-paced, analytically rigorous, mission-driven and impact-oriented, read on and get in touch!
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Apply business judgment and financial insights to drive decision making related to unit economics, operations, core business expansion, and new opportunities
- Develop and maintain financial and operational plans, including revenue, cost and headcount targets
- Apply a data-driven analytical approach to influence decision making and support company leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives
- Improve the speed and efficiency of our growth by collaborating closely with Product, Marketing, and Operations teams
- Develop and monitor critical financial performance metrics, and communicate actionable insights to relevant stakeholders. Champion analytics across the company
Qualifications and Skills:
- A minimum of 1 to 4 years of relevant work experience in investment banking, consulting, and / or private equity / growth equity, strategic / operational experience at a high-growth technology company a plus
- Best-in-class excel skills and extensive experience developing insightful financial models and quantitative analyses, paired with strong critical thinking and sound business judgment
- Ability to flex between high-level strategic thinking and deep analytical problem solving
- Motivated self-starter with a track record of success and a proven ability to juggle multiple projects/tasks while hitting deadlines. Desire to own and drive projects from Day 1
- Excellent communication skills and effective cross-functional collaborator
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Deep understanding of valuation methods and strong working knowledge of GAAP
Bonuses:
- SQL knowledge
- Ability to use statistical analysis tools
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The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $109,000 -$192,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits.
You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/
Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.
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