The Organization

Alta Advisors provides bespoke financial and strategic advisory services to high-growth, venture-backed startups. Serving as an outsourced finance department, we work closely with founders and executive leadership to deliver world-class financial services including Fractional CFO, FP&A, accounting, business intelligence, capital raising, and strategic decision-making support.

Our clients range from Series Seed to Series C and are developing transformative products across AI, robotics, aerospace, healthtech, and cleantech. They are backed by world-class investors such as Lightspeed, Coatue, a16z, Accel, DCVC, and Founders Fund.

Responsibilities

As an FP&A Manager, you will provide flexible, execution-focused support across Alta’s portfolio of venture-backed technology clients. You will work closely with Alta’s senior finance team to complete financial modeling, forecasting, reporting, and analytical projects. The work includes includes:

Model Execution & Delivery

• Take defined modeling and analytical assignments from Alta’s senior team and deliver accurate, review-ready work with limited supervision.
• Work within Alta’s established templates, modeling conventions, specifications, and quality-control processes. Alta uses Google Workspace and you should be comfortable in Google Sheets, Slides, and Docs.
• Support concentrated modeling sprints and manage assignments independently against agreed deadlines.
• Communicate questions, assumptions, risks, and timing issues promptly, and document work so it can be efficiently reviewed by Alta’s senior team.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate model review, identify formula errors and inconsistencies, and improve the accuracy and efficiency of analytical work.
• Help develop and refine repeatable AI-enabled workflows while applying appropriate judgment, quality controls, and data-security practices.

Core Strategic Finance & FP&A

• Build and maintain integrated financial models, including income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, headcount, revenue, and operating schedules.
• Support annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long-range plans, and scenario analyses, and update models for actual results.
• Analyze budget-to-actual results, operating KPIs, liquidity, and runway, and identify the primary drivers of performance.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages for management and Board use.
• Organize and transform financial and operational data into clear schedules, charts, and decision-support materials.
• Perform ad hoc analyses including unit economics, valuation, dilution scenarios, cost of capital, LTV/CAC, market sizing, and sales force effectiveness.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of finance experience, preferably including FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or strategic finance.
• Experience supporting venture-backed technology companies strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required; MBA preferred.
• Deep experience building and maintaining complex financial models in Google Sheets and Excel.
• Strong proficiency in visualizing quantitative and financial information using Google Slides.
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to lead meetings, collaborate across teams, and manage client expectations.
• Demonstrated experience in operational FP&A or strategic finance roles.
• Passion for advanced technologies, entrepreneurship, and startup ecosystems.

What to Expect

• Fully remote work with flexible hours (requires availability during standard Pacific Time business hours).
• Independent contractor role (no benefits; responsible for own tax obligations).

Why This Role Is Unique

• Work across multiple high‑growth startups deploying world‑changing technologies.
• Leverage the support of a high‑caliber team with top-tier consulting, operating, and entrepreneurial backgrounds.
• Pathway to full client ownership as a primary point of contact, or leverage this experience toward future operator or investor roles.