**PLEASE APPLY AT LINK** : <https://www.kellylyons.com/strategic-finance-
associate>
Lyonshare is a strategic business building, CFO, and fundraising agency for VC
backed startups and VC funds, whose clients include Bain Capital Ventures,
Chelsea Clinton, Boost Insurance, and Solvvy. Lyonshare has helped its clients
build businesses that have raised >$6B equity from leading investors like RRE,
Greycroft, USV, Clerisy, Brown University, and Cambridge Associates. The
founder of Lyonshare can be found teaching at places like Tory Burch
Foundation, Startup Grind, NYU Stern and iFundWomen.
Lyonshare is seeking a Strategic Finance Associate/VP to play a critical role
in the growth of the startups and funds that work with us. You’ll work
directly with founders and GPs across business planning, forecasting and
financial analysis, pitch deck creation, fundraising strategy, and other CFO
services. You’ll be responsible for maintaining close relationships with our
clients’ management teams and our network of 100+ venture capital investors.
Longer-term opportunities as part of this role include becoming the CFO to our
clients, investing alongside leading VCs into our clients, and in-house
positions with our clients.
You’ll work with our team in a flexible, hybrid work environment if you’re in
New York, otherwise remotely. We are looking to bring someone on full-time.
**Responsibilities**
* Collaborate with the leadership team of our clients across the fundraising process including narrative development, financial modeling, diligence, negotiation and closing
* Support our clients’ strategic finance initiatives including business planning, partnerships and acquisitions, and new business line expansion
* Research and gather reference materials to support market sizing and competitive analysis
* Assess CFO-department decision-making processes and practices at our clients and advise them on how to better their practices
* Communicate with and diligence/scope potential clients
* Deepen relationships with our existing venture capital network and build new relationships
* Represent Lyonshare with brand partners and at networking events
**Requirements**
* 2 years of investment banking plus 1-3+ years of financial and analytical experience thereafter
* Fluency in business model analysis and investment thesis development
* Excel-power-user with financial modeling, structuring, capital raising and valuation experience
* Bachelor’s Degree with a strong record of high academic achievement
* Action-oriented with a can-do attitude, a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm
* Ability to manage ambiguity, deal comfortably with the uncertainty of change, and handle risk
* Skills: Excellent verbal, written communication, and critical thinking
Lyonshare focuses on Financial Services, Retail, Venture Capital, Technology,
and Finance Technology. Their company has offices in New York City. They have
a small team that's between 1-10 employees.
You can view their website at <https://www.kellylyons.com> or find them on
[Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/kellylions) and
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lyonshare/).
