Senior Principal Corporate Finance Strategic Initiatives Analyst

Who we are
At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we're the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we've been profitable for over 15 years.
What we do
The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus-our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!
Role overview
The FP&A team is looking to hire a highly motivated individual to help shape the future of CarGurus. This individual will be responsible for driving results by instilling a new ROI driven decision framework through the development of initiative business cases and by becoming the go-to person on capital allocation related topics. You will be leading key cross-functional initiatives, driving decision-making and results through detailed ad hoc financial analysis and modeling and providing thought leadership to counterparts within the organization.
You will work both independently and with peers on high-priority strategic projects with regular opportunities to communicate and work with the Senior Leadership team.
This position reports into the FP&A function but works with leaders from across the company. You will be providing leadership to cross-functional teams by developing new initiative cost benefit analysis as well as driving capital allocation reporting, insights and recommendations.
What you'll do

• Create and rigorously assess business cases and stress test against market and customer needs. Outline financial returns to aid in capital allocation decisions.
• Act as an internal 'financial consultant' by assisting company leaders to assess their capital allocations, build robust analytics and provide influencing recommendations.
• Develop and maintain complex financial models to analyze current and future financial performance, supporting key business decisions and investment strategies.
• Create and maintain a robust capital allocation framework, reporting, and tracking
• Monitor and analyze financial performance across products, identifying key trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide financial thought partnership to leadership and business partners, and work on projects that identify and harness growth and cost opportunities.
• Synthesize and present findings to Senior Leadership and organizational team members, as necessary.
• Support forecasting, annual budgeting, and 3-year long term strategy and financial plans to deliver organic growth, margin, and cash in line with business expectations.
• Prepare detailed ad hoc analysis in preparation for financial reviews.
• Ability to manage multiple high priorities and high visibility deliverables
• Excellent Executive presentation, facilitation, and communication skills
• Ability to work independently while demonstrating technical and cross functional flexibility to adapt to varying work dynamics dependent upon project needs.
• Lead internal process scope, launch & execution of internal business cases and robust capital allocation across the organization.
• Mentor junior team members to support business case creation, capital allocation analysis, and analytical framework development.
• Promote an open, collaborative environment built on trust to foster positive teamwork.
• Empower and lead teams of cross-functional resources in a matrixed organization with contending priorities, with or without direct authority or reporting relationships.

What you'll bring

• 7-10 years of relevant professional experience in FP&A, strategy, and/or consulting
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Business or related field.
• Experience rolling out or supporting capital allocations across an organization strongly preferred
• Experience working for a large public company strongly preferred; consulting or banking background is a plus
• Business judgment, dynamic analytical problem solving, quantitative analysis, organizational skills, and information synthesizing capabilities.
• Exceptional quantitative and financial modeling with high proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, G-Suite applications; Adaptive Insights and NetSuite experience a plus.
• Ability to work in Excel with unstructured data sets to glean insights.
• Excellent verbal and written communications - clear and concise with the ability to present in formal and informal settings to influence teams, as well as Executive partners
• Strategic / analytical approach with an ability to think broadly, refine questions, and develop analytical frameworks
• Demonstrated success working closely with Senior Leadership, and experience influencing across the organization
• Apply strength in performing sophisticated analyses and the ability to present data and recommendations to a variety of audiences throughout an organization.
• Self-starter who is self-directed, highly motivated, intellectually curious and proactive.

Working at CarGurus
We reward our Gurus' curiosity and passion with best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways. A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.
We welcome all
CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential-starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That's why we hope you'll apply even if you don't check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. #LI-Hybrid