Job description
About Us
Wild Alaskan Company’s mission is to accelerate humanity’s transition to sustainable food systems by fostering meaningful, interconnected relationships between human beings, wild seafood and the planet.
We deliver wild-caught, sustainable seafood to households across the United States. Powered by our custom-built eCommerce platform and three generations of history and expertise in the Alaskan fishing industry, we constantly strive to meet our promise of a top-notch product and experience. And we do it all in a fully-remote environment that is fast-paced, challenging, and fun.
Description of Role
You’re a puzzle-solver who loves figuring out the best way to solve a problem… especially if you can save money while doing so. You take a data-driven approach to life, looking to the numbers to generate insights and inform decision making. You’re quick to spot any discrepancies and believe in always receiving fair value. You love diving deep into the details in search of opportunity, then sharing the insights you generate with others. Not afraid to roll up your sleeves, you’re a doer who takes joy in coaching others and is excited to build and lead a team.
As the first Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager at Wild Alaskan, you’ll put your talents to work to strengthen and expand cross-functional forecasting and reporting processes. Collaborating closely with stakeholders across the company, you will lead analysis and reporting on supply chain costs and marketing initiatives, compile a regular competitive pricing analysis, support the forecasting and budgeting process and perform ad-hoc financial modeling as needed. Your work will power decision-making at the intersection of financial performance and impact—ensuring that Wild Alaskan grows sustainably, operates efficiently, and stays true to its mission. This is a new role, reporting to the VP of Finance and Business Operations. While the role will not initially have direct reports, it is anticipated you’ll recruit, hire, train and manage one or more FP&A analysts relatively quickly.
Core Responsibilities
- Support annual budgeting, quarterly re-forecasting, and long-term planning processes, in collaboration with functional leaders and executive management.
- Develop and maintain detailed financial models for revenue, cost of goods sold (COGS), operating expenses, headcount, and cash flow, aligned with key business drivers.
- Partner with teams across Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Experience, and Product to translate strategic initiatives into actionable budgets and forecasts.
- Monitor and report on financial performance, including variance analysis, KPI tracking, and executive reporting (monthly business reviews and board decks).
- Establish and maintain planning tools, reporting templates, and forecast calendars that drive organizational alignment and empower cross-functional stakeholders.
- Project manage select cross-functional workstreams, coordinating stakeholders, integrating inputs, and sparking improvement through continuous learning loops.
- Collaborate with the Data & Analytics team to ensure consistent, timely access to accurate data; define finance requirements for dashboards, reports, and tools.
- Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making around pricing, channel strategy, marketing investment, and operational scaling.
- Support requirements development, platform selection, and implementation for financial planning and business intelligence systems.
- Collaborate with accounting as needed in support of timely month-end close and the preparation of monthly reporting packages.
- Oversee the work of one or more FP&A analysts, developing FP&A as a cross-cutting center of excellence and fostering a team that delivers high output and impactful insights, is continuously learning, and has fun doing it.
- Other duties and special projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Data Science or other closely-related field*
- Demonstrated track record of excellence with 5+ years of relevant experience and increasing responsibility within management consulting, corporate finance, and/or complex supply chain environment
- 2+ years prior experience in a high-growth startup, ideally within eCommerce
- History of success developing, tracking, and analyzing multi-million dollar budgets
- Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills and expertise in data analysis
- Advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets including modeling, lookups, pivots, and error-checking tools
- Experience with databases, Looker (or comparable BI visualization platform)
- Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and strong organizational skills
- Sterling work ethic, able to consistently deliver clear and complete work on schedule
- Proven ability to prioritize effectively and succeed in a dynamic, fast-paced and constantly changing environment
- Proactivity; a self-starter who is equally comfortable seeking out projects and proposing solutions independently or working as part of a team
- Solid project management experience; demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, define and build alignment on objectives, and deliver complex work on time
- Strong communication and collaboration skills; comfortable giving and receiving feedback
Nice to Haves
- Postgraduate coursework or certifications specific to financial planning and analysis (e.g., FPAC, FPAMC), MBA a plus
- Prior experience and comfort working fully remote
- Working knowledge of SQL,
- Facility with spreadsheet scripting (e.g., macros, VBA, google app script)
- Familiarity/comfort with emerging financial analysis & reporting tools (e.g., DataRails, Cube, Vena, etc.) and accounting/ERP platforms (Quickbooks, Netsuite, Sage, etc.)
- Passion for sustainability and seafood
*If you have a comparable depth of professional experience, believe your skills are directly transferable, and are passionate about our mission, please apply!
The starting salary range for this position is $115,000 - $140,000, commensurate with skills and experience. Wild Alaskan’s benefits package includes health, vision, and dental insurance, 401k, PTO, safe/sick time, vacation, parental leave and more, as well as a delicious box of free fish every month.
Wild Alaskan participates in E-Verify. Please see the Notice of E-Verify Participation and Right to Work posters for more information.
Diversity of backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger. We’re committed to creating a work environment that fosters growth, celebrates diversity and fundamentally makes all teammates feel welcome, accepted, nurtured and respected. As an equal Opportunity Employer, Wild Alaskan Company does not discriminate against candidates on the basis of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected]. Please note this email cannot provide application status updates.
