Job Description

Who We Are: Founded in 2015, Mursion is a technology-driven, multi-disciplinary startup creating cutting-edge virtual reality simulations. Our simulations are used globally by professionals across multiple industries to practice and master the complex interpersonal skills necessary to be effective in high-stakes professions. Mursion promotes a unique culture where individuals are able to be adventurous in the pursuit of improving human interactions. Ideal candidates at Mursion are team-players, comfortable working across remote teams and distributed environments, and invested in the idea that high-impact learning experiences can be both powerful and playful.

Who We Want: We seek talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission to leverage virtual reality technology to reinvent professional learning, and who are motivated to help Mursion become the premier global platform for virtual simulation training for behavioral skills. We value empathy, curiosity, and constant improvement both in our internal operations and when working with partners and clients. Our employees are most successful when they employ strong collaboration skills, skilled communications, a problem-solving orientation, and demonstrate comfort in an evolving and fast-paced startup environment. 

Position Overview:  Directly reports to the company’s CFO. Key member in the Finance team and supports financial planning, business modeling, forecasting, and management reporting activities with the corporate controller and the business (budget owners). This role works cross-functionally with several departments within the company. This position can be remote or based out of our offices in San Francisco.

Responsibilities:

• Point of contact between Finance and Sales as it relates to bookings activity.
• Proactively and regularly report previous week (and period) bookings and revenue activity to provide Leadership ongoing visibility of top-line performance and variance to previous forecasts.
• Develop and regularly update revenue and bookings reporting packages to share with cross-department leadership to provide performance visibility and drive actionable next steps.
• Prepare end-of-period Bookings Activity Report for period-end close.
• Responsible for revenue data integrity between multiple systems: SaaS Optics and HubSpot and QuickBooks. Extract and maintain the quality and integrity of data stored in a database and other office tools that may apply. Maintain a 1:1 relationship between contracts in HubSpot and SaaS Optics.
• Identify revenue trends and pinpoint the drivers or root cause behind them; bring recommended solutions and changes to the table and assist in driving to execution.
• Become a subject matter expert on booking policy, sales process, and client engagement to ensure accurate and timely reporting of revenue. Help drive enforcement of bookings and revenue policies to ensure the organization stays compliant.
• Collaborate with the department leads to develop, track, and review revenue KPIs; be a point of reference for Sales, Marketing, Ops, and Finance around these KPIs. Identify new revenue, invoicing, and cash inflow-related metrics to assess operational performance. Create, maintain, optimize, and support new and existing reports of these metrics.
• Develop and implement revenue forecast models to provide visibility of client and business trends. Assist in the development of long-term bookings and revenue view, in partnership with CFO and other department leads, to aid in the FP&A strategy for the organization.
• Continue to find new and effective ways of forecasting and reporting revenue. Partner with end-users to translate reporting requirements into design documents; conduct report testing and validation.
• Proactively identify, develop, and implement process and systems improvements to achieve revenue reporting and forecast efficiencies. Maximize the use of systems and output through streamlined processes, and ongoing evaluation of enhancement opportunities through new features and add-ons
• Ensure accurate modeling and accounting of invoices and cash inflows. Provide CFO and Controller accurate and timely expectations of cash inflows to aid in the weekly cash forecast and FP&A processes

Contribute and Assist:

• Assist on initiatives focused on growth, scalability, and predictability in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Client Experience, Operations, and Finance.
• Coordinate efforts with Corporate Controller for reviewing new customer agreements to ensure they comply with the Corporate Bookings Policy and Corporate Revenue Policy.
• Liaise with Senior Accountant to prepare Customer Invoicing Reports and submit to Sales Operations.
• Partner with the Accounting team to ensure complete visibility of bookings, invoicing, and A/R activity. Maintain critical and ongoing collaboration to ensure visibility into cash inflows.
• Assist in the development of databases and reports based on standard operating processes.

Other FP&A Involvement:

• Support or lead ad hoc projects, as requested.
• Create analyses, commentary, and presentation materials as needed.
• Support the monthly accounting close process as needed.
• Collaborate with the broader Finance and Accounting team to achieve department goals and objectives.
• Assist with annual planning activities.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience as Manager or Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
• Highly analytical, with proven capabilities in data-intensive financial analysis backed by strong financial modeling skills in Excel.
• Experience managing work in SaaS Optics or related systems
• Proficiency with financial statement analysis and forecasting, including an understanding of GAAP and Statutory Accounting principles and the ability to communicate with experts.
• Experience managing / maintaining complex driver-based financial forecasts divisions or otherwise complex business structures.
• Experience working with sales and revenue operations teams
• Strong verbal and written presentation skills including the ability to communicate complex financial concepts simply and to tailor key messages and presentation style to multiple audiences.
• Approaches problem solving with natural intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness, and comfort with ambiguity.
• Proven ability to execute on projects quickly and has a “get things done” mentality.

Compensation and perks: 

Salary commensurate with experience. For full-time employees, Mursion offers competitive benefits, which include full medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k matching program, paid holidays, and unlimited PTO. 

Collaborate with a unique blend of employees ranging from 3D artists, software developers, operations, sales, and finance teams to actors who deliver interactive, highly immersive simulations.

Be at the forefront of reinventing learning for the future workforce.

How to Apply: 

Qualified candidates should submit a resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so interested parties are encouraged to submit as soon as possible.

Mursion is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from People of Color, Women, Persons with Disabilities, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Company Values:

We cultivate empathy

Empathy is at the core of all we do. We make time to communicate and listen before we take action. We make decisions based on reasoned analysis and authentic care for the aspirations of our partners and colleagues.

We lead with curiosity to create lightbulb moments

Our team is strengthened by having the courage to thoughtfully ask difficult questions. We are results-oriented innovators who create dynamic solutions to complex problems by encouraging transparency, creativity, and iteration. We are energized by thought-provoking conversations and the diverse perspectives of our partners and peers.

We strive to raise the bar

We see ourselves as trailblazers in simulation. Our learning theory is grounded in research and we demand empirical evidence before concluding our efforts have been successful. We always look for ways to improve. We recognize we live in an imperfect world and we embrace our responsibility to promote shared understanding and elevate humankind. 

We have the courage to be human

We are a fun-loving, driven team of developers, artists, entrepreneurs, operational masterminds, and technologists dedicated to the proposition that learning experiences can be powerful and playful. We recognize that we are more than a business; we are a community of unique individuals with a collective focus to improve human interactions through practice. It is through our humanity that we create better products and learning experiences for our partners.