Executive Business Partner to CFO (Remote)
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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- Nurture A Learner’s Mindset - using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- Build Shared Success - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Be an Owner - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- Create Belonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
Guild is hiring an Executive Business Partner to support our CFO.
You will be the primary point of strategic leverage for the CFO and their team, serving as the central coordinator and as a Guild brand ambassador internally and externally. You’ll ensure that the CFO remains their most effective and focused on the highest impact work while navigating through their strategic priorities, meetings, and commitments with ease. The Executive Business Partner is a representative of the CFO - an ambassador and an ally in their professional and personal life. As such, you will act as a liaison with their team, company employees, board members, investors, and other external partners and stakeholders.
You are a sharp, experienced partner who has supported a C-suite member of a hyper growth, fast paced company. You love solving complex problems, leading simultaneous work tracks, operating both on stage and behind-the-scenes and are motivated by flawless execution. You are known for your customer service and have the passion and talent for bringing order to chaos.
This is an opportunity to be a part of a company that is passionate about its mission and working to make a significant difference in the lives of America's frontline workers.
As the Executive Business Partner to the CFO you will:
- Manage extensive array of administrative tasks: (CFO / team calendar management, draft emails, coordinate meetings and video/conference calls, and solve other administrative issues when they arise, plan and oversee complex travel); this role will also collaborate closely with our central Executive assistant team, including attending team meetings and participating in mentorship and training opportunities
- Own strategic meeting management and project execution: (Plan and lead core team meetings and manage cross-functional workflows, influence systems and processes to optimize efficiency, prepare the CFO for upcoming meetings - collecting and preparing information for meetings with staff and outside parties and assisting with prep work that needs to be done, capturing action items and helping drive appropriate follow up)
- Drive operational excellence and efficiency for the CFO, their leadership team their and broader organization: (lead quarterly retrospectives and OKR planning, manage Board of Directors meeting content, manage and drive continuous improvement of workflows and process/systems, own and execute core functional projects and communication)
You are a strong fit for this role if you have:
- An SF Bay Area address is highly preferred along with the ability to meet in the SF Bay area for in person meetings up to 2-3 times per month. Willingness to travel to SF regularly may be considered.
- Availability and willingness to travel periodically with the CFO for important internal and external events
- Availability to have quick check-ins during off hours – sometimes on nights and weekends, and during unique travel – flexibility to any time zone working hours
- Demonstrated experience supporting a CFO as a highly strategic partner
- Worked for a company in growth mode, with at least 500+ employees, where there is frequent change, ambiguity, and a need to demonstrate and act with a sense of urgency
- Internal and external client facing experience; B2C companies and management consulting firms are highly desirable
- Superior project management skills, including driving high-quality and on-time deliverables
- Highly proficient use of G-Suite and Slack. Experience with Asana and other project management tools are a bonus
- Experience working with internal and external partners and ability to embrace and relate well to a wide variety of personalities, communication and thinking styles, cultures and backgrounds. You value differences and quickly find common ground, treating everyone fairly and equitably.
- Professionalism and Integrity: You maintain a high level of both throughout all of your communications and actions. People count on you to safeguard and keep confidential all sensitive data and proprietary information.
We feel passionately about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a salary range of $125,000 - $166,250, as well as company stock options.
At Guild, we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within. By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.
Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others.
Guild Education is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
Guild requires COVID-19 vaccines for all employees and guests attending Guild events or entering Guild offices. As of February 1, 2022, we will be expanding our in-person vaccination requirement to include booster shots. We will be using both Clear’s Digital Vaccine Card and state-sponsored vaccine passports to verify proof of vaccine. Accommodations or exceptions can be requested for medical or religious reasons.
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